SPSS Tutorials

To run a Fisher exact test in SPSS, open Analyze, Descriptive Statistics, Crosstabs, put your two categorical variables in the Row and Column boxes, … Read more

If you have a dichotomous outcome — yes/no, pass/fail, male/female — and want to know whether the observed proportion differs from a value someone … Read more

If you have ever opened the SPSS Output Viewer and scrolled past a wall of numbers with no idea which ones matter, you are … Read more

To run a Kruskal Wallis test in SPSS, open Analyze > Nonparametric Tests > 2 Independent Samples in current IBM SPSS Statistics releases, or … Read more

To check skewness and kurtosis values, you ask your software for two summary numbers and compare them against a reference point: skewness of 0 … Read more

To reverse score items in SPSS, subtract each response from one more than the highest value on your scale. On a 1-to-5 Likert scale … Read more

Recoding in SPSS means replacing the values of a variable with new values so the data matches what your analysis needs. To learn how … Read more

To label variables and values in SPSS, you work in the Variable View tab: type a description in the Label cell for the variable … Read more

To know how to run exploratory factor analysis in SPSS, open your data file, go to Analyze > Dimension Reduction > Factor, move your … Read more

To create a scatterplot in SPSS, open the Graphs menu, choose Chart Builder, pick Scatter/Dot then Simple Scatter, drag your predictor into the X-Axis? … Read more