SPSS On-Line Training Workshop

 

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In this Tutorial: 

Options Dialog Box

The Journal File

Output Type

  

 

 

 

 

Options is for personalizing the SPSS program.

The changes you enter here take effect the next time you do a procedure, or the next time you open SPSS, depending on the option that is chosen.  These options remain in effect until they are changed.

Some of the options you can change include:

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Editing the use of the Journal File

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Output as pivot tables or text files

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The appearance of your output

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How variable lists are displayed

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How data is formatted

The following clip goes over some of the options you can choose.  You are encouraged to experiment with the others.

Click on the following movie clip to see  Options in the Edit Menu:

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In this on-line workshop, you will find many movie clips. Each movie clip will demonstrate some specific usage of SPSS.

The Options Dialog Box:

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The Journal file

The journal file keeps a log of all procedures requested in SPSS.  This is beneficial if you want to see the procedures you have run, or wish to rerun a procedure.  

Getting Started Clip click here to watch: Syntax Editor and Journal File

Output Type at Start-up

The viewer gives us interactive pivot tables and interactive graphs.  If this is not the desired output, Draftviewer can be chosen to obtain text tables and metafile graphs.   

Getting Started Clip click here to watch: Output- pivot tables and draft view

 

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