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Statistical Software > Workshops > SPSS II

SPSS II - Managing Large Data Sets Efficiently

Description:
This workshop will teach you how to use syntax, with emphasis on why it is useful for working with large data sets.

Prerequisites:
Mastery of concepts and techniques covered in SPSS I workshop. If you are not sure whether to enroll in SPSS I or SPSS II, please use the SPSS Workshop Placement Self-Assessment Test.

Workshop Outline:

Reading Data from External Files

Generating syntax
Saving syntax

Ordering Variables on Menus

The SPSS Journal

Using Previously Saved Syntax

Rules of syntax
Using syntax to correct errors
Data Transformations

Split Files

Date Variables

Chart Looks & Templates

Pivot Tables

Putting SPSS Output into a Word Processor

 

 


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