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数据分析技术 leili.net 数据分析技术－－SPSS运用 数据分析技术 ——SPSS的运用 A poem The packages come out en masse, Like Minitab, Systat, and SAS. The ultimate mess Is SPSS, Which everyone uses, alas. Steps in analyzing data with SPSS 1. Enter your data into a data file. 2. Read the data file. 2a. Optional--Provide descriptive labels for the output. 2b. Optional--Transform the data into suitable form. 3. Analyze or graph the data. Enter the data into a data file Enter the data into the SPSS data editor. Be sure to save the data file before you continue. You can also enter data into a spreadsheet or database, if that software can save a data file in one of the formats that SPSS reads. Select Open from the File menu, then select Data File to see what these formats are. You can also enter data into an ASCII file with a text editor or word processor. Read the data file If youve entered the data into the SPSS data editor, theres nothing more to do here! If the data were previously saved in SPSS, spreadsheet, or database format, select Open from the File menu. If the data were saved in an ASCII file, select Read ASCII Data from the File menu. Provide descriptive labels Once the data are in the data editor, select the variable name (in the column headings) and choose Define Variable from the Data menu. Change the variable name if you wish. Variable Labels and Value Labels are optional. If you define them, SPSS uses them to annotate its output. Select Labels from the Define Variable dialog box to do so. Transform the data You can correct mistakes or change specific data values directly in the data editor. If you need more systematic changes, for example to create new variables or to change the way existing variables are coded, use the commands in the Transform menu. Analyze or graph the data This is why were all here. Commands in the submenus under the Analyze menu provide statistical analysis, and commands in the Graphs menu provide graphic analysis. More commands will be made available wi