using spss
DESCRIPTION
Using SPSS. Note: The use of another statistical package such as Minitab is similar to using SPSS. After starting the SSPS program the following dialogue box appears:. If you select Opening an existing file and press OK the following dialogue box appears. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Using SPSS
Note: The use of another statistical package such as Minitab is similar to using SPSS
After starting the SSPS program the following dialogue box appears:
If you select Opening an existing file and press OK the following dialogue box appears
The following dialogue box appears:
If the variable names are in the file ask it to read the names. If you do not specify the Range the program will identify the Range:
Once you “click OK”, two windows will appear
One that will contain the output:
The other containing the data:
To perform any statistical Analysis select the Analyze menu:
To calculate descriptive statistics select: Analyze-> Descriptive Statistics-> Descriptives
The following dialogue box appears
Select the variables;
Click the option button to select summary statistics
The following dialogue box appears
Use this dialogue box to select statistics that you want to compute then press continue:
Here is part of the output that appears
Descriptive Statistics
392 38 9 47 23.45 7.805 .457 .123 -.516392 451 4 455 193.65 104.937 .700 .123 -.758392 184 46 230 104.21 38.233 1.098 .123 .753392 4408 732 5140 2967.38 852.294 .481 .123 -.738
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To Graph data select Graph-> Graph type
The following dialogue box appears
Select the variable and press OK
The following graph appear in the output
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Mean = 193.65Std. Dev. = 104.937N = 392
Using Minitab
After starting the Minitab the following window appears:
To Open a file go to the menue File-> Open Worksheet
The following dialogue box appears: Asking you to find and select the file:
You should select the file type and browse for the file that you want to open
Here I am opening the Excel file (diet.xls)
The data then appears in a Minitab Spreadsheet
This data has four Variables: WtGn, Diet, Source, Level
Statistical procedures can be found under the Stat menu:
Graphical procedures can be found under the Graph menu: