SPSS for NonStatisticians- Analysis, Interpretation, Writeup

Learn SPSS from the simplest explanations, so much practice and APA reporting templates

Created by: Alexander Mtembenuzeni
Instructor at Data For Development

What Will I Learn?

• How to create variables, enter data and import data into SPSS
• Understanding different types of variables and how to choose analysis depending on the types of variables involved
• Summarizing variables using frequencies, percentages, mean, median, and standard deviation
• Exploring relationships between different kinds of variables using crosstabulations, correlations and mean differences
• How to develop and make sense of charts
• How to transform variables and manage data
• Understanding fundamentals of inferential statistics and hypothesis testing
• Running and interpreting t-tests, ANOVA, linear regression and chi square
• How to write the results of all the analyses presented in APA format

Requirements

• No statistics or prior SPSS knowledge required. The course takes you from the very basics

Target audience

• For students, researchers and data analysts who don't have a strong statistical background