Principles of Psychology

Principles of Psychology

Prof. Abrams

SPSS Commands

General SPSS Commands

Data Editor window

Data View (to enter data)

Variable View (to label your variables)

File…Save

Output Viewer

To erase a section: Click on item in outline…then hit delete key

File…Print

File…Print Preview

Zoom In/Out Next/Previous Page Print

Frequencies

Analyze…Descriptive Statistics….Frequencies

Move variables from L to R

Click on Charts to select bar chart or histogram

Splitting the Data

Use this to create separate output for each level of the IV

Data…Split File

Organize Output By Groups

Move your IV to the right

Central Distribution and Variability

Analyze…Descriptive Statistics…Descriptives

Move variables from L to R

Correlations

Analyze…Correlate…Bivariate

Move variables from L to R

Choose Pearson (ratio/interval data) or Spearman (ordinal data)

Choose two-tailed or one-tailed

Select “flag significant correlations”

Scatter Plot

Graphs…Scatter

Simple

Define

Move IV to x-axis and DV to y-axis

For regression line:

double-click on graph

“A” chart options

fit line: total

Independent Samples t-test

Analyze…Compare Means…Independent-Samples T Test

Move DV to Test Variable(s)

Move IV to Grouping Variable

Define Groups - specify the two groups to compare

Dependent Samples t-test

Analyze…Compare Means…Paired-Samples T Test

Move 2 variables L to R

One-Way ANOVA

Analyze…Compare Means…One-Way ANOVA

Move DV to Dependent List

Move IV to Factor

Options… Descriptives

Post-Hoc…Tukey…Choose alpha level