Introductory SPSS Tutorial for UNIX

This hands-on tutorial will familiarize the user with the basics of using SPSS in a AIX/UNIX environment. You may move back and forth between this tutorial and an AIX/UNIX session in order to complete the interactive exercises.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting started
SPSS-in-a-Nutshell

Session 1

Formatting data for SPSS
Understanding terms
Rules for SPSS names and SPSS statements


Session 2

TITLE
DATA LIST command
VARIABLE LABELS command
BEGIN DATA and END DATA
LIST command
How to run a SPSS program
Session 2 Exercise


Session 3

VALUE LABELS command
MISSING VALUES command
COMPUTE command
FREQUENCIES command
Session 3 Exercise


Session 4

RECODE command
IF command
CROSSTABS command
Session 4 Exercise

Session 5

SELECT IF command
SORT CASES command
SPLIT FILE command
PLOT command
Session 5 Exercises


Odds -n- Ends


A few suggestions to try on your own
Printing files in UNIX/AIX
Running SPSS in the background
Running SPSS interactively on UNIX/AIX
Motif (X Window) interactive interface
Character-based interactive interface (SPSS Manager)