SPSS Building a Basic Data Set (DON'T ASK IF YOU DON'T KNOW SPSS)

DUE 12/17 5 P.M EST BE ON TIME AND DON’T RUSH WORK

IF YOU DON’T KNOW SPSS, PLEASE DON’T ASK!

Attached is the DATA YOU’RE ENTERING, DATA DICTIONARY VS CODEBOOK PDF AND TYPES OF VARIABLES

Your goal for this Application is to create an SPSS data set using data provided in the Application Data Set document. Note that this is not an import activity—you are not attempting to migrate the data using SPSS import tools. Rather, you are replicating the data set in SPSS and entering the data by hand. As you do, make sure to apply the best practices for handling values, variables, data types, and labels.

The Assignment:

Type in the data provided in the "Module 2 Application Data Set" to create an SPSS data set.

Pay specific attention to:

· Data types

· Level of measurement

· Naming and labeling variables

· Value labels

Copy and paste your data dictionary output from SPSS into a Word document, then take a screen shot of the Data View from SPSS and add it to the Word document. Submit one Word document

1. Data Dictionary      vs. Codebook
2. Exporting results from SPSS
3. How to enter data into SPSS