4. Descriptive- summarize or describe our observations
Inferential- use observations to allow us to make
predictions (inferences) about a situation that has not yet
occurred
Descriptive or Inferential?
a) I cycle about 50 km per week on average.
b) We can expect a lot of rain this time of year.
5. One of the most popular statistical packages which
can perform highly complex data manipulation and
analysis with simple instructions.
6. Like many software packages, SPSS is menu-driven. That means users
can execute statistical analyses, simple or complex, by clicking a
series of pull-down menus and selecting the desired pre-
programmed commands. However, many researchers or analysts
may use certain statistical procedures that are not pre-programmed
into SPSS. As a result, SPSS allows users to create custom
programs, or to link together multiple pre-programmed operations to
be applied in sequence.
7. Saves time when organizing and
analyzing data.
Programs also can be modified
Transfer data from excel to SPSS
Easily identify groups
8. Although an SPSS program appears complex, you do not
have to be a master programmer or be fluent in SPSS
syntax to use a program.
