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Working with SPSS Getting to know your data and checking assumptions of ANOVA Florian Schwarz http://florianschwarz.net
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Now all the SPSS  files in the folder you  are looking at are  displayed To open an excel file, Change the file type to be displayed to ‘ Excel(*.xls)’
Choose the Excel File that contains Your data and Open it
If the file contains  Multiple tabs, you’ll Have to choose which tab to open (renaming them in Excel will help you recognize them here) If you have named your variables in Excel in the first row, check the checkbox on the top left.
This is the complete set of data points. To inspect your data, it’s a good idea to make histograms for the different conditions, to get a first impression of the data. Making a Histogram
Making a Histogram Under ‘Graphs’, click on ‘Histogram’!
Making a Histogram This window will open. Now you have to put in the variable and decide how to organize your data Highlight one of the items on the left, and click on the arrows to add them to the different fields
Making a Histogram My dependent variable here is the reading time. I chose to organize the data points by condition. Click OK
…  and then you get this in the SPSS Output viewer
Formatting the Histogram Right-click on the chart and click on ‘SPSS Chart Object’ – ‘Open’ to edit the Histogram
A new window opens. Right-click on the X-Axis and choose ‘ Properties Window’ Formatting the Histogram
Formatting the Histogram Under ‘Histogram Options’, you can change the intervals for the histogram. You can also choose to display a normal curve. When you’re done, click ‘Apply’
…  and the chart in the SPSS Output viewer changes to this
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Creating a Histogram in SPSS

  • 1. Working with SPSS Getting to know your data and checking assumptions of ANOVA Florian Schwarz http://florianschwarz.net
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4. Now all the SPSS files in the folder you are looking at are displayed To open an excel file, Change the file type to be displayed to ‘ Excel(*.xls)’
  • 5. Choose the Excel File that contains Your data and Open it
  • 6. If the file contains Multiple tabs, you’ll Have to choose which tab to open (renaming them in Excel will help you recognize them here) If you have named your variables in Excel in the first row, check the checkbox on the top left.
  • 7. This is the complete set of data points. To inspect your data, it’s a good idea to make histograms for the different conditions, to get a first impression of the data. Making a Histogram
  • 8. Making a Histogram Under ‘Graphs’, click on ‘Histogram’!
  • 9. Making a Histogram This window will open. Now you have to put in the variable and decide how to organize your data Highlight one of the items on the left, and click on the arrows to add them to the different fields
  • 10. Making a Histogram My dependent variable here is the reading time. I chose to organize the data points by condition. Click OK
  • 11. … and then you get this in the SPSS Output viewer
  • 12. Formatting the Histogram Right-click on the chart and click on ‘SPSS Chart Object’ – ‘Open’ to edit the Histogram
  • 13. A new window opens. Right-click on the X-Axis and choose ‘ Properties Window’ Formatting the Histogram
  • 14. Formatting the Histogram Under ‘Histogram Options’, you can change the intervals for the histogram. You can also choose to display a normal curve. When you’re done, click ‘Apply’
  • 15. … and the chart in the SPSS Output viewer changes to this
  • 16.
  • 17.