This document provides instructions for using the Statistics node in IBM SPSS Modeler to examine variable relationships and correlations. The Statistics node can be found on the Output palette and allows users to select variables, choose statistics to examine, and view correlations between variables by running the node. Users can select either absolute value or importance to define correlation strength. Contact and website information is provided for additional technical tips.

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• Here’s a quick tip to examine statistics in IBM SPSS Modeler.
• Sometimes you want to examine variable relationships between a few variables. For example,
you want to run multiple regression, but you want to examine the correlations between variables.
The Statistics node makes this quick and easy. The Statistics node is located on the Output
palette.
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• To obtain Statistics go to the Output palette. Select the Statistics node and drag it onto the
stream canvas. You can also double click the node to drop it onto the stream canvas. Once it is
on the canvas you can connect it to your stream.
• Double click to open the node. Use the field chooser button to select the fields that you want to
Examine. Tick the desired statistics.

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• To examine correlations, move the variables to the Correlate box. Click Run. Now you can
examine statistics and correlations.

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• The Statistics nodes offers two settings for correlations. When selecting variables to correlate,
users can click on the Correlation Settings button. This provides options to Define correlation
strength by importance (1-p) or Define correlation strength by absolute value.

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