SPSS by IBM is probably one of the most common stats programs across campuses in psychology and other social science departments. It’s been incredibly useful for me and will likely continue to play a role in my research. It really is a great program to start learning statistics with and enables you to do some pretty powerful analysis with little more than point-and-click. Nonetheless it is quite expensive if your organization doesn’t provide it for you (Thank you U of C!) and to this day is rather clunky and prone the crash.
Syntax Tips and Tricks
Reorder variables in a dataset
Topics to be covered:
Introduction to SPSS
Data entry
Basic analyses
Assumption checking
Regressions
ANOVAs
Mediation and moderation using the Hayes macro
Exploratory factor analysis
SPSS resources from around the web:
Raynald’s collection of syntaxes, macros, tips and more for SPSS
Andrew Haye’s process macro for indirect effects
Chris Stride’s two-way interaction test & plot macro
Chris Stride & Jeremy Dawson’s three-way interaction test & plot macro
