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Fast Track Data Management and Manipulation with IBM SPSS Statistics

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Length:	1 Day
Course code:	0G5291GB
Price	£485 before tax

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Session dates

Date	Location

04/07/2012

London
£485 before tax

This training is also available as onsite training.
Please contact us on
0870 251 1000 or email training@arrowecs.co.uk
for more information.

Description

The focus of this course is the use of standard data management techniques within IBM SPSS Statistics®, including adding cases and variables to files, aggregating data, and identifying duplicate cases and discusses situations in which they are used, the assumptions made by each method and then focuses on how to interpret the results. You will gain an understanding in how to use basic syntax to perform data transformations efficiently and automate your work.

Note: This course is not a suitable for those pursuing IBM SPSS Statistics L1 certification. Please refer to course Data Management and Manipulation with IBM SPSS Statistics - ILT (0G529GB) for the full length course or visit website for certification details.

Participants

This course is for anyone who has worked with IBM SPSS Statistics and wants to explore additional data management and manipulation features in SPSS and generally increase their efficiency with IBM SPSS Statistics. The course is a natural follow-on to the 'Fast Track to IBM SPSS Statistics' course or as a stand alone for experienced users who have learned the basic operations of SPSS on their own.

Prerequisite(s)

You should have:
•    General computer literacy.
•    Completion of the "Fast Track/Introduction to IBM SPSS Statistics" courses or experience with IBM SPSS Statistics including familiarity with, opening, defining, and saving data files and manipulating and saving output.
•    Basic statistical knowledge or at least one introductory level course in statistics is recommended.

Programme

•    Use and manipulate date and time variables
•    Modify variables using the Count transformation
•    Add files together with similar variables but different sets of cases
•    Add files together that have cases in common but different sets of variables
•    Create variables with summary statistics in datasets with data aggregation
•    Identify duplicate cases
•    Create charts using the Chart Builder and edit charts and pivot tables
•    Export tables and charts from IBM SPSS Statistics
•    Use basic syntax to automate IBM SPSS Statistics