Data Analysis in SPSS Jamie DeCoster Department of Psychology University of Alabama 348 Gordon Palmer Hall Box 870348 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348 February 21, 2004 If you wish to cite the contents of this document, the APA reference for them would be DeCoster, J. (2004). Data Analysis in SPSS. Retrieved from http://www.stat-help.com/notes.html Heather Claypool Department of Psychology Miami University of Ohio 136 Benton Hall Oxford, OH 45056

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Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................1 Interactive Mode versus Syntax Mode ..........................................................................................................................2 Descriptive Statistics .....................................................................................................................................................4 Transformations.............................................................................................................................................................5 Compute ....................................................................................................................................................................5 Recode .......................................................................................................................................................................6 Reverse coding ..........................................................................................................................................................7 Selecting Cases ..............................................................................................................................................................9 t