| SPSS is a Statistical Package for Social Sciences, | | | | SPSS can be installed on some of ACITS's UNIX |
| it is a data management software with which is | | | | mini-computing systems. To use these systems, |
| an analysis product. It can carry out a range of | | | | you should first get an account to utilize each |
| important data an analysis and management | | | | system. Faculty researchers and graduate student |
| function that includes statistical analyses plus | | | | must check with their sections, as many |
| graphical presentation of the data. There are | | | | departments will divide up in paying the charges |
| around two microcomputer versions of SPSS | | | | of the account. |
| accessible SPSS for Windows as well as SPSS | | | | If you are in doubt as to which of these |
| Macintosh. Majority of the tutorials will focus on | | | | techniques of accessing SPSS is best for your |
| the SPSS for Windows, but the Mac version is | | | | own requirements, you can also contact a |
| same. SPSS help provides a tutorial to assist you | | | | statistical software consultant for the help. |
| study the system. What pursue is a depiction of | | | | In SPSS How to Examine Your Dissertation |
| some highlights and a deeper conversation of | | | | Statistical Analyses. |
| several SPSS procedures that are used in routine | | | | While your dissertation arithmetic analyses are |
| study. In order to use SPSS for statistical analysis, | | | | working in SPSS, output file is formed. When you |
| you have to first have a file of data to be | | | | run the statistic in the SPSS, Viewer window will |
| studied. | | | | open to display the output. Right pane of the |
| Availability | | | | SPSS Viewer window has the contents of output |
| There are three main ways you can make use of | | | | including tables and charts. With assistance from |
| SPSS. Note that to take benefit of any of these | | | | SPSS, you will be able to run several statistical |
| prospects, you should be a faculty, team, or | | | | actions with your dissertation data. And you can |
| student member of University of Texas. | | | | also analyze your dissertation data by using |
| 1.Get a copy of SPSS for your personal | | | | Frequencies, Descriptives, Correlations, and |
| computer(s). | | | | Regression to t a few statistical actions. |
| You can get your personal copy of SPSS on | | | | To get SPSS in order to help you run the |
| numerous systems including: Apple Macintosh and | | | | dissertation statistics, choose your procedure by |
| MS-Windows at condensed educational costing | | | | using an Analyze menu, pick the variables, which |
| through Software Distribution Services. | | | | you want to analyze, run the process, and |
| 2. Utilize SPSS at Student Microcomputer Facility | | | | analyze the outcome. If you do not identify how |
| (SMF). | | | | to understand your SPSS output files, or analyze |
| You can install SPSS on Apple Macintosh as well | | | | your data and require help with writing results |
| as Microsoft Windows system at SMF. There are | | | | segment of your dissertation, then you can look |
| around 148 Apple Quadra 800 plus 48 Dell 486 | | | | for the help from a research consultant. They will |
| computers at the SMF; all has the ability of | | | | explain you step-by-step as well as teach you |
| accessing SPSS. | | | | how you can analyze your dissertation data by |
| 3. SPSS can be used on an ACITS timesharing | | | | using SPSS. |
| system | | | | |