Data Processing with SPSS
Course Description
Data manipulation techniques for handling dates, times and names that you’ve always needed, but didn’t realise you could do within SPSS.
Streamline your process by performing your pre-analysis data manipulation within SPSS rather than swapping between Excel and SPSS (important if you intend to automate procedures).
Topics Covered
- Manipulation of time and date data
+ Time and date formats
+ Entering data
+ Calculating differences between times and between dates
+ Calculating day of the week or week of the year from date data - Manipulating name data
+ Separating names into given, initials and surnames
+ Capitalising surnames
+ Identifying duplicated names
- Using the data restructure wizard
+ Cases to variables
+ Variables to cases
Assumed Knowledge
Attendees should have an understanding of SPSS equivalent to that taught in the Fast Track to SPSS course.
Experience with the generation of cross-tabs and summary statistics within SPSS and their interpretation is assumed.
Attendee Requirements
Course attendees are required to bring their own laptop installed with a licensed copy of SPSS Base version 10 or above.
Class Sizes
Class are limited to a maximum of 8 attendees.
Course Duration & Cost
1 day, 9:30am – 4pm
Cost: $850.00 per person
Schedule & Bookings
Please see the Public Training Schedule for current course dates.
Bookings can be made via the Bookings page.