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.