Descriptive- summarize or describe our observations

Inferential- use observations to allow us to make

predictions (inferences) about a situation that has not yet

occurred

Descriptive or Inferential?

a) I cycle about 50 km per week on average.

b) We can expect a lot of rain this time of year.

One of the most popular statistical packages which

can perform highly complex data manipulation and

analysis with simple instructions.

Like many software packages, SPSS is menu-driven. That means users

can execute statistical analyses, simple or complex, by clicking a

series of pull-down menus and selecting the desired pre-

programmed commands. However, many researchers or analysts

may use certain statistical procedures that are not pre-programmed

into SPSS. As a result, SPSS allows users to create custom

programs, or to link together multiple pre-programmed operations to

be applied in sequence.

Saves time when organizing and analyzing data.

Programs also can be modified

Transfer data from excel to SPSS

Easily identify groups

Although an SPSS program appears complex, you do not

have to be a master programmer or be fluent in SPSS

syntax to use a program.

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