User Guide

Contents
1 Introducti
on 1
Sample Fil
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Starting S
PSS ............................................... 2
Variable D
isplayinDialogBoxes.............................. 3
OpeningaDataFile............................................ 3
RunninganAnalysis .......................................... 7
ViewingResults ............................................. 10
CreatingCharts.............................................. 11
ExitingSPSS................................................ 13
2 Using the Help System 15
HelpContentsTab............................................ 16
HelpIndexTab.............................................. 17
DialogBoxHelp............................................. 18
StatisticsCoach............................................. 19
CaseStudies ............................................... 27
3 Reading Data 29
BasicStructureofanSPSSDataFile............................. 29
ReadinganSPSSDataFile..................................... 30
ReadingDatafromSpreadsheets................................ 31
ReadingDatafromaDatabase.................................. 34
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