SPSS TableLooks – Quick Introduction

SPSS TableLooks are files that contain styling -colors, fonts, borders and more- for SPSS output tables. What can I (not) do with TableLooks? Applying TableLooks Creating TableLooks Developing TableLooks Issues with TableLooks Output Table Styled by TableLook Example Practice Data File This tutorial uses bank_clean.sav throughout. Part of its data view is shown below. Feel free to download these […]

SPSS Chart Templates Tutorial

SPSS chart templates are tiny text files that contain styling for charts. What are SPSS Chart Templates? Creating a Chart Template Applying Chart Templates Where do I Get Some Decent Chart Templates? Developing Your Own Chart Templates Practice Data File This tutorial walks you through creating and using chart templates. We’ll use bank.sav -partly shown below- throughout. […]

Set Decimals for Output

Setting decimal places in SPSS output is not straightforward. A great option, however, is our Set Decimals for Output Tables Tool. An alternative is changing your variable formats. Finally, for full control, one needs Python Scripting or SaxBasic. 1. Changing Variable Formats The number of decimals in SPSS output basically depends on the combination of statistic, procedure and variable format. […]

Include Empty Categories in Output

Question “I have some empty categories in my data. For example, none of my respondents filled out “politician” as their job. Therefore, “politician” is completely absent from crosstabs. How can I include it with a zero frequency?” How to include an empty category in a crosstab? Solution The basic solution here is to add one […]

SPSS OMS Tutorial – Creating Data from Output

SPSS OMS (short for Output Management System) can convert your output to SPSS datasets. As we’ll demonstrate in a minute, this can save you huge amounts of time, effort and frustration. We recommend you follow along by downloading and opening course_evaluation.sav, part of which is shown below. Today’s Challenge Some client wants to see charts holding correlations of […]

SPSS Table Templates

Summary SPSS table templates are files that tell SPSS how to style one, many or all tables that appear in the output viewer window. Some examples of such styling are the colors and sizes of fonts and borders. The figure below shows a DESCRIPTIVES table with and without a table template applied to it. Just like SPSS data […]

SPSS Chart Templates

SPSS chart templates are files that tell SPSS how to style charts in the Output Viewer window. SPSS chart templates are easy to use and make your SPSS output look very professional. SPSS chart templates are files that tell SPSS how to style one, many or all charts that appear in the output viewer window. Examples […]