SPSS DO IF – Simple Tutorial

SPSS transformations between DO IF … and END IF are applied only to cases (rows of data) that satisfy one or more conditions. In many cases, IF is a faster way to accomplish the same results. SPSS Do If Example Say we’d like to convert people’s monthly income into income classes. We may want to use different cut […]

SPSS Sampling Basics

Summary How to draw one or many samples from your data in SPSS? This tutorial demonstrates some simple ways for doing so. We’ll point out some tips, tricks and pitfalls along the way. Let’s get started and create some test data by running the syntax below. SPSS Syntax for Creating Test Data *Create test data with […]

SPSS Datetime Variables Tutorial

Introduction This tutorial shows how to work proficiently with SPSS datetime variables. You can follow along with it by downloading and opening hospital.sav. SPSS Main Datetime Functions This tutorial will cover the datetime functions outlined in the table below. Most of them apply to SPSS date variables and time variables as well because their values are stored in numbers of […]

SPSS Looping Tutorials

SPSS DO REPEAT – Simple Tutorial & Examples SPSS LOOP – Quick Tutorial & Examples SPSS VECTOR – Quick Tutorial  

SPSS Python Examples

Learn Python for SPSS the right way by running some of the examples below. They show precisely how to get things done in SPSS the fastest way possible and are easily modified to suit your needs. Enjoy! Latest SPSS Python Examples Batch Process Files with Python Create Several Excel Files with Python Change Value Labels with Python SPSS with […]

Python for SPSS

Python is a programming language that can be integrated with SPSS versions 14 and higher. By using Python in SPSS you can automate basically any SPSS task such as batch processing data files or output tables and charts. Recent SPSS versions allow you to add SPSS extensions similarly to apps on a smartphone. Most extensions can be used from […]

SPSS with Python I – What is It?

Python is among the most important programming languages today and can be used in SPSS. Doing so may truly decimate the time and effort you need to get things done. This tutorial briefly explains what Python is, how it relates to SPSS and why you might want to start using it. What is Python? Python is among the most important […]

SPSS Datetime Variables Basics

Introduction Working with SPSS datetime variables is not hard at all if you understand some basics. This tutorial walks you through just those. Those who’d like to follow along may download and open hospital.sav. SPSS Datetime Variables – What Are They? SPSS datetime variables are variables that hold the numbers of seconds between the year 1582 and […]