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. […]

SPSS Sign Test for Two Medians – Simple Example

The sign test for two medians evaluates if 2 variables measured on 1 group of cases are likely to have equal population medians.* It can be used on either metric variables or ordinal variables. For comparing means rather than medians, the paired samples t-test and Wilcoxon signed-ranks test are better options. Adratings Data We’ll use adratings.sav throughout this tutorial. It holds data on 18 respondents […]

Searching PDFs

You have lots of control and lots of possibilities for running effective and efficient searches in Adobe Acrobat. A search can be broad or narrow, including many different kinds of data and covering multiple Adobe PDFs. If you work with large numbers of related PDFs, you can define them as a catalog in Acrobat Pro, which generates a PDF index […]