SPSS Output Tricks

SPSS output usually looks terrible. However, it doesn’t have to: you can manually style your tables and charts in the output window. The styles you apply such as colors, borders and fonts can be saved as SPSS chart templates and SPSS table templates. These can easily be reapplied to future output. A little known trick -but a real life saver […]

Stepwise Regression in SPSS – Example

A magazine wants to improve their customer satisfaction. They surveyed some readers on their overall satisfaction as well as satisfaction with some quality aspects. Their basic question is“which aspects have most impact on customer satisfaction? ”We’ll try to answer this question with regression analysis. Overall satisfaction is our dependent variable (or criterion) and the quality […]

Stepwise Regression in SPSS – Data Preparation

A magazine publisher surveyed readers on their overall satisfaction and a number of quality aspects. Their data can be downloaded from magazine.sav. Now, when working with real world data, the first thing you want to do are some basic data checks. This tutorial walks you through. The actual regression analysis on the prepared data is covered in the next […]

Linear Regression in SPSS – A Simple Example

A company wants to know how job performance relates to IQ, motivation and social support. They collect data on 60 employees, resulting in job_performance.sav. Part of these data are shown below. Quick Data Check We usually start our analysis with a solid data inspection. Since that’s already been done for the data at hand, we’ll limit it […]

SPSS Stepwise Regression – Example 2

A large bank wants to gain insight into their employees’ job satisfaction. They carried out a survey, the results of which are in bank_clean.sav. The survey included some statements regarding job satisfaction, some of which are shown below. Research Question The main research question for today iswhich factors contribute (most) to overall job satisfaction?as measured by overall (“I’m […]

SPSS Regression

SPSS Regression Basics Simple Linear Regression – Quick Introduction SPSS Multiple Regression Analysis – Tutorial Linear Regression in SPSS – A Simple Example Read SPSS Stepwise Regression Stepwise Regression in SPSS – Data Preparation Read Stepwise Regression in SPSS – Example Stepwise Regression in SPSS – Example 2 Regression – Dummy Variables Creating Dummy Variables […]