SPSS stuff

How to find descriptives for qualitative variables in SPSS

analyze descriptive statistics frequency

Frequency Function

make sure to display frequency tables for nominal/ordinal variables

use the valid data to show actual data

Descriptives for Quantitative Variables

analyze descriptive statistics explore

Explore function

tells best measure of central tendency of scale variables based on normal or abnormal

can factor by nominal and ordinal variables

Computing New variables from Existing ones

transform compute variable use selector window

Creating New Variables based on dates

transform → date and time wizard → calculate with dates and times → calculate the number of time units between dates → latest - date of interest to fractional part → label

Recoding into Different Variables

transform → recode into different variables → range option making sure not to overlap numbers → add new value → assign value labels to categories