Time and place:
The course consists of two sessions:
Tuesday, October 31st, 9:15-12:00, in seminar room Postscript, Ole-Johan Dahls hus
Thursday, November 2nd, 12:15-15:00, in seminar room Java, Ole-Johan Dahls hus
Who is it for?
UiO reseachers and students who want to get started with SPSS. Basic knowledge of statistics and research methodology is useful, but not required. The aim is to provide a soft and not-too-technical introduction.
How do I sign up?
In order to participate in this course, you need to have a valid user account at the University of Oslo (username and password), and sign up here. While our courses are primarily reserved for UiO employees, external participants are also welcome if there are available seats in the course. If you're not employed at UiO and would like to be added to the waiting list, please fill out this form and we'll let you know if any spots become available.
Important: Participants must have SPSS already installed on their PC. The latest version of SPSS may be downloaded from winprog.uio.no or macprog.uio.no. SPSS is also available remotely on UiO Programkiosk. If you need help with the installation, contact local IT in your department.
Course materials
- Data files
- Slides
Please download the data files and unzip them beforehand, and place them somewhere easy to find on your computer. Slides will be uploaded here after the course. The slides are quite detailed. So instead of taking notes, we recommend to focus on active participation in SPSS.
Contents
- Get to know the different menus and options that you have in SPSS
- Setting up a codebook and a data file
- Screening your data and eliminating errors in the data set
- Descriptive statistics, i.e. how to describe a data set using measures such as mean, standard deviation, median, skewness, etc., and know what these mean and how they should be interpreted
- Recoding variables and calculating new variables based on raw data
- Make graphs
Language
The course will be in English this semester.
Instructor
Sahar Hassani, PhD, Data Management, IT Department.
Contact information
Send questions about the course to statistikk@usit.uio.no