Activity 1

Question 1

What does SPSS stand for?

Answer 1

Statistical Package for Social Sciences

Question 2

What can SPSS be used for?

Answer 2

Conduct Statistical Analysis
Manipulate data
Generate tables and graphs that summarize data

Question 2

Software for editing and analyzing all sorts of data

Answer 2

SPSS

Question 3

-Averages
-Frequencies

Answer 3

Basic Descriptive Statistics

Question 4

-Regression
-Analysis of variance
-Factor Analysis

Answer 4

Advanced inferential statistics

Question 5

 Spreadsheet-like system
 Defining, entering, editing, and displaying data
 Extension of the saved file will be “sav.”
 Each row is dedicated to a single participant, subject or case
 Each column is dedicated for a variable
 You can switch to the variable view to edit the variables
 You can also switch to the variable view to edit the

Answer 5

DATA EDITOR

Question 6

 Displays output and errors
 Extension of the saved file will be “spv.”

Answer 6

OUTPUT VIEWER

Question 7

 Text editor for syntax composition
 Extension of the saved file will be “sps.”

Answer 7

SYNTAX EDITOR

Question 8

 Provides the opportunity to write full-blown programs, in a
BASIC-like language
 Extension of the saved file will be “sbs.”

Answer 8

SCRIPT WINDOW

Question 9

 The variable dayofwk is a categorical variable.
 One way to simplify data entry is to assign numbers or
symbols to represent responses.

Answer 9

CODING DATA

Question 10

 spreadsheet program that is used to record and analyze numerical data.
 contains a number of columns and rows, where each intersection of a column and a row is a “cell”

Answer 10

MICROSOFT EXCEL

Question 11

used to access commands i.e. creating new documents, saving existing work, printing

Answer 11

Ribbon start button

Question 12

– the tabs are used to group similar
commands together

Answer 12

Ribbon tabs

Question 13

used for basic commands such as formatting the data to make it more presentable, sorting and finding specific data within the spreadsheet.

Answer 13

home tab

Question 14

the bars are used to group similar commands together.

Answer 14

Ribbon bar

Question 15

used to group all the commands that are used to align data together

Answer 15

Alignment ribbon bar

Question 16

organizes all the data in your worksheet
by one column. Related information across each row is kept together when the sort is applied.

Answer 16

Sort sheet

Question 17

sorts the data in a range of cells, which can be helpful when working with a sheet that contains several tables

Answer 17

Sort range