Working with SPSS Syntax: Basic
This course introduces you to the Syntax language on which SPSS is based.
You will learn the rules of SPSS syntax, how to generate, write and modify
it, and how syntax is used to facilitate repeated SPSS analyses and perform
operations not available through SPSS dialog boxes.
Who Should Attend
- Those who want to learn the basic skills of SPSS syntax for use in repetitive
production tasks or to perform operations not available through SPSS dialogs
- Those who are responsible for maintaining SPSS syntax jobs
Prerequisites
- Experience with SPSS to the level of our Intermediate Topics or Data
Management with SPSS courses
Course Content
- Syntax versus menus
- Syntax rules and structure
- How to create and run syntax
- Managing and maintaining syntax
- The structure and definition of variables
- Introduction to transformation functions
- String and date/time functions
- Data transformations only available using syntax
- Debugging syntax and reading error messages
SPSS Products Used
Duration
"Complex concepts were explained in a very clear and easily understandable way."
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