Topic 5: A – Numeric Measures using EXPLORE

Video (8:00)

The following video illustrates exploratory data analysis for one quantitative variable by creating numerical (and graphical) summaries using ANALYZE – DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS – EXPLORE. The following files are associated with this video.

• All Available Transcripts – SPSS Tutorials

• DATASET USED:
  • PULSE_STEP3.SAV

• SPSS OUTPUT CREATED:
  • Topic5AOneQVarExplore.SPV

• Menus and Steps Used:
  • Double-click on the SPSS dataset (STEP3) to open SPSS with that data loaded
  • Note: Explore can obtain histograms, boxplots, and QQ-plots in addition to the numeric summaries which makes this a very nice tool!
  • Go to ANALYZE – DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS – EXPLORE
    • Drag quantitative variables into the Dependent list
    • In STATISTICS – check percentiles if the quartiles are needed
    • In PLOTS – select histogram and normality plots, if desired
    • Decide whether to display statistics or plots or both
    • Click OK
  • Save SPSS output by going to the output and File – Save or by closing SPSS and following the prompts.

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