It will be a hands-on class, where you get more comfortable with
the SPSS statistical package and with doing statistical data analysis in
general.

     I will have some sample datasets that illustrate different SPSS
research techniques, and also show how to make a dataset from scratch.

     We'll go over the following commonly used commands for statistical
     research and apply them to example datasets:

            File menu
               Importing data from Excel spreadsheets and workbooks
            Data menu
               Define Variable Properties
               Split File
               Select Cases

            Transform menu
               Compute
               Recode

           Analyze menu
               Most commonly used statistical commands and
                  options and techniques and how to interpret
                  the results
           Graphs menu
               Most often needed Graphs and Plots and techniques such as
                  scatterplots and Boxplots and Error Bars...

           Output window and how to save it and edit out the runs you do
               not need to save or print

         You can bring along any SPSS or spreadsheet or database file
         you have and if there is time at the end, and/or if the class
         is very small, I will help people with their specific research
         dataset issues and analysis.

         If there isn't enough time to answer all of your specific 
         data analysis problems, you are welcome to make an appointment
         and/or walk-in for individual help with SPSS in the days and
         weeks after the class.

         I'll probably have some sort of hand-out for the class called 
         SPSS Part I Short Course Notes, along with a related web page.

         The course can be somewhat tailored to the needs of the students, so 
         feel free to let me know of any specific questions you have
         when you register or at any time.  

         Mark