HSCI 597: Approaches to Data Analysis

Introduction to the Course

• Download lecture
• See slides for goals of and introduction to the course
• Read about research variables, scales of measurement and the uses of data analysis
• Read the overview of SPSS 13.0 in Data Analysis & Statistics Ch. 1; SPSS 14.0 Guide to Data Analysis Ch. 2.
• Complete descriptive statistics assignment.
• SPSS tutorial:  introduction
• Additional resources:
  • UCLA Academic Technology Services course on use of SPSS
  • University of Toronto's tutorial on use of SPSS and on adding data