Practical: SPSS III
Full course description
This practical is an integral part of the course ‘Statistics III’ and includes trainings in the use of SPSS for the statistical techniques covered in ‘Statistics III’. There are four practical classes, one for each of the subjects: contingency tables, logistic regression, classical psychometrics, and factor analysis. During these classes, students practice with the corresponding statistical technique based on real or realistic data. The assignments for the SPSS analyses are in the course manual. The SPSS output will be discussed during a tutorial. In preparation for the practical classes, students are to study the corresponding theory (lecture and literature).
In preparation for the tutorial discussing the SPSS output, students are to answer the questions about that SPSS output included in the course manual. As far as time allows, students are supposed to do this during the practical.
The final assessment for this course is pass or fail - and not a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.
Course objectives
Students are able:
- to work with the software SPSS for running the statistical analyses discussed in the module 'Statistics for psychologists III' (such as Contingency table analysis, logistic regression, reliability analysis and exploratory factor analysis);
- to correctly interpret SPSS output for the statistical analyses that were discussed in the module 'Statistics for psychologists III'.
Prerequisites
Good SPSS skills based on SPSS practicals for modules IPN1024 ‘Statistics I’ and IPN2028 ‘Statistics II’.