User manual SPSS SPSS BRIEF GUIDE 13.0

[. . . ] SPSS 13. 0 Brief Guide ® For more information about SPSS® software products, please visit our Web site at http://www. spss. com or contact SPSS Inc. 233 South Wacker Drive, 11th Floor Chicago, IL 60606-6412 Tel: (312) 651-3000 Fax: (312) 651-3668 SPSS is a registered trademark and the other product names are the trademarks of SPSS Inc. No material describing such software may be produced or distributed without the written permission of the owners of the trademark and license rights in the software and the copyrights in the published materials. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subdivision (c) (1) (ii) of The Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 52. 227-7013. [. . . ] Applications such as Microsoft's PowerPoint or Word can display your results as plain text, rich text, or as a metafile, which is a graphical representation of the output. The following examples are specific to Microsoft Word, but they may work similarly in other word processing applications. 112 Chapter 6 Pasting Results as Rich Text You can paste pivot tables into Word as native Word tables. Text formatting, such as font size and color, is not retained, but columns and rows are properly aligned. Because the table is in a text format, the data can be edited after you paste it into your document. E Click the Marital status table in the Viewer. E From the menus choose: Edit Copy E Open your word processing application. E From the word processor's menus choose: Edit Paste Special E Select Formatted Text (RTF) in the Paste Special dialog box. Figure 6-22 Paste Special dialog box E Click OK to paste your results into the current document. 113 Working with Output Figure 6-23 Pivot table displayed in Word The table is now displayed in your document. You can apply custom formatting, edit the data, and resize the table to fit your needs. Pasting Results as Metafiles Pasting your results as metafiles maintains the formatting of your output. Your pasted output becomes an image in the target document. E Click the Marital status table in the Viewer. E From the menus choose: Edit Copy E Open your word processing application. E From the word processor's menus choose: Edit Paste Special 114 Chapter 6 E Select Picture in the Paste Special dialog box. (In some applications, the choice may be "metafile" instead of "Picture. ") Figure 6-24 Paste Special dialog box E Click OK to paste your results into the current document. Figure 6-25 Metafile displayed in Word 115 Working with Output The metafile is now embedded in your document. Information in hidden categories or layers is not included in the metafile. Pasting Results as Text Pivot tables can be copied to other applications as plain text. Formatting styles are not retained in this method, but you gain the ability to edit the table data after you paste it into the target application. E Click the Marital status table in the Viewer. E From the menus choose: Edit Copy E Open your word processing application. E From the word processor's menus choose: Edit Paste Special E Select Unformatted Text in the Paste Special dialog box. Figure 6-26 Paste Special dialog box 116 Chapter 6 E Click OK to paste your results into the current document. Figure 6-27 Pivot table displayed in Word Each column of the table is separated by tabs. You can change the column widths by adjusting the tab stops in your word processing application. Exporting Results to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel Files SPSS allows you to export results to a single Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel file. In the Viewer's outline pane, you can select specific items that you want to export. You do not have to select specific items. E From the Viewer menus choose: File Export. . . 117 Working with Output There are several options for exporting the results. Figure 6-28 Export Output dialog box First, you can select which type of output file you want to create. [. . . ] In the Linear Regression dialog box, click Save to see a list of the new variables that you can add to your data file. If you generate any of these variables, they will not be available in a later session unless you save the data file. Methods. If you have collected a large number of independent variables and want to build a regression model that includes only variables that are statistically related to the dependent variable, you can select a method from the drop-down list. For example, if you select Stepwise in the above example, only variables that meet the criteria in the Linear Regression Options dialog box are entered in the equation. Nonparametric Tests The Nonparametric Tests submenu on the Analyze menu provides nonparametric tests for one sample or for two or more paired or independent samples. [. . . ]