Advanced Statistical Analysis using SPSS Course



Course Details:

Length: 2 days

Price: $1,265/person (USD)

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Course Features:

Live Instructor Teaching

Certificate of Completion

Digital Badge

Courseware: Digital

Free 6 Month Online Retake

Hands-On Learning?: Yes

Software Lab Included?: Yes

Delivery Methods:

Live Online

Individuals and Groups
@ Your Location

Onsite for Teams

Group Teams
@ Your Organization

This is an instructor-led course. It is taught by an instructor live online or at organizations for groups.
For team training, we can teach onsite at your office or private live online.

 

Course Overview

In this two-day seminar you will consider in depth some of the more advanced SPSS statistical procedures that are available in SPSS. You'll take a look at several advanced SPSS statistical techniques and discuss situations when each may be used, the assumptions made by each method, how to set up the analysis using SPSS and how to interpret the results.


Register Early: Registration Deadline is 2 Weeks Prior to Class Start.


Course Notes

Versions That Can Attend: SPSS Version 19 and newer can attend
Course Taught With: SPSS Version 29
Please note, there is no training manual for this class.

Target Audience

Anyone who has worked with SPSS for Windows and wants to become better versed in the more advanced statistical capabilities of SPSS for Windows. Anyone who has a solid understanding of statistics and wants to expand their knowledge of appropriate statistical procedures and how to set them up using SPSS.
On the job statistical experience or completion of the Statistical Analysis using SPSS and/or Intermediate courses. Advanced statistical knowledge or at least two college level courses in Statistics. SPSS for Windows Base System, SPSS Advanced Statistics, SPSS Professional Statistics.

Knowledge Prerequisites

Data Management & Manipulation with SPSS
Introduction to SPSS
Introduction to Statistical Analysis using SPSS

Related Certifications

SPSS® Certified Base Programmer for SPSS® 9 Certification

Certification Notes: Certification exams are administered by third party testing companies. Our courses prepare you for the certification exam, which is an additional fee paid to the testing provider. You must contact the corresponding testing provider to take a certification exam.

 

Course Topics

Introduction and Overview
•Goals of the Course
•Taxonomy of Methods
•General Approach
•Summary

Discriminant Analysis
•How Does Discriminant Analysis Work?
•The Elements of Discriminant Analysis
•The Discriminant Model
•How Cases are Classified
•Assumptions of Discriminant Analysis
•A Two-Group Discriminant Example
•Checking Variance Assumptions
•Running a Discriminant Analysis
•The Discriminant Coefficients
•Classification Statistics 2- 18 Prediction
•The Assumption of Equal Covariance
•Modifying the List of Predictors
•Casewise Statistics and Outliers
•Adjusting Prior Probabilities
•Validating the Discriminant Model
•Stepwise Model Selection
•Three-Group Discriminant Analysis
•Summary

Binary Logistic Regression
•How Does Logistic Regression Work?
•The Logistic Equation
•The Elements of Logistic Regression
•Assumptions of Logistic Regression
•A First Example of Logistic Regression
•Interpreting Logistic Regression Coefficients
•Making Predictions
•The Accuracy of Prediction
•Estimated Probabilities
•Checking Classifications
•Residual Analysis
•Stepwise Logistic Regression
•Summary
•Appendix: Comparison to Discriminant Analysis

Multinomial Logistic Regression
•Multinomial Logistic Model
•Assumptions of Multinomial Logistic Regression
•A Multinomial Logistic Analysis: Predicting Credit Risk
•Interpreting Coefficients
•Classification Table
•Making Predictions
•Appendix: Multinomial Logistic with a Two-Category Outcome

Survival Analysis (Kaplan-Meier)
•What is Survival Analysis
•Concepts
•Censoring
•What to Look for in Survival Analysis
•Survival Procedures in SPSS
•An Example: Kaplan-Meier
•Results
•Extensions
•Summary

Cluster Analysis
•How Does Cluster Analysis Work?
•Types of Data Used for Clustering
•What to Look at When Clustering
•Methods
•Distance and Standardization
•Overall Recommendations
•Example I: Hierarchical Cluster Analysis
•Cluster Results
•Obtaining Mean Profiles of Clusters
•Relating Clusters to Other Variables
•Summary of First Cluster Example
•Example II: K-Means Clustering
•Running K-Means Clustering
•Summary

Factor Analysis
•Uses of Factor Analysis
•What to Look for When Running Factor Analysis
•Principles
•The Idea of a Principal Component
•Factor Analysis Versus Principal Components
•Number of Factors
•Rotation
•Factor Scores & Sample Size
•Methods
•An Example: 1988 Olympic Decathlon Scores
•Looking at Correlations
•Principal Components Analysis with an Orthogonal Rotation
•Principal Axis Factoring with an Oblique Rotation
•Summary

Loglinear Analysis
•What are Loglinear Models
•Relations Among Loglinear, Logit Models and Logistic Regression
•What to Look for in Loglinear and Logit Analysis
•Assumptions
•Procedures in SPSS that Run Loglinear or Logit Analysis
•Example: Analysis of Location Preference (Model Selection)
•Running the Analysis
•Significance Tests
•Coefficient Interpretation
•Summary
•Appendix: Logit Analysis with Specific Model (Genlog)
•Results

Multivariate Analysis of Variance
•Why Perform MANOVA
•Assumptions of MANOVA
•What to Look for in MANOVA
•SPSS Version 7 Differences
•An Example: Memory Influences
•Examining the Output
•Post Hoc Tests
•Summary
•Appendix: Post Hoc Testing of Means

Repeated measures Analysis of Variance
•Why do a Repeated Measures Study
•The Logic of Repeated Measures
•Assumptions
•Example: One Factor Drug Study
•Examining Results
•Further Analysis
•Planned Comparisons
•Summary
•Appendix: Ad Viewing with Pre-Post Brand Ratings
•Examining Results
•Tests of Assumptions
•Profile Plots
•Extensions


Course FAQs

This course is taught by a live instructor and is available in two class formats:

  1. Live Online for Individuals
  2. Onsite/Online for Private Groups







Related SPSS Information:

Public instructor-led SPSS course prices start at $1,265 per student. Group training discounts are available.

Self-Paced SPSS eLearning courses cost $300 at the starting point per student. Group purchase discounts are available.

 







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