SPSS+Basics


 * First thing to do with your data, Run Frequencies (why? make sure your data acts as expected)
 * Don't forget to "Paste" your commands (they'll be placed into a Syntax file, so you can re-run and keep track of what you've done), then "Run" them (from the top menu)
 * Descriptive statistics
 * Don't forget to "Paste" your commands
 * Recode
 * Transform into Different Variables
 * Never Recode into the same variables (you lose your original data)
 * Recode, rename label (use R or some other indicated of Recoding)
 * Leave no spaces
 * Run a t-test
 * What do you do with the output of a t-test?
 * Look for significance
 * Is it significant? (look in Significance column) < 05 is significant