ABSTRACT
The aim of this first chapter is to give you an overview of SPSS and, through this, to show you that handling and analyzing quantitative data need not be difficult. In particular, by the end of this chapter you will:
• understand what a dataset is; • be able to open an existing dataset with SPSS and also create your own dataset; • understand the SPSS environment and be able to navigate your way around it; • have gained some experience of undertaking simple analyses with SPSS; • be able to save a dataset and also the output of the analyses you have undertaken.
