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SPSS Statistics is a statistics and data analysis program for businesses, governments, research institutes, and academic organizations. In this course, Barton Poulson takes a practical, visual, and non-mathematical approach to SPSS Statistics, explaining how to use the popular program to analyze data in ways that are difficult or impossible in spreadsheets, but which don't require you to master programming languages like Python or R. From importing spreadsheets, to making data visualizations, to calculating descriptive statistics, Barton covers all the basics, with an emphasis on clarity, interpretation, communicability, and application. This course is ideal for first-time researchers and those who want to make the most of data in their professional and academic work.
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Barton Poulson
Psychology professor and data do-gooder
Barton Poulson is a professor, designer, and data analytics expert.
Barton has bridged the analytic and aesthetic for most of his life, with a background in industrial design, a Ph.D. in social and personality psychology, and a deep love for data analysis and data visualization as well as the visual and performing arts. Bart is an associate professor of psychology at Utah Valley University and has studied at Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, and the City University of New York. In his role as a teacher of research and analysis, he has conducted hundreds of studies with his students on topics from social identity and aspirations to implicit preferences for poetry and architecture. Bart and his wife, Jacque Lynn Bell, a modern dance choreographer, live with their three children in beautiful Salt Lake City.
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Welcome
- The baseball legend Yogi Berra reportedly said that "You can see a lot by just looking" and it may sound strange, but that principle actually applies to data analysis as well. And one of the best ways to do that is with the program SPSS, a data analysis package from IBM that originally was developed over 50 years ago for exploring and modeling data. I'm Barton Poulson, and in this course, we'll take a look at how you can get started with SPSS. We'll see how you can make data visualizations and wrangle data, calculate descriptive statistics, we'll work with some powerful methods for analyzing associations in the data and building models to help you get insight. We'll also see how you can share your work with others so they can get the same benefits of the data revolution. This is an introductory course, so you don't need to have experience with SPSS or other programs, it's helpful, but not critical to have some familiarity with the basic concepts of statistical analysis. But either way, I'll explain concepts thoroughly as we go through the course. And so with that, let's get started with SPSS Essential Training.
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