EDD611 Inquiry I Getting Started

This guide will walk you through the essential first steps: installing the SPSS software, downloading your dataset, and opening the data in SPSS.

By the end of this Lab, students will be able to:

  • Install SPSS software
  • Download and open the HERI dataset
Expand or collapse content Install Software

To install the SPSS software, please follow the guide for your respective device (Mac or PC) at https://www.fullerton.edu/it/services/software/spss.html 

Expand or collapse content Downloading the Dataset

Step 1:

Click on the HERI file attached below to download

attachment HERI Data File Course Use Only Limited Edition.zSAV

Step 2:

Save it somewhere easily accessible, as you will use it for all lab assignments

Expand or collapse content Getting Started - Open the dataset

For the labs, you will open and use the same dataset for the entire semester (HERI Data File Course Use Only Limited Edition.zSAV)

It is recommended to have all other non-essential windows closed when you are working on SPSS 

Step 1:

Click on the SPSS icon to open the software

SPSS logo

Step 2:

Click File, Open, then Data

Spreadsheet overview highlighting the File, Open, and Data options

Step 3:

Select the HERI file from your saved location

Then click the Open button

Highlight of the HERI file and Open butotn

It will take a few minutes for the data to load. It is recommended to not touch the computer during this time.

Step 4:

After a couple of minutes, you can check on the progress by clicking on the Overview tab (at the bottom center) to check the status of the data loading

When the Variable count shows 1653 and Cases show 33,882, the data is fully loaded

Highlight of the Variable tab

After this, if you click back to the Variable tab, you will see data has loaded

Highlight of the Variable tab

You can now proceed to your lab exercise

Questions? Need Help?

Please contact your instructor Christopher Newman at [email protected]