symmetry. A distribution, or data set, is symmetric if it looks the same to the left and right of the center point. • Kurtosis is a measure of whether the data are heavy-tailed or light-tailed relative to a normal distribution. That is, data sets with high kurtosis tend to have heavy tails, or outliers (a value in statistical View A. data_entry_spss.pdf from PSYCH 350 at University of Nebraska, Lincoln. SPS SS: Data Entry E & Varriable Spec cification This shows the Da ata View of th he editor. • Eacch row holds the t To Load Predefined Validation Rules 1.From the menus choose: Data > Validation > Load Predefined Rules Alternatively, you can use the Copy Data Properties Wizard to load rules from any data file. Define Validation Rules The Define Validation Rules dialog box allows you to create and view single-variable and cross-variable validation rules. • Surveys created for IBM SPSS Data Collection Data Entry can also be used for IBM SPSS Data Collection in other modes such as web, phone or face to face • Reduce data entry keystrokes through skip-and-fill, which automatically answers or skips questions, depending on previous answers (e.g., a male This SPSS data entry tutorial will show you exactly how to enter data into SPSS. Watch more spss videos and get support here: udemy.com/spss-data It is very easy to start SPSS from the start menu by just clicking on the "SPSS" icon. As soon as SPSS opens, a window will appear, which is called the "data viewer window.". In SPSS, data viewer column value is known as the record measure or the variable and row to identify the case (or subject). If the data size is small, then the data—names, variable labels, value labels, etc. The other tab, Data View, is used to actually enter the data. SPSS probably opened in the Data View mode, if not, click the Data View tab at the bottom left of the SPSS screen now. (See Figure 2-2.) Figure 2-2 . Entering Variable and Value Names and Labels: In Data View, we will use the first column and mor e data collection—mor e cases, mor e variables, and mor e data entry err ors. These err ors ar e the bane of the pr edictive model for ecasts that ar e the ultimate goal of data war ehousing, so you need to 2 IBM SPSS Data Pr eparation 25. v Allow user -missing values. Contr ols whether user -missing values ar e flagged as invalid. SPSS Data Screening Page 6 To find the case number (row) with the missing value, click out of the frequencies output 3.2.1. Initiate > Analyze >Reports >Case Summaries 3.2.2 Click over the variable "Attitudes toward housework (atthouse)" under Variables: list. 3.2.3. Click off Limit cases for first 100, and Show only valid cases 3.2.4. Entering Data Click the " Data View" tab in the botton-left corner of the screen Enter each variable value -- in the correct column -- for each case or participant If you leave a space blank a "." will appear, indicating that the value is missing -- called a "system missing" value The completed data set for the petstores is shown below. Example 1.1: Creating an SPSS Data File by Entering Data. The following data set contains 10 randomly selected scores in the final exam of a basic statistics course at XYZ College. Along with the final-exam scores, the number of classes missed during the semester and the gender of the students were also recorded. This data set now resides in the location (for example, the floppy disk) to which you saved it. Exercises 1. Set up the variables for a data set in SPSS for the data from