How to Calculate Skewness and Kurtosis in SPSS

This quick tutorial will show you how to calculate the skewness and kurtosis of a distribution in the SPSS statistics package. Quick Steps Click on Analyze -> Descriptive Statistics -> Descriptives Drag and drop the variable for which you wish to calculate skewness and kurtosis into the box on the right Click on Options, and … Read more

How to Calculate Percentiles in SPSS

This quick tutorial will show you how to calculate percentiles in SPSS using the default HAVERAGE method. Quick Steps Click on Analyze -> Descriptive Statistics -> Frequencies Drag and drop the variable for which you wish to calculate the percentile(s) into the box on the right Click the Statistics button Select the Percentile(s) option, type … Read more

How to Make a Histogram in SPSS

This tutorial will show you the quickest method to create a histogram in the SPSS statistical package. Quick Steps Click Graphs -> Legacy Dialogs -> Histogram Drag variable you want to plot as a histogram from the left into the Variable text box Select “Display normal curve” (recommended) Click OK Histogram will appear in SPSS … Read more

Calculate Mean & Standard Deviation in SPSS

This quick tutorial will teach you how to calculate the mean and standard deviation of a set of data in SPSS. There are a number of different ways to achieve this, but what follows is probably the easiest. Quick Steps Click Analyze -> Descriptive Statistics -> Descriptives Drag the variable of interest from the left … Read more