SPSS commands between DO IF ... and END IF are applied only to cases (rows of data) that satisfy one or more conditions. In many cases, however, IF is a faster way to accomplish the same results.

SPSS FREQUENCIES is found under Analyze - Descriptive Statistics - Frequencies. It is ideal for running

• frequency distributions;
• histograms;
• bar charts;
• percentiles;
• and way more...

The SPSS RECODE command usually replaces values with different values. It comes in handy for merging categories, dichotomizing continuous variables and some other tasks. This tutorial walks you through its main options, best practices and pitfalls.

SPLIT FILE is a command for having separate output for subsets of cases. It does not literally split your file into smaller files. This tutorial demonstrates how to use it.

By default, every case in your data counts as a single case. However, you can have each case count as more or less than one case as well. This is called weighting. This tutorial shows you how to do this in SPSS.

If you're new to SPSS, start off with this overview of our beginners tutorials. We'll cover basics, tips & tricks for the data, syntax and output windows.

Having a basic understanding of SPSS numeric variables allows you to work fast and with a sense of confidence. This tutorial aims at accomplishing just that by pointing out some essential basics.

String variables are variables that hold zero or more text characters. This tutorial demonstrates their main properties by running simple examples on a test data file.

In SPSS, a procedure is a command that reads the data and is carried out immediately after running it. Procedures can't be used within DO REPEAT, DO IF, LOOP or TEMPORARY.

In SPSS, a transformation is a command that is not immediately executed when you run it.

Transformations -but no other commands- can be combined with LOOP, DO REPEAT, DO IF and other time savers.