STA 5105L SPSS Lab
Summer 2009 Syllabus

Time:   Fridays 9:30 - 12:15         Room: PC 416  

Required Text: Using SPSS for Window: Analyzing and Understanding Data, 5th Edition, Green and Salkind.  http://www.prenhall.com/greensalkind/

Other Texts (not required): 
1. SPSS 17.0 Guide to Data Analysis, Marija J. Norušis, Prentice Hall, 2010.
2. Visual Approach to SPSS for Windows, A: A Guide to SPSS 17.0, 2/E,
    Leonard D Stern, Allyn &Bacon, 2010.
3. SPSS Demystified: A Step-by -Step Guide to Successful Data Analysis,
    Ronald D. Yockey, Prentice Hall, 2008.
4. SPSS Survival Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Data Analysis, Julie Pallant, 2007.
    http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/openupusa/html/0335223664.html
5. SPSS for Windows Step-by-Step: A Simple Guide and Reference, 14.0 update, 7/E,
    Darren George, Paul Mallery, Allyn & Bacon, 2007.

WebTutorials: http://www.indiana.edu/~statmath/stat/spss/win/
                       http://pages.infinit.net/rlevesqu/spss.htm

Professor:   Paulette Johnson, PhD        Email address:  Paulette@fiu.edu
Office: DM 409D, University Park         Phone:       (305) 348-2261   
GA Office: DM 409B                           GA Phone: (305) 348-7421
Office Hours: Fridays: after class, or you can make an appointment during regular consulting hours:
                      Monday - Thursday 9:30-5:00 with me or my Graduate Assistants.
Webpage:    www.fiu.edu/~statcon
 

Grading: This is a Pass / Fail Course. To PASS:
1) attend 4 of 5 of the class sessions for the entire class session; and
2) Complete assignments CORRECTLY for 4 of 5 of the class sessions.
   All assignments are from the Green/Salkind text above. Typically, you will turn in
   assignments more than once in order to achieve a correct on it. To be correct, the
   assignment needs to be at least 85% correct.

Classes end June 18, Thursday. Last day to turn in homework will be Friday June 19 since grades are due Monday June 22.
If you have NOT completed correctly 4 of 5 assignments, BUT
-- have completed correctly MORE THAN 2 of 4 assignments, you will receive an INCOMPLETE.
-- If you have completed correctly 2 or fewer assignments, you will receive an F.  


SPSS Options :
1) Use SPSS in FIU Computer Labs: Location and Hours

2) You can download a demo copy from SPSS for 21 days from http://www.spss.com/downloads/Papers.cfm?ProductID=00035&Name=SPSS_Base&DLType=Demo

3) Rent  a copy of SPSS Grad Pack for 6 months ($80) from http://www.onthehub.com/spss/

4) You can purchase SPSS if you wish, but I would not recommend it unless you will be doing your own data analysis soon. Then purchase SPSS Grad Pack  at http://www.journeyed.com/itemDetail.asp?ItmNo=84881573R
Do not purchase the SPSS student version.  It is limited in what it can do.


5) If you are working for a professor who does not have SPSS, you may be able to ask them
to purchase it from UTS for $20. FIU UTS Software Link (From website -- This product can only be sold to FULL-TIME Faculty and Staff (A&P, USPS and Faculty only). OPS, Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants are not eligible to purchase SPSS at this time.) ****Software expires September 2009

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