{"id":2969,"date":"2023-05-24T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2023-05-24T16:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T11:00:38","slug":"ibm-spss-statistics-tutorial-part-03-importing-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/ibm-spss-statistics-tutorial-part-03-importing-data\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM SPSS Statistics Tutorial &#8211; Part 03 &#8211; Importing Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Data entry in SPSS can be a tedious task, but fortunately, you can import data from other sources such as Microsoft Excel or a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file. This allows you to easily bring in data from external sources into SPSS for analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this exercise, I will guide you on how to upload a CSV file. For this activity, please download the file from Kaggle Datasets using the following link. Access the dataset &#8216;Students Exam Scores: Extended Dataset&#8217; through the following link:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaggle.com\/datasets\/desalegngeb\/students-exam-scores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.kaggle.com\/datasets\/desalegngeb\/students-exam-scores<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the <strong>Download<\/strong> button. You will be prompted to sign in with your Gmail account to download the file. Therefore, please log in to your Gmail account and then click <strong>Sign in with Google<\/strong>. If you prefer not to sign in, you can obtain a copy of the CSV file from your instructor. The filename will be <strong>Expanded_data_with_more_features.csv<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To open the CSV file in SPSS, please follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <strong>IBM SPSS Statistics 26<\/strong><\/li><li>Click <strong>File <\/strong>-&gt; <strong>Open <\/strong>-&gt; <strong>Data<\/strong><\/li><li>In the <strong>Files of type:<\/strong> dropdown menu, select <strong>CSV (*.csv)<\/strong><\/li><li>Choose the file <strong>Expanded_data_with_more_features.csv <\/strong>and click <strong>Open<\/strong><\/li><li>In <strong>Step 1 of 6<\/strong>, simply click <strong>Next<\/strong><\/li><li>In <strong>Step 2 of 6<\/strong>, again click <strong>Next<\/strong><\/li><li>In <strong>Step 3 of 6, <\/strong>proceed by clicking <strong>Next<\/strong><\/li><li>In <strong>Step 4 of 6<\/strong>, continue by clicking <strong>Next<\/strong><\/li><li>A message will appear stating, &#8216;Invalid variable names for this application have been found and changed.&#8217; Click <strong>OK<\/strong><\/li><li>In <strong>Step 5 of 6<\/strong>, click <strong>Next<\/strong><\/li><li>Finally, in <strong>Step 6 of 6<\/strong>, click <strong>Finish<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, compare your <strong>Variable View <\/strong>with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3-1024x491.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3-1024x491.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3.png 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, compare your <strong>Data View <\/strong>with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2-1024x447.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2-1024x447.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2.png 1359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data entry in SPSS can be a tedious task, but fortunately, you can import data from other sources such as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spss"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IBM SPSS Statistics Tutorial - Part 03 - Importing Data - Your Right Decision Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/ibm-spss-statistics-tutorial-part-03-importing-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IBM SPSS Statistics Tutorial - Part 03 - Importing Data - Your Right Decision Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Data entry in SPSS can be a tedious task, but fortunately, you can import data from other sources such as&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/ibm-spss-statistics-tutorial-part-03-importing-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Your Right Decision Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yourrightdecision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-24T11:00:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-24T11:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-3-1024x491.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/ibm-spss-statistics-tutorial-part-03-importing-data\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/ibm-spss-statistics-tutorial-part-03-importing-data\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1619bc20b251247bf3089fa41c507641\"},\"headline\":\"IBM SPSS Statistics Tutorial &#8211; 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