Define the (e.g., Numeric for scale data, String for text labels).
IBM provides its own detailed technical manuals for version 27 for free. These are better for technical setup and "how-it-works" overviews: IBM SPSS Statistics V27 Brief Guide
Use the menu to compute new variables or recode existing ones (e.g., collapsing age into groups).
A spreadsheet format displaying your actual raw data. Rows represent individual cases (participants or observations), while columns represent variables.
, you reject the null hypothesis. There is a statistically significant association between your two categorical variables. Quick Reference Summary Table When to Use This Test Dependent Variable (DV) Independent Variable (IV) SPSS Menu Path 1 Continuous (Scale) 1 Categorical (Exactly 2 groups) Analyze > Compare Means > Independent-Samples T Test Paired t-Test 1 Continuous (Measured twice) 1 Time/Condition variable Analyze > Compare Means > Paired-Samples T Test One-Way ANOVA 1 Continuous (Scale) 1 Categorical ( ≥3is greater than or equal to 3 Analyze > Compare Means > One-Way ANOVA Pearson Correlation 2 Continuous (Scale) Linear association check Analyze > Correlate > Bivariate Chi-Square Test 1 Categorical 1 Categorical Analyze > Descriptive Statistics > Crosstabs