1.Getting Started:Let's Open SPSS and Bring in Data In this section,we will play with the SPSS windows and get a broad idea of what things look like in the SPSS environment.In so doing,we also learn how to bring data in SPSS.By the end of this section we will have a rough but good idea what role each window plays for your data management and analysis work and how to get SPSS ready for our work. First,let's create a working directory for this practice in whatever location you prefer.It is always a good idea to keep one project directory for one project.Let's call this new working directory "verybasicSPSS."Then download from here the data files we are going to use in this online workshop.Save them in the working directory you just created. Now,let's launch the program. Click on the SPSS icon,OR Choose from Window's Start menu SPSS 1x.x (whatever version you have;this workshop is using Version 16)for Windows: Start Programs SPSS for Windows SPSS 1x.x for Windows Some of you may have a dialogue box (called"SPSS for Windows 1x.x [your version]")popping up asking"What would you like to do?".In that case,let's just click on"Cancel"for now and go see what windows we have in the SPSS interface. You should be seeing an untitled SPSS Data Editor window now(like below). Untitled1 [DataSeto]-SPSS Data Editor -▣ File Edit View Data Iransform Analyze Graphs Utilities Add-ons Vindow Help 公周昌 厚卧：的帽由昌办雪多©● 1 Visible:0 of 0 Variables var var var var var var var 2 3 Data View Variable View SPSS Processor is ready The Data Editor window shows you the working(=currently open)dataset in a spreadsheet format.Of course,it is now new and empty.You see there are two sheets in this window,the Data View and the Variable View.Currently,the Data View is active (in yellow).You see a message from SPSS at the bottom of the window.Currently,it is "SPSS Processor is ready"for your work. 21. Getting Started: Let’s Open SPSS and Bring in Data In this section, we will play with the SPSS windows and get a broad idea of what things look like in the SPSS environment. In so doing, we also learn how to bring data in SPSS. By the end of this section we will have a rough but good idea what role each window plays for your data management and analysis work and how to get SPSS ready for our work. First, let’s create a working directory for this practice in whatever location you prefer. It is always a good idea to keep one project directory for one project. Let’s call this new working directory “verybasicSPSS.” Then download from here the data files we are going to use in this online workshop. Save them in the working directory you just created. Now, let’s launch the program. ƒ Click on the SPSS icon, OR ƒ Choose from Window’s Start menu SPSS 1x.x (whatever version you have; this workshop is using Version 16) for Windows: Start Programs > SPSS for Windows > SPSS 1x.x for Windows Some of you may have a dialogue box (called “SPSS for Windows 1x.x [your version]”) popping up asking “What would you like to do?”. In that case, let’s just click on “Cancel” for now and go see what windows we have in the SPSS interface. You should be seeing an untitled SPSS Data Editor window now (like below). The Data Editor window shows you the working (= currently open) dataset in a spreadsheet format. Of course, it is now new and empty. You see there are two sheets in this window, the Data View and the Variable View. Currently, the Data View is active (in yellow). You see a message from SPSS at the bottom of the window. Currently, it is “SPSS Processor is ready” for your work. 2