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Provisional Agenda for one-day syntax workshop:
SYNTAX TOPICS

o Starting with syntax
+ why use SPSS syntax, writing and running syntax; determining when your command runs
o Some simple SPSS commands
+ opening and saving files, describing data via frequencies, descriptives and crosstabs
o Reading data into SPSS from other formats
+ handling text format, Excel format data
+ defining and documenting data
+ variable names, variable labels, value labels, missing value, formatting data
o Creating new variables
+ recoding, computing, count, performing calculations on subsets via DO IF - END IF, making multiple calculations using DO REPEAT loops
o Manipulating cases
+ selecting subsets of data for analysis, filtering files, splitting files, sorting cases
o Manipulating files
+ aggregating files, restructuring files, matching files, adding cases, updating files
o Data Management: a worked example
+ best practice for creating and managing a complex data set

Provisional Agenda for one-day macros & OMS workshop:

MACRO TOPICS

o What is a Macro?
o Creating and running a macro
+ calling a macro
+ inputting values into a macro
o Loops
+ !DO !DOEND
o Conditional structures
+ !IF !IFEND
o Nesting macros inside other macros
o Including macros from external files
+ INCLUDE
o Macros which are available on the web

OUTPUT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (OMS) TOPICS

* What is the Output Management System (OMS)?
* OMS syntax commands
o specifying pivot tables
o outputting tabular information to a SPSS data file
o creating richer tables with SPLIT FILE
* Pivot trays
o what are they and how do we access them?
o incorporating pivot tray diagnostics into OMS
* Combining SPSS tabular output with existing data files
o use with MATCH FILES