Kurs informasjon: Introduction to IBM SPSS Complex Samples SPVC

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT FOR THIS SELF PACED VIRTUAL COURSE (SPVC). ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL YOUR ENROLLMENT.

After you receive confirmation that you are enrolled, you will be sent further instructions to access your course material and remote labs. You will then have a 30 day window in which to complete your course. Within this 30 days, you will have 336 hours of elab time. The self-paced format gives you the opportunity to complete the course at your convenience, at any location, and at your own pace. The course is available 24 hours a day, but lab system access is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. When you are not using the elab system, ensure that you suspend your elab to maximize your hours available to use the elab system. Once you have accessed the course, help is available Monday through Friday; questions will be responded to within 24 hours.

NO EXTENSIONS FOR THIS COURSE WILL BE GRANTED.

This is the self paced training version of "Introduction to IBM SPSS Complex Samples" classroom course. Do you conduct studies that involve complex samples? In this one-day self-paced training course, learn the concepts and issues relevant to complex sampling, and how to use the SPSS Complex Samples add-on module to create a sampling design or enter an existing one, select probability-based samples and produce statistical summaries adjusted for the sampling plan.

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This course is intended for Survey researchers who conduct studies that involve complex samples. As well, Analysts who work with survey data from complex samples.

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On-the-job experience with SPSS for Windows or completion of the Introduction to SPSS or Statistical Analysis with SPSS courses. Basic knowledge of statistics and sampling methodology will be helpful.

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Please refer to course overview.

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• Sampling basics
• Probability and nonprobability samples
• Sampling error
• A sample SPSS Complex Samples session
• Setting up a sampling plan
  • Stratification and clustering
  • One- and two-stage sampling designs
• Entering an existing sampling plan
• Data format and entry
• Frequencies and descriptive summaries
• Crosstabulation tables and tests of independence
• Ratio estimation
• General Linear Models
  • T-Tests
  • Linear Regression
• Logistic Regression

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• Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7
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• Internet Explorer, including v8
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• CITRIX, for the remote lab (instructions to install included with the SPVC)

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