SPSS tutorials for beginners PART 4 - Using descriptive statistics, frequencies & crosstabs

In this SPSS tutorial for beginners, I will teach you how to generate your first output by using the descriptive statistics, frequencies and crosstabs menus. We will both be using these menu's, but also using syntax as I showed you in my previous tutorial.
These video's might also be of interest:
How to use Syntax in SPSS - • SPSS tutorials for beg...
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About me:
I am a registered clinical epidemiologist and working as a fellow in medical oncology in the Netherlands. I have published over 50 manuscripts and have received several large research grants. I am particularly interested in research in geriatric oncology and am a an active member of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology.
You can find more information about my work on my linkedin page:
www.linkedin.com/in/nienke-de-glas
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Disclaimer:
Views and opinions are my own. Examples from clinical research will always include either my own work, or previously published research. I will include references in the description box.

[@mulugetatenna]

I like your videos and the way you make it simple

[@georginasymes5166]

Firstly thanks for these great tutorials. I am a complete beginner with SPSS (and it's been a long time since I thought about stats at uni!) and am finding them really accessible and informative.
Quick question for you - sure it's a pretty basic one so apologies in advance....when you are analysing data and specifically comparing groups using crosstabs, how do you decide which category goes in the "row" and which in the "column"?
Thanks again,
Georgie

[@nienkedeglas_mdphd]

Hello Georgie, thank you for your question! It truly does not matter how you display the table, you should think about how you want to present your data in your manuscript and than choose the format in SPSS. You can always swtich rows / colums around if you have made a mistake, it does not matter for the analyses that SPSS is performing.