TRAINERS : BIZIMANA Appolinaire HABINSHUTI Cyprien IMANISHIMWE Valentine

Department of Applied Statistics UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA

December,06.2014

Introduction This method called « Analysis of the

Correlation» is used when assessing the relationship between two quantitative.

The procedure of this method produces the Pearson correlation coefficient

Procedure Analyze Correlate Bivariate

Select the two interesting variables, put them by using the arrow in the required are then click on Ok. By clicking on Options, choose the desired statistical parameters

Introduction

This method is used when in need of explaining a quantitative variable by one or several quantitative variables

Example : The total expenditure is depending on the amount spent on games, amount spent on clothes.

Note: This technique requires advanced notions of multivariate Statistics (Linear Models)

• Procedure in SPSS Analyze Regression Linear

EXERCISES

P-value< level of significance :reject null hypothesis

P-value>level of significance fail to reject null hypothesis

Syntax. This language is used for programming SPSS procedures. It is the more important language.

The main advantage is the massive saving of time and effort.

Continue writing code this way. Choose a procedure and click on the button "Paste" instead of

"OK." And continue…

RUN / ALL (or RUN / SELECTION) or click on the icon with the right-arrow sign (shown in the next picture.)