5 weeks of teaching SPSS have been looming since the start of term. Since I had never even heard of it or seen it, I was a bit apprehensive. Gil went on maternity leave just as this section arrived in the timetable... so not only did I need to figure it out without her, I also had to brief her maternity cover, Jason, who also did not know SPSS.Happily it has gone really well so far. The exercises are good, and although the tutor's notes are missing, so far I have found that if I work through them myself, I have found I can figure it out and write it up in time to brief Jason.
I was really pleased with the class today - since last week they were complete novices, today they worked with a big data file, found and corrected errors, did some charts, and even cross-tabulations. I think we all had a sense of achievement.
I also think I understand what Chi-Squared test means!!! Don't know how to do it yet but this is a big step.....
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