1. Using SPSS
Note: The use of another statistical package such as Minitab is similar to using SPSS

2. After starting the SSPS program the following dialogue box appears:

3. If you select Opening an existing file and press OK the following dialogue box appears

4. The following dialogue box appears:

5. If the variable names are in the file ask it to read the names
If the variable names are in the file ask it to read the names. If you do not specify the Range the program will identify the Range:
Once you “click OK”, two windows will appear

6. One that will contain the output:

7. The other containing the data:

8. To perform any statistical Analysis select the Analyze menu:

9. To calculate descriptive statistics select: Analyze-> Descriptive Statistics-> Descriptives

10. The following dialogue box appears

11. Select the variables;

12. Click the option button to select summary statistics

13. The following dialogue box appears

14. Use this dialogue box to select statistics that you want to compute then press continue:

15. Here is part of the output that appears

16. To Graph data select Graph-> Graph type

17. The following dialogue box appears

18. Select the variable and press OK

19. The following graph appear in the output

20. Using Minitab

21. After starting the Minitab the following window appears:

22. To Open a file go to the menue File-> Open Worksheet

23. The following dialogue box appears: Asking you to find and select the file:

24. You should select the file type and browse for the file that you want to open

25. Here I am opening the Excel file (diet.xls)

26. The data then appears in a Minitab Spreadsheet

27. This data has four Variables: WtGn, Diet, Source, Level

28. Statistical procedures can be found under the Stat menu:

29. Graphical procedures can be found under the Graph menu: