Handling statistical data is an essential part of psychological research. However, many people find the idea of using statistics, and especially statistical software packages, extremely daunting. This free course, Getting started with SPSS, takes a step-by-step approach to statistics software through seven interactive activities. No statistics software is needed.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• understand how to start SPSS
• define a variety of statistical variables
• enter basic data into SPSS
• carry out a statistical analysis that can test hypotheses.