What our SPSS help covers
SPSS is popular because its menus make it easy to produce output. That same ease makes it easy to produce the wrong output: choose the wrong option in a dialog box and SPSS will still return a confident-looking table. Our SPSS support covers the whole workflow, not just the button clicks.
- Data preparation. Importing from Excel or survey platforms, recoding with Recode into Different Variables, reverse-scoring items, computing scale totals with Compute Variable, and splitting or selecting cases.
- Descriptive statistics. Frequencies, Descriptives, Explore with normality tests and plots, and Crosstabs.
- Group comparisons. Independent-samples and paired t-tests, one-way and factorial ANOVA through the General Linear Model menus, post hoc tests, and non-parametric alternatives.
- Relationships and prediction. Bivariate correlation, linear regression with collinearity diagnostics, binary logistic regression, and moderation or mediation using the PROCESS macro.
- Questionnaires. Reliability analysis for Cronbach's alpha and exploratory factor analysis with KMO, Bartlett's test and rotation.
For confirmatory factor analysis and path models in AMOS, see our SEM help.
Common SPSS problems we sort out
Some issues come up so often they are worth naming:
- Wrong measurement level. Variables left as Nominal or Scale by default, which hides them from some dialogs or makes charts behave strangely.
- Missing values coded as numbers. A 99 or 999 for "no answer" that was never declared missing, inflating means and distorting correlations.
- Misread t-test output. The independent-samples table has two rows, "Equal variances assumed" and "Equal variances not assumed" (the Welch correction), next to Levene's test, and many students read the wrong one.
- Chi-square warnings ignored. The footnote about expected cell counts below 5 means Fisher's exact test or merged categories may be needed.
- Long format confusion. Repeated-measures ANOVA needs one row per participant, while Linear Mixed Models expect one row per observation; restructuring with the Data menu fixes this.
Learning SPSS rather than just getting output
We always provide syntax alongside menu instructions. Pressing Paste instead of OK in any dialog writes the command to a syntax window, and saving that file means you can rerun the full analysis after fixing a typo in the data, or show your supervisor exactly what you did. Students are often surprised how readable it is. A chi-square test, for example, is just a short CROSSTABS command with a STATISTICS=CHISQ subcommand.
For students who want to learn the program properly, sessions follow your own dataset so every skill is immediately useful. If the conceptual side is the real hurdle, a statistics tutor can work on the theory while SPSS sessions handle the mechanics.
Reporting SPSS output in APA style
SPSS output is not a results section. Pasting raw tables into a thesis is one of the most common reasons for supervisor comments. We help you pull out the values you need and present them properly: test statistic and degrees of freedom, an exact p-value to two or three decimals (SPSS's "Sig. = .000" should be written as p < .001), and an effect size. Note that SPSS does not always print effect sizes by default; partial eta squared must be requested under Options in GLM, for instance. Our guides to the t-test and correlation show full worked examples.
What to send us
Share your .sav file or the raw spreadsheet, the questionnaire or codebook, your research questions and any instructions from your module or supervisor. Tell us which SPSS version you are using, since dialogs moved in recent releases. Within a few hours you will receive a free quote and a suggested plan.
What you get
- A correctly set up .sav file with variable labels, value labels, measurement levels and missing values defined
- Commented SPSS syntax (.sps) that reproduces every analysis
- Annotated output highlighting the numbers that matter and the ones you can ignore
- APA 7 tables built from your output
- A screen-share walkthrough so you can run the procedures yourself
What we don't do
- For graded SPSS assignments we coach you through the procedures rather than submitting the analysis for you
- We cannot supply SPSS licences, but we can advise on student licences and free alternatives such as PSPP, JASP or jamovi
How it works
Describe your project
Level, deadline and what you need help with.
Agree a written scope
What's included, the price and the timeline.
Work in stages
Check-ins so you can steer the work.
Review and ask
Explanations and follow-up questions included.