SPSS Quick Commands Reference

A handy reference guide for commonly used SPSS commands and shortcuts.

Navigation Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + N	New dataset
Ctrl + O	Open file
Ctrl + S	Save
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Redo

Common Menu Paths

Descriptive Statistics

Analyze > Descriptive Statistics > Frequencies

Analyze > Descriptive Statistics > Descriptives

Analyze > Descriptive Statistics > Explore

Compare Means

Analyze > Compare Means > Independent Samples T-Test

Analyze > Compare Means > Paired Samples T-Test

Analyze > Compare Means > One-Way ANOVA

Correlation & Regression

Analyze > Correlate > Bivariate

Analyze > Regression > Linear

Non-parametric Tests

Analyze > Nonparametric Tests > Legacy Dialogs > Chi-Square

Analyze > Nonparametric Tests > Legacy Dialogs > Mann-Whitney U

Syntax Examples

* Frequencies
FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=gender age
/STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.

* T-Test
T-TEST GROUPS=group(1 2)
/VARIABLES=score
/CRITERIA=CI(.95).

* Correlation
CORRELATIONS
/VARIABLES=var1 var2 var3
/PRINT=TWOTAIL NOSIG
/MISSING=PAIRWISE.

Tips

Always check your data for missing values first

Use `Analyze > Scale > Reliability Analysis` for Cronbach's alpha

Export tables to Word using `Edit > Export Output`