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How to Use PASW

Predictive Analytics SoftWare is a program used by social scientists to analyze quantitative data. Knowing how to enter and analyze data using PASW will help you: 1) conduct social science research, 2) counsel clients in the public and private sectors, and 3) learn similar statistical software packages designed for quantitative research in the social sciences.

Using PASW consists of three related tasks: 1) entering data, 2) arranging data to fit the needs of the research questions, and 3) analyzing data to understand human behavior. Entering data requires understanding the properties of a spreadsheet. Managing data requires understanding issues of measurement, such as creating scales or segmenting data into sub-populations. Analyzing data requires understanding descriptive and inferential statistics. This exercise explains and provides examples of how to use PASW (Version 17) to accomplish these tasks.

This exercise requires that you work on a computer with PASW installed. All the computers located in 64 Heady Hall have PASW installed on them.

To obtain the PASW Exercise, follow these steps:

1. Download the zipped (compressed) PASW Exercise folder using the link provided below and save it to the desktop of your computer.
2. Open the zipped folder and move the unzipped folder to the desktop of your computer.
3. Open the unzipped folder.

The PASW Exercise folder contains these files:

1. PASW Blank (PASW data file)
2. PASW Complete (PASW data file)
3. PASW Original (PASW data file)
4. PASW Primer (Adobe Acrobat)

To prepare for the PASW Exercise, please print the PASW Primer or purchase a paper copy at the ISU Bookstore.

Download the PASW Exercise folder