Stand-alone exercises with downloadable codebooks and data sets, for use in introductory, substantive, or research methods courses in the social sciences using SPSS or other statistical software.

Definition of an Exercise

Exercises contain a problem, (theoretical or statistical) a dataset and codebook and steps on how to answer the problem by analysis of the data set. Unlike the modules there is little or no theoretical material provided.

We hope that instructors will submit their favorite data sets and exercises to add to this location. Our homepage will provide a link to tell how to submit an exercise. As more material is added we will create a searchable index to find possible analysis exercises for a particular subject or analytical/statistical skill. The materials are available as downloadable word processing documents for printing or customizing by instructors.

Ways to Use Exercises in Class

1. You can use them on an LED overhead projector or from an instructor's station in a computer lab for a classroom presentation or demonstration.
2. You can provide links to them from your on-line syllabus for regular assignments or as independent and extra credit projects, with little or no modification. One advantage of this method is that exercises will have embedded links to the glossary and to the SPSS on-line text.
3. Exercises and datasets can be downloaded in wordprocessing format which you can then modify, distribute via floppy disk, or place on a local server.