Play to Learn
Goal(s): Gain experience with how to use SPSS® to analyze and write up results APA style for scale variables (e.g., age, height, weight)
Directions: Follow the step-by-step hands on tutorial. Click on the screenshots as if directly interacting with the SPSS software itself. Afterwards, play the game. Can you complete the activity with minimal assistance? Keep playing the game until you have mastered the basics of data analysis and writing up the results APA style for scale variables. Then apply what you have learned by redoing the activity using the SPSS® program.
Credits: All screenshots appearing within these tutorials of the IBM SPSS Statistics software ("SPSS") are Reprint Courtesy of IBM Corporation ©.
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Resource/Options
View the Video Tutorial for this game and/or Look over the step-by-step Tutorial Slides.
Open the Sample APA style report (with descriptive statistics for scale variables, both normal and skewed) referred to in the tutorial.
Upon successfully completing the tutorial and game, you are invited to apply your developing SPSS skills to the following fictitious data set (download .sav file). Are you able to get the same results as with the tutorial?
Compatibility: On an iOS device (e.g., Mac, iPad, iPhone), you may need to use the Safari browser in order for the game to work (Safari Browser, version 15.0 or later; visit Apple Support to learn how to download the most recent version of Safari).
View Equivalent Text for the Tutorial Activity.
Optional: Earning Class Credit
To earn credit for this activity:
Click the 'Start' button on the game.
Complete the tutorial activity.
Click the 'Game' button. Doing so will restart the activity in game mode. You will have three hints to assist with completing the game. You may keep restarting the game until you successfully complete it.
Then enter the four digit passcode into the game. A three digit completion code will be returned to you.
To get credit for having completed the activity, provide the completion code as your answer (e.g., to a quiz question).
Accommodations and Instructional Materials Include:
Screen Reader (click the 'Screen Reader' button or press the 'home' key on a physical keyboard)
The game mode requires that you use a mouse to "point and click" (or via a touch screen); for an alternative activity, please contact your instructor.
The tutorial materials are available as Slides. In a separate document, Equivalent Text is provide for the tutorial activity.