Jarlath Quinn

A veteran of the predictive analytics industry working under the auspices of SAS, IBM and SPSS, Jarlath is pre-sales director at Smart Vision Europe. He is one of the most experienced SPSS trainers in the industry.

What’s new in SPSS v31? A deeper dive

By Jarlath Quinn

In June of this year, IBM released the latest iteration of SPSS Statistics. The version 31 release included a number of enhancements that include new analytical techniques as well as general usability improvements. In fact, users can see the details of each SPSS release by searching the Help system for ‘What’s new in SPSS’ or by clicking through the summaries of each feature in the What’s New section of the initial Welcome dialog.

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What’s new in SPSS v31?

By Jarlath Quinn

Overview IBM® SPSS® Statistics 31 is now available. IBM SPSS Statistics is the world’s leading statistical software used to solve

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Identifying unusual cases: anomaly detection with SPSS

By Jarlath Quinn

In this video, we show how to spot anomalous records using the Identify Unusual Cases procedure in SPSS Statistics.

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How to perform meta analysis in SPSS Statistics

By Jarlath Quinn

In this video Jarlath Quinn explores how to perform meta analysis using IBM SPSS Statistics. Meta analysis is a technique that allows researchers to combine and analyse results from multiple studies addressing similar or identical research questions.

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Creating data from SPSS output

By Jarlath Quinn

In this video, Jarlath Quinn compares and contrasts three different methods for recoding string variables in SPSS, showing how users can create their numerical equivalents whilst controlling the order that the values are displayed in.

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Working with string variables in SPSS

By Jarlath Quinn

In this video, Jarlath Quinn compares and contrasts three different methods for recoding string variables in SPSS, showing how users can create their numerical equivalents whilst controlling the order that the values are displayed in.

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How can I weight data in SPSS Statistics?

By Jarlath Quinn

In this video, we show you how to weight data in SPSS so that samples better reflect the population from

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Poisson regression with SPSS part 1

By Jarlath Quinn

The fundamentals of Poisson Regression.

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Poisson regression with SPSS part 2

By Jarlath Quinn

Understanding SPSS output from the Poisson Regression procedure.

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Poisson regression with SPSS part 3

By Jarlath Quinn

Dealing with overdispersion in Poisson Regression

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Part one – Introduction to discriminant analysis

By Jarlath Quinn

In this video we introduce the procedure and show how to configure it in IBM SPSS Statistics. In this initial run, we go through each of the output tables and explain how to interpret them and assess if the statistical assumptions have been met before finally evaluating the level of accuracy in the predictions.

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Part two – Additional discriminant analysis options

By Jarlath Quinn

In Part 2, we take a deeper dive and look at optional approaches such as changing the prior probabilities, introducing bootstrapping and using Fisher discriminant coefficients to create predictive formulae.

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The basics of SPSS syntax

By Jarlath Quinn

SPSS Syntax has long been exploited by expert analysts due to its flexibility, power and ease of learning. Syntax vastly increases users’ productivity by making it easier to automate commonly used procedures.

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Exploring the grammatical structure of syntax procedures

By Jarlath Quinn

Explains what the DATASET ACTIVATE command does and explores the grammatical structure of syntax procedures.

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Getting help with SPSS syntax

By Jarlath Quinn

Shows how to add comments to syntax without creating errors and explains how to use syntax Help resources to run different procedures.

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Useful syntax procedures

By Jarlath Quinn

Shows how read different data files with syntax, how to create and add labels to variables and how to recode data using syntax.

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Different methods for filtering data using syntax

By Jarlath Quinn

Explores different methods for filtering data and introduces the TEMPORARY command.

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Working with variables in SPSS syntax

By Jarlath Quinn

Introduces the TO and ALL commands, working with temporary variables, renaming and deleting variables, reading or saving data with the DROP and KEEP subcommands and modifying output with syntax.

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Automating and scheduling jobs with SPSS syntax

By Jarlath Quinn

Shows how to automate syntax jobs with the Production facility and creating batch scheduled jobs for timed execution.

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Working with R in SPSS Part 1: The Basics

By Jarlath Quinn

In this four-part blog series, we’re going to take a look at working with R in SPSS. We’ll begin by

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Working with R in SPSS Part 2 – Working with R Packages

By Jarlath Quinn

In the previous blog post, we looked at the basics of running R procedures in SPSS syntax. In this post,

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Working with R in SPSS Part 3 – Creating Custom Dialogs

By Jarlath Quinn

Previously, we explored how to install and load an R package to generate correlograms by executing R code within SPSS

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Working with R in SPSS Part 4 – Adding options to Custom Dialogs

By Jarlath Quinn

In the previous blog post, we created a basic custom dialog using R code in SPSS Statistics that allowed us

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Introduction to the Neural Network module in SPSS Statistics – part two

By Jarlath Quinn

In this two-part video series Jarlath Quinn explores how to work with the Neural Networks module in SPSS Statistics (watch part

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Introduction to the Neural Networks module in SPSS Statistics – part one

By Jarlath Quinn

In this two-part video series Jarlath Quinn explores how to work with the Neural Networks module in SPSS Statistics. Watch part

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Background to SPSS and PS IMAGO

By Jarlath Quinn

PS Imago Pro is a result of the mature and long established IBM SPSS Partner Ecosystem. IBM encourages its partners to use their skills and expertise to develop additional functions and features that further enhance the core SPSS product that IBM offers, without diluting any of the existing functionality of that core product.

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How to solve the most common data cleaning problems in SPSS Statistics

By Jarlath Quinn

Here are a list of some of the most common data cleaning problems that you are likely to encounter and which SPSS procedures help to resolve them.

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Introducing survival analysis

By Jarlath Quinn

This video looks at the key concepts that underpin survival analysis such as time-to-event data, censored cases and the different survival analysis procedures available in IBM SPSS Statistics.

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Exploring the life tables procedure

By Jarlath Quinn

This video explores the Life Tables procedure and introduces many of the key concepts of survival analysis such as cumulative survival, hazard rates and survival curves

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The Kaplan Meier procedure

By Jarlath Quinn

This video looks at the non-parametric Kaplan Meier procedure including tests of equality of survival distributions and the difference between survival and hazard functions.

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Introduction to Cox regression

By Jarlath Quinn

This video introduces the Cox Regression method and explains the proportional hazards model. Shows how to interpret the output from Cox Regression using a simple model with a single predictor.

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Cox regression with multiple variables

By Jarlath Quinn

This video shows how to create a more complex Cox Regression model. Also introduces the Cox Regression with Time Dependent Covariates procedure.

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Introducing Bayesian analysis with SPSS

By Jarlath Quinn

Explores the historical and theoretical context of the classical ‘Frequentist’ statistical approach and its Bayesian counterpart.

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Prior probabilities and Bayes’ theorem

By Jarlath Quinn

Introduces the concept of Prior Probabilities and how these are utilised in Bayes Theorem.

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Bayesian Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in SPSS

By Jarlath Quinn

Introduces credible intervals and the use of Bayes Factor as an alternative to P values.

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Performing Bayesian Analyses in SPSS

By Jarlath Quinn

Shows how to perform a Bayesian Analysis in SPSS Statistics and how to interpret the output.

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What’s new in IBM SPSS Statistics v29?

By Jarlath Quinn

In September this year, IBM released the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Version 29 introduces some new analysis procedures and

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Working with SPSS Custom Tables

By Jarlath Quinn

In this series of videos, Jarlath Quinn explores the rich tabulation functionality In the SPSS Custom Tables module.

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Adding Scale variables, formatting and labels

By Jarlath Quinn

In this series of videos, Jarlath Quinn explores the rich tabulation functionality In the SPSS Custom Tables module.

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Percentages, totals and layers

By Jarlath Quinn

In this series of videos, Jarlath Quinn explores the rich tabulation functionality In the SPSS Custom Tables module.

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Performing tests of significance

By Jarlath Quinn

A video guide to performing tests of significance in the SPSS Custom Tables module.

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Working with rating scales

By Jarlath Quinn

In this series of videos, Jarlath Quinn explores the rich tabulation functionality In the SPSS Custom Tables module.

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Working with multiple response variables in SPSS Custom Tables

By Jarlath Quinn

In this series of videos, Jarlath Quinn explores the rich tabulation functionality In the SPSS Custom Tables module.

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Creating stacked bar charts scaled to 100%

By Jarlath Quinn

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Creating dual axes line charts

By Jarlath Quinn

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Creating charts from tables

By Jarlath Quinn

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Pasting charts as Microsoft Office graphics objects

By Jarlath Quinn

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Creating panelled pie charts

By Jarlath Quinn

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Introduction to linear regression

By Jarlath Quinn

In classical statistics, linear regression is regarded as the ‘gateway to predictive modelling’. For decades students have been taught about regression from theory to practice simply because it still one of the most versatile and simple ways to understand and predict the effect of key factors on critical outcomes.

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Modelling non-linear relationships with SPSS

By Jarlath Quinn

In this video Jarlath Quinn shows how you can move beyond simple linear regression to model curvilinear relationships using techniques such as variable transformations and quadratic regression before finally exploring how log-log regression can be used to model price elasticity of demand.

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