SPSS FOCUS
A comprehensive guide to statistical analysis in SPSS
Data sets for Practice
Hands‑on practice is essential for learning statistics and developing real data‑analysis skills. This page provides curated SPSS practice data sets designed to help you apply statistical methods, strengthen your understanding, and build confidence through real‑world analysis.
| Data Description | Variables | Suggested Modeling |
|---|---|---|
| Brain tumor. A study on the effectiveness of radiosurgery treatment of primary brain tumor patients. |
sex: Male / Female diagnosis: tumor type location: part of brain KI: Karnofsky index GTV: Gross Tumor Volume Treatment method: Radiosurgery method status: survival status time: survival time |
Kaplan-Meier Curve Cox regression |
| Pima Indians Diabetes is a study on development of diabetes among female Pima ethnic group. |
Pregnancies: Number of pregnancies Glucose: Glucose level BloodPressure: Blood pressure SkinThickness: Skin thickness Insulin: Insulin level BMI: Body Mass Index DiabetesPedigreeFunction: Diabetes Pedigree Function Age: Age Daibetes: Diabetes status |
Logistic regression Multiple regression |
| Arsenic level. A study that compares arsenic level in water pipes with an acceptable level. | Arsenic_level: Arsenic level in water pipes | One-sample t-test |
| Body fat. Estimating body fat by knowing circumference measures of different body parts. Penrose et al (1985) |
BodyFat: Body fat Age: Age Circumference: Different body parts |
Multiple regression |
| Breast cancer. Classification of breast cancers using cell measurements. Mangasarian and Wolberg (1990) | type: Breast cancer diagnosis | Logistic regression |
| Cardamom. Does cardamom have any effect on blood pressure? | Blood pressure: Before and After |
Paired Samples t-test Repeated measures ANOVA |
| Exercisse and optimism. Research on the relationship between exercise and optimism. |
Exercise_Freq: Frequency of exercise per week Optimism_Level: Optimism outlook |
Kendall tau b |
| Breast tumor. A randomized trial evaluating hormonal treatment and the duration of chemotherapy in node-positive breast cancer patients in Germany. Schumacher et al (1994). |
Recurrence Free Survival Time [days] Recurrence Event Hormonal Therapy Tumor Grade |
Kaplan-Meier Curve Cox regression |