Documentation for spss data file examples

[Marty Giesen]

Spss versions come with quite a few "example" data files such as
Employee data.sav, Cars.sav, Love.sav, Turnip leaves.sav, several files
from the GSS, and many more.
I'm interested in some context or brief explanatory information about
these data files. I know many
(if not all) are used in examples in various SPSS data analysis manuals
and texts. Outside of combing
through these texts and manuals, are there any sources that provide
explanations or descriptions of these (or some of these)
data bases? Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Marty

[Oliver, Richard]

For the sample files in tutorial\sample_files, brief descriptions are provided in:

Help>Case Studies>Data Files Used

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Subject: Documentation for spss data file examples

Spss versions come with quite a few "example" data files such as Employee data.sav, Cars.sav, Love.sav, Turnip leaves.sav, several files from the GSS, and many more.
I'm interested in some context or brief explanatory information about these data files. I know many (if not all) are used in examples in various SPSS data analysis manuals and texts. Outside of combing through these texts and manuals, are there any sources that provide explanations or descriptions of these (or some of these) data bases? Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Marty