Ranking Data in SPSS Statistics

Introduction

Ranking is used to recode the data into their rank ordering from smallest to largest or largest to smallest. We will demonstrate this by entering in some data and ranking it in SPSS Statistics.

Your data should be entered into SPSS Statistics, as shown below:

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Note: We have named the variable as Data, which you will see reflected in the name of the column (i.e., ). Remember that each individual's results go on a separate line (row) in SPSS Statistics.

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Procedure in SPSS Statistics

The procedure below shows you how to rank your data:

1. Click on Transform > Rank Cases... in the top menu, as shown below:
   

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2. Click on the Data variable in the left-hand box, and click on the button to move it to the Variable(s): box. Next, uncheck the Display summary tables checkbox.
   
   If you want to have the largest value to have a rank of "1", select the radio box Largest value from the –Assign Rank 1 to– box. We will stick with the default in this example, which is Smallest value.
   
   

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3. Click on the button.