Cohen's d in SPSS

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Anyone know how to compute it? I haven't used SPSS since freshman year of undergrad and now they're making me (literally forcing me) to use it again. I'm trying to compute Cohen's d, the last thing I need for this assignment. I'm going to bed for the night, and expect some guidance when I wake up SDN!

Thanks in advance,
neuropsyance

SPSS doesn't give it to you. The formula is simple and is obtainable from any google search for "cohen's d." There are half a dozen online calculators for it.

Our instructor's assignment said to "use" SPSS to compute Cohen's d. I knew the calculation, but couldn't find it in SPSS (for now obvious reasons). She must have just made a typo haha.

Download G*Power (just type it into google, first link will have a download).
Straightforward after that.

Originally Posted by LGPsychology

Download G*Power (just type it into google, first link will have a download).
Straightforward after that.

+1 on G Power.

It is amazing.

Hi, perhaps your tutor wanted you to just use a formula to compute cohens d from some other information you have - do you have r or z for example, because if you do then d=(2r)/sqrt(1-r^2) and d=(2z)/sqrt(N-z)...spss doesn't necessarily have to have an option to calculate d for you....you can just use the transform function.

Originally Posted by neuropsyance

Our instructor's assignment said to "use" SPSS to compute Cohen's d. I knew the calculation, but couldn't find it in SPSS (for now obvious reasons). She must have just made a typo haha.

You use the SPSS output to calculate it, but spss does not provide d. Use an online calculator.

Originally Posted by gladysCHugh

...spss doesn't necessarily have to have an option to calculate d for you....you can just use the transform function.

This. Use the syntax editor to compute it yourself.

Originally Posted by neuropsyance

Anyone know how to compute it? I haven't used SPSS since freshman year of undergrad and now they're making me (literally forcing me) to use it again. I'm trying to compute Cohen's d, the last thing I need for this assignment. I'm going to bed for the night, and expect some guidance when I wake up SDN!

Thanks in advance,
neuropsyance

try this