This manual walks students through the procedures for analysis in SPSS and provides exercises that go hand‎-in‎-hand with online data sets‎.‎ The manual complements the textbook Understanding Political Science Statistics‎:‎ Observations and Expectations in Political Analysis‎,‎ by Peter Galderisi‎,‎ making it easy to use alongside the book in a course or as a stand‎-alone guide to using SPSS‎.‎ Galderisi demonstrates how to use both syntax and GUI driven formats and shows sample results of the analyses‎.‎ Filled with annotated screenshots from SPSS version 22 ‎(‎but compatible with all versions‎,‎ including the student version‎)‎‎,‎ the students will be guided through standard processes replete with examples and exercises to ready them for future work in political science research‎.‎ The diverse group of data sets provided include subsamples of both the 2008 and 2012 American National Election Studies‎,‎ a Eurobarometer survey‎,‎ single year and longitudinal congressional district files‎,‎ the 2012 Comparative Congressional Election Study data set