<p>The best way to learn is probably not by reading, but by doing. The SPM website contains a number of useful <a href="http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/data/" rel="nofollow">datasets with tutorials</a> for various tasks.</p>

<p>I also find PowerPoint slides from lectures and talks useful. There are a <a href="http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/course/" rel="nofollow">bunch of slides</a> on the SPM website, but you can also find more on Google by limiting your results to <code>type:pptx</code>.</p>

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<p>The title pretty much says it all.  I need to do some fMRI data analysis and I can't find any entry-level tutorials for Statistical Parameter Mapping (SPM).  I've looked at some of <a href="http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/course/video/" rel="nofollow">the videos on the official SPM website</a>, but I find that videos are not the most effective way of learning a new computerized tool -- I'm in the market for reading.</p>

<p>Does anybody have a go-to reference that's a bit less verbose and a bit more crash-course-y than the official manual?</p>

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Is there a good entry-level tutorial for SPM?
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# Is there a good entry-level tutorial for SPM?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-12)

The title pretty much says it all. I need to do some fMRI data analysis and I can't find any entry-level tutorials for Statistical Parameter Mapping (SPM). I've looked at some of [the videos on the official SPM website](http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/course/video/), but I find that videos are not the most effective way of learning a new computerized tool -- I'm in the market for reading.

Does anybody have a go-to reference that's a bit less verbose and a bit more crash-course-y than the official manual?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-13. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

The best way to learn is probably not by reading, but by doing. The SPM website contains a number of useful [datasets with tutorials](http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/data/) for various tasks.

I also find PowerPoint slides from lectures and talks useful. There are a [bunch of slides](http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/course/) on the SPM website, but you can also find more on Google by limiting your results to `type:pptx`.


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