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SPSS for Windows : an introduction to use and interpretation in research / George A. Morgan, Orlando V. Griego, Gene W. Gloeckner ; in collaboration with Nancy L. Leech ... [and others].
LIBRA HA32 .M667 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgan, George A. (George Arthur), 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- SPSS for Windows.
- Social sciences--Statistical methods--Computer programs.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. ; London : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1. Overview SPSS for Windows 1
- Logon
- The SPSS Data Editor
- Editing and Printing the Data Output File
- 2. Research Problems and Questions 13
- Research Problems
- Variables
- Research Questions
- A Sample Research Problem
- The High School and Beyond (HSB) Study
- 3. Measurement and Descriptive Statistics 22
- Measurement
- The Normal Curve
- Descriptive Statistics
- Conclusions About Measurement and the Use of Statistics
- 4. Data Collection 32
- Knowing Your Data
- Developing a Questionnaire
- 5. Data Entry and Descriptive Statistics for a Class Questionnaire 36
- Define and Label the Height Variables
- Data Entry
- Descriptives
- Box Plots and Stem Leaf Plots
- Printing
- Save
- 6. Overview of the High School and Beyond (HSB) Data Set, Checking Data, and Descriptive Statistics 52
- The Modified HSB Data File
- Error Identification and Correction
- Frequency Distributions
- Frequencies, Statistics, and Histograms
- Recode and Relabel Variables
- 7. Selecting and Interpreting Inferential Statistics 72
- General Design Classifications for Difference Questions
- Selection of Inferential Statistics
- An Example of How to Select and Interpret Inferential Statistics
- Interpretation Questions
- 8. Cross Tabulation, Chi-Square, and Phi (or Cramer's V) 88
- Crosstabs
- Chi-square and Phi (or Cramer's V)
- 9. Associating Variables: Pearson and Spearman Correlations 96
- Pearson and Spearman Correlations
- Correlation Matrix
- Scatterplots
- 10. Comparing Groups: t Tests and One-Way ANOVA 107
- Independent Samples t Test
- Paired Samples t Test
- One-Way ANOVA
- Post Hoc Multiple Comparisons
- 11. Complex Statistics: Factorial ANOVA and Multiple Regression 120
- Factorial ANOVA
- Post Hoc Analysis of a Significant Interaction
- Multiple Regression
- A. Writing Research Problems and Questions 137
- B. Developing a Questionnaire and a Data Set / Nancy L. Leech 142
- C. Developing the HSB Codebook 153
- D. Using Tables and Figures to Communicate Results / Don Quick 159
- E. Writing the Methods, Results, and Discussion Sections / Nancy L. Leech 170
- F. Transferring SPSS to and from Word, Power Point, and Excel 175
- G. Other Useful SPSS Commands / Lisa M. Vogel 180
- H. Creating 3-D Graphs and Charts with SPSS 192
- I. Working With SPSS Syntax (Log) Files / Mei-Heui Tsay 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805835849
- OCLC:
- 44167329
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