Quantitative Data Analysis Using SPSS : An Introduction for Health and Social Science / Pete Greasley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greasley, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantitative research.

Social sciences--Research--Statistical methods--Computer programs.

SPSS (Computer file).

Local Subjects:

Quantitative research.

Social sciences--Research--Statistical methods--Computer programs.

SPSS (Computer file).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Useful for students in health and social sciences with little or no experience of quantitative data analysis and statistics, this book take you through the step by step process of data analysis. It includes topics such as questionnaires and how to analyse them, and coding the data for SPSS, setting up an SPSS database and entering the data.

Contents:

Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 A questionnaire and what to do with it: types of data and relevant analyses; Chapter 2 Coding the data for SPSS, setting up an SPSS database and entering the data; Chapter 3 Descriptive statistics: frequencies, measures of central tendency and illustrating the data using graphs; Chapter 4 Cross-tabulation and the chi-square statistic; Chapter 5 Correlation: examining relationships between interval data; Chapter 6 Examining differences between two sets of scores

Chapter 7 Reporting the results and presenting the data Concluding remarks; Answers to the quiz and exercises; Glossary; References; Index; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-33114-7

0-335-23514-X

OCLC:

437200515