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SPSS survival manual : a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS / Julie Pallant.

By: Pallant, JulieMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Maidenhead : Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, 2010Edition: 4th edDescription: xiv, 345 p. : ill. ; 26cmISBN: 9780335242399 (hbk.); 0335242391 (hbk.)Subject(s): SPSS for Windows | PASW (Computer file) | Statistics -- Data processing | Social sciences -- Research -- Statistical methodsGenre/Form: Leermiddelen (vorm) DDC classification: 519.50285536 LOC classification: HA32 | .P35 2010
Contents:
Data files and website -- Introduction and overview - Getting started: Designing a study -- Preparing a codebook -- Getting to know SPSS - Preparing the data file: Creating a data file and entering data -- Screening and cleaning the data - Preliminary analyses: Descriptive statistics -- Using graphs to describe and explore the data -- Manipulating the data -- Checking the reliability of a scale -- Choosing the right statistic - Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables: Correlation -- Partial correlation -- Multiple regression -- Logistic regression -- Factor analysis - Statistical techniques to compare groups: Non-parametric statistics -- T-tests -- One-way analysis of variance -- Two-way between-groups ANOVA -- Mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance -- Multivariate analysis of variance -- Analysis of covariance -- Appendix: Details of data files.
Summary: 'The PASW and SPSS Survival Manual' throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with this data analysis software. From the formulation of research questions, to the design of the study and analysis of data, to reporting the results, the author discusses basic and advanced statistical techniques.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Data files and website -- Introduction and overview - Getting started: Designing a study -- Preparing a codebook -- Getting to know SPSS - Preparing the data file: Creating a data file and entering data -- Screening and cleaning the data - Preliminary analyses: Descriptive statistics -- Using graphs to describe and explore the data -- Manipulating the data -- Checking the reliability of a scale -- Choosing the right statistic - Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables: Correlation -- Partial correlation -- Multiple regression -- Logistic regression -- Factor analysis - Statistical techniques to compare groups: Non-parametric statistics -- T-tests -- One-way analysis of variance -- Two-way between-groups ANOVA -- Mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance -- Multivariate analysis of variance -- Analysis of covariance -- Appendix: Details of data files.

'The PASW and SPSS Survival Manual' throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with this data analysis software. From the formulation of research questions, to the design of the study and analysis of data, to reporting the results, the author discusses basic and advanced statistical techniques.

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