SPSS survival manual : a step-by-step guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows (Version 10) /

• Main Author: Pallant, Julie
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2001.
• Subjects: SPSS for Windows.; Social sciences > Statistical methods > Computer programs.; Data Interpretation, Statistical.; MATHEMATICS > Probability & Statistics > General.; Electronic books.

Provides students and researchers with an easy-to-follow guide through the often daunting process of analysing data. Using a friendly style and minimal statistical and mathematical jargon, the author shows how to use the leading international social science data analysis computer program SPSS for Wi...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Getting Started: 1. Designing a study; 2. Preparing a codebook; 3. Getting to know SPSS
• Part II. Preparing the Data File: 4. Creating a data file and entering data; 4. Screening and cleaning the data
• Part III. Preliminary Analyses: 6. Descriptive statistics; 7. Using graphs to describe and explore the data; 8. Manipulating the data; 9. Checking the reliability of a scale; 10. Choosing the right statistic
• Part IV. Statistical Techniques to Explore Relationships Among Variables: 11. Correlation; 12. Partial correlation; 13. Multiple regression; 14. Factor analysis
• Part V. Statistical Techniques fo Compare Groups: 15. T-tests; 16. One-way analysis of variance; 17. Two-way between-groups ANOVA; 18. Mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance; 19. Multivariate analysis of variance; 20. Analysis of covariance; 21. Non-parametric statistics
• Appendix. Details of data files.