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SPSS survival manual : a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows (version 12) / Julie Pallant.

By: Pallant, Julie [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Maidenhead, Berkshire : Open University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Edition: Second edition.Description: xvi, 318 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0335216404 (spiral); 9780335216406 (spiral).Report number: SVR13CDL-0605MH (Publishers ref. no. for CD-ROM)Subject(s): SPSS for Windows | Social sciences -- Research -- Statistical methods | Mathematics | Social services & welfare, criminology | Mathematical & statistical softwareDDC classification: 519.50285536 | 519.5 PAL
Contents:
Part one: Getting started -- Part two: Preparing the data file -- Part three: Preliminary analyses -- Part four: Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables -- Part five: Statistical techniques to compare groups.
Summary: This manual demystifies statistics and data analysis by guiding the reader through the entire research process. It helps in the process of choosing the right statistical technique and includes a detailed guide to interpreting SPSS ouput.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This manual demystifies statistics and data analysis by guiding the reader through the entire research process. It helps in the process of choosing the right statistical technique and includes a detailed guide to interpreting SPSS ouput.

Spiral bound.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-315) and index.

Part one: Getting started -- Part two: Preparing the data file -- Part three: Preliminary analyses -- Part four: Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables -- Part five: Statistical techniques to compare groups.

This manual demystifies statistics and data analysis by guiding the reader through the entire research process. It helps in the process of choosing the right statistical technique and includes a detailed guide to interpreting SPSS ouput.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Data files and website Introduction & overview
  • Part 1 Getting Started
  • Chapter 1 Designing a study
  • Chapter 2 Preparing a codebook
  • Chapter 3 Getting to know SPSS
  • Part 2 Preparing The Data File
  • Chapter 4 Creating a data file and entering data
  • Chapter 5 Screening and cleaning the data
  • Part 3 Preliminary Analyses
  • Chapter 6 Descriptive statistics
  • Chapter 7 Using graphs to describe and explore data
  • Chapter 8 Manipulating the data
  • Chapter 9 Checking the reliability of a scale
  • Chapter 10 Choosing the right statistic
  • Part 4 Statistical Techniques to Explore Relationships
  • Techniques covered in
  • Part 4 Revision of the basics References
  • Chapter 11 Correlation
  • Chapter 12 Partial correlation
  • Chapter 13 Multiple regression
  • Chapter 14 Logistic regression
  • Chapter 15 Factor analysis
  • Part 5 Statistical Techniques to Compare Groups
  • Techniques covered in
  • Part 5 Assumptions Type 1 error, Type 2 error and power Planned comparisons/Post-hoc analyses Effect size
  • References
  • Chapter 16 T-tests
  • Chapter 17 One-way analysis of variance
  • Chapter 18 Two-way between-groups ANOVA
  • Chapter 19 Mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance
  • Chapter 20 Multivariate analysis of variance
  • Chapter 21 Analysis of covariance
  • Chapter 22 Non-parametric statistics Appendices
  • Recommended references
  • Index