Using SPSS for Windows: Analyzing and Understanding DataUsing SPSS for Windows: Analyzing and Understanding Data offers both the beginning and advanced student and researcher a complete introduction to SPSS. In two parts, coverage proceeds from an introduction to how to use the program to advanced information on the specific SPSS techniques that are available. Special features of the book include a Student Disk including all the files students will need to work through the various lessons and topics, high level of readability and a class tested text, examples using screen shots and step-by-step procedures for successful completion of data analysis, tips which help the user in both learning SPSS and making it even easier to use, sidebars featuring material that is particularly interesting and important to understanding the analytical technique under discussion, and guidance in the selection and application of statistical techniques and interpretation, and the writing of results sections. |
Contents
Creating and Working with Data Files | 29 |
Working with Data | 71 |
Working with SPSS Charts and Output | 97 |
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assess assumption binomial test bivariate boxplot cell chart Click OK Click Statistics click to move column Compute conduct create Crosstabs data set Data Transform Statistics dependent variable descriptive statistics dialog box difference scores discriminant function Edit View Data Editor File Edit evaluate example Exercise File factor analysis File Edit View file named follow these steps follow-up tests frequencies Friedman test gender Graphs Utilities Window hypothesis indicates Kruskal-Wallis test labeled levels linear Mann-Whitney means measure median median test menu method multivariate named Lesson option Output Navigator overall p-value pairwise comparisons partial correlation procedure Processor is ready professors quantitative variables rank Recode regression results section sample scatterplot Selected SPSS Output shown in Figure significant simple main effect SPSS Data Editor SPSS data file SPSS for Windows SPSS Processor Statistics Graphs Utilities student disk Table Teacher Scale Results text box Type I error Utilities Window Help variance vitamin