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Are you confused by SPSS?
Do you understand the concepts of statistics, but struggle with the computer analysis?
Are you tired of figuring out in hours what should only take you minutes?
Or are you just looking for a straightforward, comprehensive reference for SPSS?

SPSS for Windows Step by Step: A Simple Guide and Reference 13.0 Update efficiently shows you how to perform the most common data analysis procedures in SPSS. It is brief but comprehensive. The first part of the book explains the basics of creating and formatting a data set, and includes a chapter on graphs that accommodate the changes in SPSS 13.0. Chapters 6-28 explain, step-by-step, the most common procedures in the Base System Module and the Advanced and Regression Modules. Each chapter is arranged in three parts:

“Introduction” explains the following procedure at the general, conceptual level, avoiding excessive detail and excessive emphasis on computation.
“Step by Step” boxes and screen shots break down each procedure with clear references to tasks covered in previous chapters.
“Outcome” explains the output of what you have just performed and defines critical terms.

All data sets used in this book are available for download on the companion website: http://www.ablongman.com/george6e, saving you the time of entering data.

An Overview of SPSS for Windows Step by Step

1

(8)

SPSS Windows Processes: Mouse and keyboard processing, frequently-used dialog boxes, editing output, printing results, the Options Option

9

(18)

Creating and Editing a Data File

27

(16)

Managing Data: Listing cases, replacing missing values, computing new variables, recoding variables, exploring data, selecting cases, sorting cases, merging files

43

(24)

Graphs: Creating and editing graphs and charts

67

(16)

BASE SYSTEM MODULE

Frequencies: Frequencies, bar charts, histograms, percentiles

83

(12)

Descriptive Statistics: Measures of central tendency, variability, deviation from normality, size, and stability

95

(10)

Crosstabulation and Chi-Square (Χ2) Analyses

105

(10)

The MEANS Procedure

115

(8)

Bivariate Correlation: Bivariate correlations, partial correlations, and the correlation matrix

123

(10)

The T TEST Procedure: Independent-samples, paired-samples, and one-sample tests

133

(10)

The One-Way Anova Procedure: One-way Analysis of Variance

143

(10)

General Linear Models: Two-Way Analysis of Variance

153

(8)

General Linear Models: Three-Way Analysis of Variance and the influence of covariates

161

(16)

Simple Linear Regression

177

(14)

Multiple Regression Analysis

191

(16)

Nonparametric Procedures

207

(14)

Reliability Analysis: Coefficient alpha (α) and split-half reliability

221

(12)

Multidimensional Scaling

233

(12)

Factor Analysis

245

(16)

Cluster Analysis

261

(16)

Discriminant Analysis

277

(16)

ADVANCED AND REGRESSION MODULES

General Linear Models: Manova and Mancova Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Covariance

293

(16)

General Linear Models: Repeated-Measures Manova: Multivariate Analysis of Variance with repeated measures and within-subjects factors

309

(12)

Logistic Regression

321

(12)

Hierarchical Loglinear Models

333

(14)

General Loglinear Models

347

(10)

Residuals: Analyzing left-over variance

357

(8)

Data Files

365

(4)

Glossary

369

(10)

References

379

(2)

Index

381

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SPSS for Windows Step by Step : A Simple Guide and Reference, 13.0 Update

SPSS for Windows Step by Step : A Simple Guide and Reference, 13.0 Update

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