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Chapter 1: Introduction

Starting SPSS

Data Editor Window

Variable View Window

Data View Window

Viewer (Output) window

Saving files

Printing files

Chapter Exercises

Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics

Frequencies

Measures of Central Tendency

Analysis of Groups Using the Compare Means Procedure

Chapter Exercises

Chapter 3: Graphical Procedures

Bar Charts

Histograms

Scatterplots

Boxplots

Chapter Exercises

Chapter 4: Reliability Analysis

Example

Research Question