SPSS survival manual
Subtitle: a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows
By: Julie Pallant.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: McGraw Hill/Open University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Maidenhead, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780335223664
Subjects: SPSS for Windows.; Statistics -- Data processing.; Social sciences -- Research -- Statistical methods.
Description: A guide to using SPSS for data analysis. Takes the reader through the entire research process, telling how to choose the right data analysis technique for one's project.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-332) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1: Getting started; title: Designing a study; title: Preparing a codebook; title: Getting to know SPSS; title: 2: Preparing the data file; title: Creating a data file and entering data; title: Screening and cleaning the data; title: 3: Preliminary analyses; title: Descriptive statistics; title: Using graphs to describe and explore the data; title: Manipulating the data; title: Checking the reliability of a scale; title: Choosing the right statistic; title: 4. Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables; title: Correlation; title: Partial correlation; title: Multiple regression; title: Logistic regression; title: Factor analysis; title: 5. Statistical techniques to compare groups; title: Non-parametric statistics; title: T-tests; title: One-way analysis of variance; title: Two-way between-groups ANOVA; title: Mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance; title: Multivariate analysis of variance; title: Analysis of covariance.