SPSS survival manual
Subtitle: a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows (version 12)
By: Julie Pallant
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: St Leonards
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9781741153620; 9781741144789
Subjects: Statistical methods; Social sciences; SPSS for Windows (Computer file); Research
Description: A new edition of the internationally successful, user-friendly guide that takes students and researchers through the often daunting process of analysing research data with the widely-used SPSS software package. Fully revised and updated for SPSS Version 12, it features examples from a wide range of disciplines.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; 1 Designing a study; 2 Preparing a codebook; 3 Getting to know SPSS; 4 Creating a data file and entering data; 5 Screening and cleaning the data; 6 Descriptive statistics; 7 Using graphs to describe and explore the data; 8 Manipulating the data; 9 Checking the reliability of a scale; 10 Choosing the right statistic; 11 Correlation; 12 Partial correlation; 13 Multiple regression; 14 Logistic regression; 15 Factor analysis; 16 T-tests; 17 One-way analysis of variance; 18 Two-way between groups ANOVA; 19 Mixed between-within sibjects analysis of variance.