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SPSS 16.0 guide to data analysis / Marija J. Noru?is.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2008.Description: xviii, 653 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780136061366
Other title:
  • Guide to data analysis
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.55   22
Contents:
Part 1 Getting started with SPSS: up a data file -- using the online tutorial and Help system -- evaluating strategies for acquiring data -- Part 2 Describing Data: -- Histograms, bar charts, stem and leaf plots, boxplots -- scatterplots -- tables and summary statistics -- Part 3 TestinSettingg Hypotheses: -- One sample t-test -- paired and two sample t-tests -- oneway and twoway analysis of variance -- chi-square tests -- nonparametric tests -- Part 4 Examining Relationships: -- Measures of association -- linear regression and correlation -- multiple regression -- examining residuals and other diagnostics -- Appendices.
Summary: The SPSS 17.0 Guide to Data Analysis is a friendly introduction to both data analysis and SPSS, the world’s leading desktop statistical software package. Easy-to-understand explanations and in-depth content make this guide both an excellent supplement to other statistics texts and a superb primary text for any introductory data analysis course. With the this book, you get a jump-start on describing data, testing hypotheses, and examining relationships using SPSS. Author Marija Norušis incorporates a wealth of real data, including the General Social Survey and studies of Internet usage, opinions of the criminal justice system, marathon running times, library patronage, and the importance of manners. These data are used throughout the examples and expanded chapter exercises. This unique combination of examples, exercises, and contemporary data gives you hands-on experience in analyzing data and makes learning about data analysis and statistical software relevant, unintimidating, and even fun! A data CD-ROM is included with this book.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 643-644) and index.

Part 1 Getting started with SPSS: up a data file -- using the online tutorial and Help system -- evaluating strategies for acquiring data -- Part 2 Describing Data: -- Histograms, bar charts, stem and leaf plots, boxplots -- scatterplots -- tables and summary statistics -- Part 3 TestinSettingg Hypotheses: -- One sample t-test -- paired and two sample t-tests -- oneway and twoway analysis of variance -- chi-square tests -- nonparametric tests -- Part 4 Examining Relationships: -- Measures of association -- linear regression and correlation -- multiple regression -- examining residuals and other diagnostics -- Appendices.

The SPSS 17.0 Guide to Data Analysis is a friendly introduction to both data analysis and SPSS, the world’s leading desktop statistical software package. Easy-to-understand explanations and in-depth content make this guide both an excellent supplement to other statistics texts and a superb primary text for any introductory data analysis course. With the this book, you get a jump-start on describing data, testing hypotheses, and examining relationships using SPSS. Author Marija Norušis incorporates a wealth of real data, including the General Social Survey and studies of Internet usage, opinions of the criminal justice system, marathon running times, library patronage, and the importance of manners. These data are used throughout the examples and expanded chapter exercises. This unique combination of examples, exercises, and contemporary data gives you hands-on experience in analyzing data and makes learning about data analysis and statistical software relevant, unintimidating, and even fun! A data CD-ROM is included with this book.

System requirements of accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 98, Me, XP or Windows 2000.

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