SPSS Demystified: A Step-by -Step Guide to Successful Data Analysis
For courses in Statistics and Research Methods.\ Without question, statistics is one of the most challenging courses for students in the social and behavioral sciences. Enrolling in their first statistics course, students are often apprehensive or extremely anxious toward the subject matter. And while SPSS is one of the more easy-to-use statistical software programs available, for anxious students who realize they not only have to learn statistics but also new software, the task can seem...
Search in google:
For courses in Statistics and Research Methods. Without question, statistics is one of the most challenging courses for students in the social and behavioral sciences. Enrolling in their first statistics course, students are often apprehensive or extremely anxious toward the subject matter. And while SPSS is one of the more easy-to-use statistical software programs available, for anxious students who realize they not only have to learn statistics but also new software, the task can seem insurmountable. Keenly aware of students’ anxiety with statistics (and the fact that this anxiety can affect performance), Ronald Yockey has written SPSS Demystified: A Step-by -Step Guide to Successful Data Analysis, 1/e. Through a comprehensive, step-by-step approach, this text is consistently and specifically designed to both alleviate anxiety toward the subject matter and build a successful experience analyzing data in SPSS.Through a comprehensive, step-by-step approach, this text is consistently and specifically designed to both alleviate anxiety toward the subject matter and build a successful experience analyzing data in SPSS.
Chapter 1: IntroductionStarting SPSSData Editor WindowVariable View WindowData View WindowViewer (Output) windowSaving filesPrinting filesChapter ExercisesChapter 2: Descriptive StatisticsFrequenciesMeasures of Central TendencyAnalysis of Groups Using the Compare Means ProcedureChapter ExercisesChapter 3: Graphical ProceduresBar ChartsHistogramsScatterplotsBoxplotsChapter ExercisesChapter 4: Reliability AnalysisExampleResearch QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSChapter ExercisesChapter 5: One Sample t TestExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of the One Sample t TestChapter ExercisesChapter 6: Independent Samples t TestExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of the Independent Samples t TestChapter ExercisesChapter 7: Dependent Samples t TestExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of the Dependent Samples t TestChapter ExercisesChapter 8: One—Way Between Subjects ANOVAExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of the One—Way Between Subjects ANOVAChapter ExercisesChapter 9: Two—Way Between Subjects ANOVAExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionsData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of the Two—Way Between Subjects ANOVAChapter ExercisesChapter 10: One—Way Within Subjects ANOVAExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of the One—Way Within Subjects ANOVAChapter ExercisesChapter 11: One—Between One—Within Subjects ANOVAExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionsData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of the One—Between One—Within Subjects ANOVAChapter ExercisesChapter 12: CorrelationExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of CorrelationChapter ExercisesChapter 13: Simple RegressionExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of Simple RegressionChapter ExercisesChapter 14: Multiple RegressionExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionsData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of Multiple RegressionChapter ExercisesChapter 15: Chi—Square Goodness of Fit TestExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of the Chi—Square Goodness of Fit TestChapter ExercisesChapter 16: Chi—Square Test of IndependenceExampleHypotheses and Research QuestionData Entry and Analysis in SPSSAssumptions of Chi—Square Test of IndependenceChapter ExercisesAppendix A: Data Transformations and Other ProceduresAppendix B: Importing FilesAppendix C: Solutions to Chapter ExercisesReferences
