How to Use SPSS®: A Step-By-Step Guide to Analysis and Interpretation

Description

How to Use SPSS® is designed with the novice computer user in mind and for people who have no previous experience of using SPSS. Each chapter is divided into short sections that describe the statistic being used, important underlying assumptions, and how to interpret the results and express them in a research report. The book begins with the basics, such as starting SPSS, defining variables, and entering and saving data. It covers all major statistical techniques typically taught in beginning statistics classes, such as descriptive statistics, graphing data, prediction and association, parametric inferential statistics, nonparametric inferential statistics and statistics for test construction. More than 250 screenshots (including sample output) throughout the book show students exactly what to expect as they follow along using SPSS. The book includes a glossary of statistical terms and practice exercises. A complete set of online resources including video tutorials and output files for students, and PowerPoint slides and test bank questions for instructors, make How to Use SPSS®the definitive, field-tested resource for learning SPSS. New to this edition: Fully updated to SPSS 24 and IBM SPSS Statistics Cloud New chapter on ANOVA New material on inter-rater reliability New material on syntax Additional coverage of data entry and management Cover Title Copyright Contents PREFACE TO THE 10TH EDITION CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED CHAPTER 2 ENTERING AND MODIFYING DATA CHAPTER 3 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS CHAPTER 4 GRAPHING DATA CHAPTER 5 PREDICTION AND ASSOCIATION CHAPTER 6 BASIC PARAMETRIC INFERENTIAL STATISTICS AND Τ TESTS CHAPTER 7 ANOVA MODELS CHAPTER 8 NONPARAMETRIC INFERENTIAL STATISTICS CHAPTER 9 TEST CONSTRUCTION APPENDIX A EFFECT SIZE APPENDIX Β PRACTICE EXERCISE DATASETS APPENDIX C SAMPLE DATA FILES USED IN TEXT APPENDIX D SPSS SYNTAX BASICS APPENDIX E GLOSSARY APPENDIX F SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE INFERENTIAL TEST INDEX