- Cover
- IBM SPSS Essentials
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author Biography
- Part I: Introduction
- 1 What is SPSS?
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- What Is SPSS Used For
- Summary
- 2 Navigating SPSS
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- How the Program Works
- Managing Your SPSS Life
- Summary
- 3 Introduction to Data
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Understanding Your Data
- The SPSS Data Perspective
- Your Data in SPSS – Think Matrices
- Summary
- 4 Getting Your Data into SPSS
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Before SPSS
- Specifying Operations Through SPSS
- Numeric Versus String Variables
- Data Entry Within the Syntax File
- “Saving” Populated Datafiles
- Summary
- References
- Note
- 5 Accessing Your Data
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Accessing Your Data Files
- Importing Data from Excel
- Summary
- 6 Defining Your Data
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Annotation
- Defining Your Dataset
- Summary
- Part II: Statistics
- 7 Descriptive Statistics
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Frequencies
- Displaying Data Graphically
- Descriptive Statistics
- A General Note on Analyses
- A General Note About Output Files
- Summary
- 8 Hypothesis Testing
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Descriptive Versus Inferential Statistics
- Hypothesis Testing (A Process for Interpreting Inferential Statistics)
- Summary
- Notes
- 9 Z‐ and T‐Tests
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- The One Sample Z‐Test
- The t‐Test
- Summary
- Notes
- 10 Inferential Analyses (ANOVAs)
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- One‐Way ANOVA (One‐Way Command)
- Repeated‐Measures ANOVA (GLM Command)
- Factorial ANOVA (Unianova Command)
- Follow‐Up Contrasts
- Summary
- Reference
- 11 Inferential Analyses (Correlation or Regression)
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Correlation
- Simple Regression
- Multiple Regression
- Hierarchical Regression
- Visualizing Your Relationship
- Summary
- 12 Nonparametric Analyses
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Parametric Versus Nonparametric Analyses
- “The” (Pearson's) Chi‐Square: χ2
- Summary
- Note
- Part III: Advanced Data Management
- 13 Manipulating Your Data
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Creating Scale Scores
- How SPSS Thinks About Data
- The Importance of Selecting All
- Summary
- 14 Collapsing and Merging Data Files
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Same People, Different Information
- Different People, Same Information
- Summary
- Note
- 15 Differential Treatment of Your Data
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Isolating Interesting Cases
- Summary
- 16 Using Your Output
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Problem Solving
- Maximizing Output Information
- Summary
- 17 Other Tricks of the Trade
- Chapter Learning Objectives
- Salvaging Old Syntax
- Tricking SPSS To “Think” Across Rows
- “Do If” and “End If”
- Summary
- Appendix A: Appendix ACompleted Questionnaire Form Example
- Appendix B: Appendix BExample Code Sheet for Questionnaire
- Appendix C: Appendix CSummary of Creating and Defining a Data File
- Appendix D: Appendix DExample Syntax File Integrating Multiple Commands (Fulfilling Multiple Purposes)
- Appendix E: Appendix ECommands To Know, Organized By Importance
- Answers to Chapter Discussion Questions
- Index
- End User License Agreement
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