Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using Spss for Windows 95/98: Babbie, Earl R.; Halley, Fred; Zaino, Jeanne: 9780761986768: Book: Social Science: eCampus.com

The Fourth Edition of this bestselling textbook has been completely rewritten and expanded to provide a comprehensive introduction to social research. It is an invaluable tool for more advanced students, as well as those with no prior computer experience.

The book is suitable for use with Windows 95 and with the SPSS software versions 7.0 and 7.5. The book is accompanied by a diskette carrying current United States' General Social Survey (GSS) data. The authors teach students how to analyze issues in social science using the GSS data and how to use SPSS, the most widely used professional program. They also provide step-by-step instructions illustrated with Windows screens.

Preface

xxi

Part I Preparing for Social Research

(22)

Introduction

(6)

Theory and Research

(6)

The Logic of Measurement

(8)

Part II Getting Started

(44)

Description of Your Data Sets

(24)

Using SPSS

(18)

Part III Univariate Analysis

(112)

Describing Your Data: Religiosity

(36)

Presenting Your Data in Graphic from: Political Orientations

105

(18)

Crosstabulating Abortion Responses: Moving from Univariate to Bivariate Analysis

123

(18)

Creating Composite Measures: Exploring Attitudes Toward Abortion in More Depth

141

(30)

Suggestions for Further Univariate Analysis

171

(8)

Part IV Bivariate Analysis

179

(128)

Examining the Sources of Religiosity

181

(14)

Political Orientations as Cause and as Effect

195

(16)

What Causes Different Attitudes Toward Abortion?

211

(16)

Measures of Association

227

(48)

Tests of Significance

275

(24)

Suggestions for Further Bivariate Analyses

299

(8)

Part V Multivariate Analysis

307

(104)

Multiple Causation: Examining Religiosity in Greater Depth

309

(22)

Dissecting the Political Factor

331

(12)

A Powerful Prediction of Attitudes Toward Abortion

343

(20)

Suggestions for Further Multivariate Analyses

363

(12)

Part VI The Adventure Continues

Designing and Executing Your Own Survey

375

(28)

Further Opportunities for Social Research

403

(8)

Appendices

411

(29)

Appendix A Answers to Selected SPSS Lab Exercises

413

(20)

Appendix B The Research Report

433

(7)

E-Appendix C The Research Proposal / on-line at www.pineforge.com

E-Appendix D SPSS Survey Tips / on-line at www.pineforge.com

E-Appendix E questionnaire for Class Survey / on-line at www.pineforge.com

E-Appendix F SPSS Commands Introduced in This Book / on-line at www.pineforge.com

E-Appendix G Readings / on-line at www.pineforge.com

References

440

(3)

Index Glossary

443


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