SPSS For Dummies

by Griffith, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9780470487648
• ISBN10: 047048764X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-12
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

The fun and friendly guide to the world's leading statistical softwarePredictive Analysis Software (PASW), formerly SPSS software, is the leading statistical software used by commerical, government, and academic organizations around the world to solve business and research problems. It allows you to quickly and easily discover new insights from data, test hypotheses, and build powerful predictive models.PASW Statistics For Dummies covers everything you need to know to get up and running with this efficient and practical software. PASW Statistics is the leading statistical software used to analyze data and create predictive models; it is used by business, academic, and government entities worldwide This guide explains how to work with automatic codebook generation and customize the variable view Walks you through the rounding method that is used in all calculations and explains using predictive analysis Shows how to maximize your use of graph templates, and much moreEven if you have little or no statistical or mathematical background, PASW Statistics For Dummies will show you how to generate statistical support and decision-making information quickly and easily.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Author Biography

Arthur Griffith is a former computer consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense. After working for 25 years as a programmer and software development project manager, he became a writer of computer books and has now written 14 of them.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Fundamental Mechanics of SPSS

Introducing IBM SPSS Statistics

Installing Software and Setting Options

A Simple Statistical Analysis Example

Getting Data In and Out of SPSS

Entering Data from the Keyboard

Reading and Writing Files

Data and Data Types

Messing with the Data After It's in There

Getting Data Out of SPSS

Graphing Data

Fundamentals of Graphing

Some Types of Graphs

More Types of Graphs

Analysis

Executing an Analysis

Some Analysis Examples

Programming SPSS with Command Syntax

The Command Syntax Language

Command Syntax Language Examples

Programming SPSS with Python and Scripts

The Python Programming Language

Python inside SPSS

Scripts

The Part of Tens

Ten (or So) Modules You Can Add to SPSS

Ten Useful SPSS Things You Can Find on the Internet

Glossary

Index

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