Ready, Set, Go! A Student Guide to SPSS® 13.0 and 14.0 for Windows®

by Pavkov, Thomas; Pierce, Kent

• ISBN13: 9780073126654
• ISBN10: 0073126659
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780072830071
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-21
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary

This guide features concise instructions for accessing and using SPSS for Windows.Ready, Set, Go!is more than a reference book for versions 13.0 and 14.0; through ten guided assignments, students learn about statistical analysis of data while also learning the steps in the research process. The students are guided through assignments such as using frequency distributions, performing the t test, using the one-way ANOVA procedure, computing a correlation, and computing chi-square function.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
ASSIGNMENT 1	1	(1)
Learning the Basics of SPSS	1	(1)
Starting SPSS	1	(1)
Loading a File	2	(2)
Using the Open File Window	4	(4)
The Pull-Down Menus	8	(1)
Examining Data Using the Data View	8	(1)
Defining Data Using the Variable View	9	(3)
Viewing SPSS Output	12	(1)
Printing SPSS Output	13	(3)
Existing SPSS	16	(1)
On Your Own	17
ASSIGNMENT 2	2
Looking at Frequency Distributions and Descriptive Statistics	18
Using the Frequencies Procedure	18
On Your Own	22
ASSIGNMENT 3
Presenting Data in Graphic Form	23
Producing Graphs	23
On Your Own	26
ASSIGNMENT 4
Testing Research Hypotheses for Two Independent Samples	27
Performing the Independent-Samples T Test Procedure	28
Picking Test and Grouping Variables	29
Interpreting the Output	31
On Your Own	32
ASSIGNMENT 5
Testing Research Hypotheses About Two Related Samples	34
The Research Question and Design	34
The Hypotheses	35
Executing the Paired-Samples T Test Procedure	36
Interpreting the Output	37
On Your Own	39
ASSIGNMENT 6
Comparing Independent Samples with One-Way ANOVA	40
Performing the One-Way ANOVA Procedure	40
Choosing and Defining Your Variables	42
Performing Post Hoc Tests	42
Interpreting the Results from the One-Way ANOVA Procedure	43
Interpreting the Post Hoc Tests	44
On Your Own	46
ASSIGNMENT 7
Comparing Related Samples with GLM-Repeated Measures ANOVA	47
The Research Question and Design	47
The Hypotheses	48
Performing the General Linear Model--Repeated Measures Procedure	48
Interpreting the Output	51
On Your Own	55
ASSIGNMENT 8
Measuring the Simple Relationship Between Two Variables	56
Choosing the Correlate Procedure	56
Choosing Your Variables	57
Plotting the Data	59
On Your Own	62
ASSIGNMENT 9
Describing the Linear Relationship Between Two Variables	64
The Research Question	65
Choosing the Regression Procedure	66
Choosing Your Variables	67
Interpreting the Output	69
On Your Own	71
ASSIGNMENT 10
Assessing the Association Between Two Categorical Variables	73
Performing the Crosstabs Procedure	75
Interpreting the Chi-Square and Crosstabs Output	78
On Your Own	80
APPENDIX
Entering Data Using Programs Other Than SPSS	81
Using a Text Editor to Enter Data	81
Fixed-Width Format	81
Delimited Format	82
Loading Text Datafiles with the Text Import Wizard	83
Using a Spreadsheet to Enter Data	84
Using a Database to Enter Data	85
Using the Database Wizard	85
Datasets	86