Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Overview | |
Statistical Software | |
About the General Social Survey Data | |
SPSS Electronic Files | |
Opening Existing Data Files | |
Importing Data From Non-SPSS File Formats | |
Opening Previously Created Output Files | |
Saving Files | |
Creating New SPSS Data Files | |
Creating and Editing SPSS Output Files | |
Preferences: Getting Started | |
Measurement of Variables Using SPSS | |
Transforming Variables | |
Recoding and Computing Variables | |
Recoding Variables | |
Recoding Variables: Dichotomies and Dummy Variables | |
Computing Variables | |
Using the Count Function | |
Computing an Index Using the Mean | |
Multiple Response | |
Selecting and Sampling Cases | |
Targeted Selection | |
Random Selection | |
Selecting Cases for Inclusion in a New Data Set | |
Organization and Presentation of Information | |
Measures of Central Tendency and Variability | |
Frequency Distributions | |
Charts and Graphs | |
Boxplot | |
Legacy Options for Graphs (Boxplot Example) | |
Scatterplot | |
Legacy Scatterplot | |
Histogram | |
Bar Graph | |
Pie Chart | |
Additional Graphic Capabilities in SPSS Statistics | |
Cross-Tabulation and Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables | |
Bivariate Analysis | |
Adding Another Variable or Dimension to the Analysis | |
Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables | |
Lambda | |
Gamma and Sommers' d | |
Correlation and Regression Analysis | |
Bivariate Regression | |
Correlation | |
Multiple Regression | |
Testing Hypotheses Using Means and Cross-Tabulation | |
Comparing Means | |
Comparing Means: Paired-Samples T Test | |
Comparing Means: Independent-Samples T Test | |
Chi-Square | |
Analysis of Variance | |
One-Way ANOVA | |
ANOVA With Regression | |
Editing Output | |
Editing Basic Tables | |
Copying to Microsoft Word | |
Exporting Output | |
Editing Charts and Graphs | |
Advanced Applications | |
Merging Data From Multiple Files | |
Opening Previously Created Syntax Files | |
Creating New SPSS Syntax Files | |
About the Author | |
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