Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh : Analyzing and Understanding Data

by Green, Samuel B.; Salkind, Neil J.

• ISBN13: 9780131465978
• ISBN10: 013146597X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Will help anyone use SPSS to successfully analyze data, interpret results, and describe findings. This complete introductory guide to SPSS has been thoroughly updated for the software's latest versions: 12.0 for Windows and 11.0 for Macintosh. It has also been revised throughout for greater accessibility, simplicity, and ease of use. The book provides step-by-step walkthroughs of every basic SPSS and statistical technique, along with tips, examples, exercises, and extensive pedagogical support designed to promote rapid learning. Coverage includes: mastering the SPSS interface; creating and working with data files; defining and creating variables; working with data, charts, and output; univariate descriptive statistics; univariate and multivariate analyses; correlation, regression, and discriminate analysis; scaling and nonparametric procedures; and more. For everyone who wants to master the latest versions of SPSS. SPSS is used in a wide range of markets, including psychology and other areas of scientific research; marketing and surveys; financial services and insurance; education; government; telecommunications; and beyond.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Part I Introducing SPSS	1	(1)
Unit 1 Getting Started with SPSS	1	(22)
Starting SPSS	2	(3)
The SPSS Main Menus and Toolbar	5	(8)
Using SPSS Help	13	(5)
A Brief SPSS Tour	18	(5)
Unit 2 Creating and Working with Data Files	23	(30)
Defining Variables	24	(6)
Entering and Editing Data	30	(6)
Inserting and Deleting Cases and Variables	36	(4)
Selecting, Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Data	40	(5)
Printing and Exiting an SPSS Data File	45	(3)
Exporting and Importing SPSS Data	48	(5)
Unit 3 Working with Data	53	(20)
Finding Values, Variables, and Cases	54	(4)
Recoding Data and Computing Values	58	(6)
Sorting, Transposing, and Ranking Data	64	(4)
Splitting and Merging Files	68	(5)
Unit 4A Working with SPSS Charts and Output for Windows	73	(22)
Creating an SPSS Chart	74	(6)
Enhancing SPSS Charts	80	(11)
Using the Viewer	91	(4)
Unit 4B Working with SPSS Charts and Output for Macintosh	95	(19)
Creating an SPSS Chart	96	(6)
Enhancing SPSS Charts	102	(8)
Using the Viewer	110	(4)
Part II Working with SPSS Procedures	114	(1)
Unit 5 Creating Variables and Computing Descriptive Statistics	114	(40)
Creating Variables	116	(13)
Univariate Descriptive Statistics for Qualitative Variables	129	(9)
Univariate Descriptive Statistics for Quantitative Variables	138	(16)
Unit 6 t Test Procedures	154	(21)
One-Sample t Test	155	(6)
Paired-Samples t Test	161	(6)
Independent-Samples t Test	167	(8)
Unit 7 Univariate and Multivariate Analysis-of-Variance Techniques	175	(78)
One-Way Analysis of Variance	176	(9)
Two-Way Analysis of Variance	185	(22)
One-Way Analysis of Covariance	207	(11)
One-Way Multivariate Analysis of Variance	218	(10)
One-Way Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance	228	(10)
Two-Way Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance	238	(15)
Unit 8 Correlation, Regression, and Discriminant Analysis Procedures	253	(58)
Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient	254	(9)
Partial Correlations	263	(10)
Bivariate Linear Regression	273	(10)
Multiple Linear Regression	283	(15)
Discriminant Analysis	298	(13)
Unit 9 Scaling Procedures	311	(38)
Factor Analysis	312	(13)
Internal Consistency Estimates of Reliability	325	(10)
Item Analysis Using the Reliability Procedure	335	(14)
Unit 10 Nonparametric Procedures	349	(66)
Binomial Test	350	(7)
One-Sample Chi-Square Test	357	(9)
Two-Way Contingency Table Analysis Using Crosstabs	366	(11)
Two Independent-Samples Test: The Mann-Whitney U Test	377	(6)
K Independent-Samples Tests: The Kruskal-Wallis and the Median Tests	383	(12)
Two Related-Samples Tests: The McNemar, the Sign, and the Wilcoxon Tests	395	(11)
K Related-Samples Tests: The Friedman and the Cochran Tests	406	(9)
Appendix A Data for Crab Scale and Teacher Scale	415	(2)
Appendix B Methods for Controlling Type I Error across Multiple Hypothesis Tests	417	(3)
Appendix C Selected Answers to Lesson Exercises	420	(26)
References	446	(1)
Index	447