Einspruc E.L. An introductory guide to SPSS for Windows

Sage Publications, Inc. – 2005, 160 p.
ISBN: 1412904153, 9781412904155This Second Edition has been updated to SPSS Version 12.0, although its approach makes it useful for readers running other versions. Each chapter in this updated text includes a statement of its purpose and goal, as well as a chapter glossary. The updated text includes new SPSS features, including how to recode data using the Visual Bander and how to read text data using the Text Import Wizard. Author Eric L. Einspruch thoroughly covers critical basic skills:
How to create data sets by defining and coding data, using a codebook, and entering data
How to run SPSS and work with different SPSS files
How to manipulate data by recoding values, computing values, and selecting subsets of cases to include in an analysis
How to manage data files by reading data that have been entered using other software, appending files, and merging files
How to analyze data using SPSS pull-down menus
How to analyze data using programs written in SPSS syntaxThis outstanding book concludes with a discussion of how to get help in SPSS, suggestions on how to make the most of SPSS manuals, and directions for taking the next steps toward software mastery.Creating Datasets
Defining Data Files and Coding Data
Coding Missing Data
Entering Data
Running SPSS
SPSS Files
Getting Started: Entering the Wintergreen Data
Data Analysis
Drawing Charts
Designating a Window
Exercise One
Data Manipulation
Changing the Coding Scheme Using Recode
Changing the Coding Scheme Using Visual Bander
Computing Data Values
Selecting Records From a Dataset
Listing Cases
Exercise Two
Exercise Three
Managing Data Files
Reading ASCII Data
Importing Files From Other Software Packages
Merging Data Files: Adding Cases
Merging Data Files: Adding Variables
Exercise Four
Exercise Five
Using SPSS to Perform Statistical Analyses
Frequency Distributions
Correlation
Crosstabulation and Chi-Square
Testing Hypotheses About Two Means (t-Test)
Comparing Several Means (ANOVA): One Group
Comparing Several Means (ANOVA): Two or More Groups
Simple Regression
Using Nonparametric Statistics
Exercise Six
Exercise Seven
Exercise Eight
Exercise Nine
Exercise Ten
Using the SPSS Syntax Window
Using the Syntax Window
The Structure of Basic SPSS Programs
Debugging SPSS Programs
Inserting Comments About the Program
Reading Data
Merging Data
Manipulating the Data
Sample SPSS Program
Correlation
Crosstabulation
t-Test for Independent Samples
Regression
Nonparametric Statistics
Next Steps
Help Is Nearby
Getting the Most From the SPSS Manuals
User's Guide
Syntax Reference Guide
Next Steps
Statistics Coach
Pivot Tables
Utilities
Production and Scripting Facilities
World Wide Web Home PageAppendix A: Solutions to Exercises
Appendix B: Tips