SPSS Survival Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Data Analysis Using the SPSS Program, 4th Edition

Title Page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Data files and website......Page 8
Introduction and overview......Page 10
Part One: Getting started......Page 15
1 Designing a study......Page 17
2 Preparing a codebook......Page 25
3 Getting to know SPSS......Page 28
Part Two: Preparing the data file......Page 39
4 Creating a data file and entering data......Page 41
5 Screening and cleaning the data......Page 57
Part Three: Preliminary analyses......Page 65
6 Descriptive statistics......Page 67
7 Using graphs to describe and explore the data......Page 80
8 Manipulating the data......Page 97
9 Checking the reliability of a scale......Page 111
10 Choosing the right statistic......Page 116
Part Four: Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables......Page 135
11 Correlation......Page 142
12 Partial correlation......Page 157
13 Multiple regression......Page 162
14 Logistic regression......Page 182
15 Factor analysis......Page 195
Part Five: Statistical techniques to compare groups......Page 217
16 Non-parametric statistics......Page 227
17 T-tests......Page 253
18 One-way analysis of variance......Page 263
19 Two-way between-groups ANOVA......Page 279
20 Mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance......Page 288
21 Multivariate analysis of variance......Page 297
22 Analysis of covariance......Page 311
Appendix: Details of data files......Page 333
Recommended reading......Page 348
References......Page 351
Index......Page 355