Data Analysis with SPSS: A First Course in Applied Statistics

by Stephen A. Sweet, Karen Grace-Martin

Data Analysis with SPSS is designed to teach students how to explore data in a systematic manner using the most popular professional social statistics program on the market today. Written in ten manageable chapters, this book first introduces students to the approach researchers use to frame research questions and the logic of establishing causal relations. Students are then oriented to the SPSS program and how to examine data sets. Subsequent chapters guide them through univariate analysis, bivariate analysis, graphic analysis, and multivariate analysis. Students conclude their course by learning how to write a research report and by engaging in their own research project. Each book is packaged with a disk containing the GSS (General Social Survey) file and the States data files. The GSS file contains 100 variables generated from interviews with 2,900 people, concerning their behaviors and attitudes on a wide variety of issues such as abortion, religion, prejudice, sexuality, and politics. The States data allows comparison of all 50 states with 400 variables indicating issues such as unemployment, environment, criminality, population, and education. Students will ultimately use these data to conduct their own independent research project with SPSS. MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab with Pearson eText (at no additional cost). ValuePack 0205863728 / ValuePack 9780205863723

Genres: School

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 1998

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very informative manual for the SPSS program. It goes into descriptive detail for terminology and associated analyses. The verbiage can be a bit monotonous, but to be fair, unless you're enthralled by stats that's almost certainly inevitable.

[Connor Oswald · Rating 3 out of 5]

It'll introduce it