This is the perfect companion for students who are learning to use the SPSS software to interpret and manage data. The Eighth Edition uses version 29 of the software and incorporates results from the 2022 General Social Survey (GSS) as a dataset used in examples throughout the book. In response to user feedback, the author has expanded the sections on ANOVA and chi-square. The GSS datasets and codebooks for use with the text are available on an accompanying website.
William E. Wagner, III, PhD, is Chair of the Department of Sociology at California State University, Dominguez Hills and Executive Director of the Social Science Research & Instructional Council of the CSU. He is co-author of Adventures in Social Research, 11th edition (SAGE, 2022), The Practice of Survey Research (SAGE, 2016), and A Guide to R for Social and Behavioral Sciences (SAGE, 2020) and author of Using IBM (R) SPSS (R) Statistics for Research Methods and Social Science Statistics, 7th edition (SAGE, 2019).
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 * Overview What's the Difference Between SPSS Statistics and PASW Statistics? None. Statistical Software About the GSS Data SPSS/PASW Electronic Files Opening Existing Data Files Importing Data From Statistics File Formats Other Than SPSS or PASW Opening Previously Created Output Files Saving Files Creating New SPSS Statistics Data Files Creating and Editing SPSS Statistics Output Files Preferences: Getting Started Measurement of Variables Using SPSS Statistics References Chapter 2 * Transforming Variables Recoding and Computing Variables Recoding Variables: Dichotomies and Dummy Variables Recoding Using Two or More Variables to Create a New Variable Computing Variables Using the Count Function Computing an Index Using the Mean Multiple Response Chapter 3 * Selecting and Sampling Cases Targeted Selection Random Selection Selecting Cases for Inclusion in a New Data Set Chapter 4 * Organization and Presentation of Information Measures of Central Tendency and Variability Frequency Distributions Chapter 5 * Charts and Graphs Boxplot Direct Options for Graphs (Boxplot Example without Chartbuilder) Scatterplot Direct Graphing Option for Scatterplot Histogram Multivariate Histogram Horizontal Histogram Direct Graphing Option for Histogram BAR GRAPH Multivariate Bar Graph Direct Graphing Option for Histogram PIE CHART Direct Graphing Option for Histogram Additional Graphic Capabilities in SPSS Statistics Chapter 6 * Testing Hypotheses Using Means and Cross-Tabulation Comparing Means Comparing Means: Paired-Samples t Test Comparing Means: Independent-Samples t Test One-Sample t Test Chi-Square (?2) Chi-Square (?2) and Cross-Tabulation Chapter 7 * 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 (?), Kendall's Tau-b, and Somers' d References Chapter 8 * Correlation and Regression Analysis Bivariate Regression Correlation Multiple Regression Chapter 9 * Logistic Regression Analysis Preparing Variables for Use in Logistic Regression Analysis Creating a Set of Dummy Variables to Represent a Multicategory Nominal Variable Logistic Regression Analysis Logistic Regression Using a Categorical Covariate Without Dummy Variables Interpreting Odds Ratios Step Models Chapter 10 * Analysis of Variance One-Way ANOVA ANOVA in Regression Two-Way ANOVA Chapter 11 * Editing Output Editing Basic Tables Copying to Microsoft Word Importing and Preparing Text Files for Analysis by SPSS Editing Charts and Graphs Chapter 12 * Advanced Applications Merging Data From Multiple Files Opening Previously Created Syntax Files Creating New SPSS Syntax Files About the Author References
