Statistics

SPSS^® 16.0: Statistical Procedures Companion contains tips, warnings, and examples that will help you take advantage of SPSS to analyze data better. This book is a basic review of the underlying statistical concepts, with an emphasis on the practice of analyzing data. Ideal for both new and experienced users, this companion offers suggestions and strategies for handling the issues that arise when analyzing real data.

SPSS 16.0: Statistical Procedures Companion covers all the statistical procedures in the Base system, the Regression Models, and Advanced Models modules. This book also contains introductory chapters on using the software, creating and cleaning data files, testing hypotheses, and describing data.

• Concise overviews and examples begin each chapter to introduce specific procedures, helping you understand the software and make the most of its capabilities.
• Tips and warnings help you to avoid common mistakes and work efficiently.
• Practical discussions explain the statistical background for each procedure.
• Detailed, integrated instructions make it easy to obtain the output in the book.
• Diverse examples and data from a wide range of disciplines are included on the Data CD-ROM, which comes with every new copy of this book.
• This book was reviewed by SPSS Inc., to ensure consistency and accuracy.

• This book has been updated for Release 16.0 of the SPSS software, and includes new screenshots of windows and dialog boxes and changes to the operating procedures.

Part I

1. Introduction

2. Getting to Know SPSS

3. Introducing Data

4. Preparing Your Data

5. Transforming Your Data

6. Describing Your Data

7. Testing Hypotheses

8. T Tests

9. One-Way Analysis of Variance

10. Crosstabulation

11. Correlation

12. Bivariate Linear Regression

13. Multiple Linear Regression

14. Discriminant Analysis

15. Logistic Regression Analysis

16. Cluster Analysis

17. Factor Analysis

18. Reliability Analysis

19. Nonparametric Tests

20. Ordinal Regression

21. General Loglinear Analysis

Part II

22. GLM Univariate

23. GLM Multivariate

24. GLM Repeated Measures

Bibliography

Index

SPSS Procedural Manuals & Guides [16.0 PROCEDURAL MANUALS] (Statistics)

You have all of the essential components: software with enough options to make a whirling dervish take pause; a data set of questionable virtue cast in a starring role; and a plot waiting to unfold. Directing this production to a satisfying conclusion isn't easy. The goal of the SPSS 15.0 Statistical Procedures Companion is to point you in the right direction.

 

See the SPSS 15.0 Advanced Statistical Procedures Companion for statistical introductions to some of the more advanced procedures in SPSS, including loglinear and logit analysis for categorical data,  multinomial, two-stage and weighted least-squares regression, Generalized Estimating Equations, Generalized Linear Model, Kaplan-Meier, actuarial and Cox models for analysis of time-to-event data, variance components analysis, and ALSCAL.



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Marija Norušis earned a Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University of Michigan. She was SPSS's first professional statistician. She has written numerous volumes of highly acclaimed SPSS documentation, and textbooks that demystify statistics and SPSS. Dr. Norušis has been on the faculties of the University of Chicago and Rush Medical College, teaching statistics to diverse audiences. When not working on SPSS guides, Marija analyzes real data as a statistical consultant.

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