SPSS® For Dummies® - Softcover

Griffith, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470113448 ISBN 13: 9780470113448

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Synopsis

• SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a data management and analysis software that allows users to generate solid, decision–making results by performing statistical analysis
• This book provides just the information needed: installing the software, entering data, setting up calculations, and analyzing data
• Covers computing cross tabulation, frequencies, descriptive ratios, means, bivariate and partial correlations, linear regression, and much more
• Explains how to output information into striking charts and graphs
• For ambitious users, also covers how to program SPSS to take their statistical analysis to the next level

About this title

About the Author

Arthur Griffith uses SPSS in research for special projects with the U.S. Department of Defense. He is the author and producer of seven CD tutorials on computer programming.

From the Back Cover

Program SPSS with Python® and Command Syntax

The fun and easy way® to generate solid decision–making results with SPSS

Stymied by SPSS? This friendly, plain–English guide gets you up and running with the latest version of the software so that you can start performing calculations right away. It then covers all key analysis topics step by step — from cross tabulation and descriptive ratios to linear regression, hierarchical analysis, and more. You′ll export data flawlessly and with flair!

• Install and run the software

• Get data into and out of SPSS

• Create striking charts and graphs

• Execute analyses — from correlations to linear models

• Display data in a variety of graphs

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470113448
• ISBN 13: 9780470113448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360