SPSS 17.0 Statistical Procedures CompanionDescription |
SPSS® 17.0: Statistical Procedures Companion contains tips, warnings, and examples that will help you take advantage of SPSS to better analyze data. This book contains 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 data.
SPSS 17.0: 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.  |
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Features |
- 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.
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New to this Edition |
| This book has been updated for Release 17.0 of the SPSS software, and includes new screenshots of windows and dialog boxes and changes to the operating procedures. |
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Table of Contents |
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 |
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Author |
Marija Noru?is earned a PhD in biostatistics from the University of Michigan. She was SPSS's first professional statistician. During this time, she wrote her first book, The SPSS Introductory Guide. Since then she has written numerous volumes of highly acclaimed SPSS documentation, and textbooks that demystify statistics and SPSS. Dr. Noru?is 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.
For more detailed information about Dr. Noru?is and her SPSS guides, visit her website at www.norusis.com. |
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