| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xx, 585 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Previous edition: 2005. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. Variables and Their Measurement -- Setting up an SPSS Data File -- pt. 2. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: GRAPHS AND TABLES. The Graphical Description of Data -- The Tabular Description of Data -- Using Tables to Investigate the Relationship between Variables: Crosstabulations -- Measures of Association for Crosstabulations: Nominal Data -- Measures of Association for Crosstabulations: Ranked Data -- Multivariate Analysis of Crosstabs: Elaboration -- pt. 3. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: NUMERICAL MEASURES. Measures of Central Tendency -- Measures of Dispersion -- The Normal Curve -- Correlation and Regression -- Multiple Regression -- pt. 4. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: TESTS FOR A MEAN. Sampling Distributions -- Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and the One-Sample Z-Test for a Mean -- The One-Sample T-Test for a Mean -- Inference Using Estimation and Confidence Intervals -- The Two-Samples T-Test for the Equality of Means -- The F-Test for the Equality of More Than Two Means: Analysis of Variance -- The Two Dependent Samples T-Test for the Mean Difference -- pt. 5. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: TESTS FOR FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS. One-Sample Tests for a Binomial Distribution -- One-Sample Tests for a Multinomial Distribution -- The Chi-Square Test for Independence -- Frequency Tests for Two Dependent Samples -- pt. 6. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: OTHER TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE. Rank-Order Tests for Two or More Samples -- The T-Test for a Correlation Coefficient -- pt. 7. ADVANCED TOPICS. Statistical Power -- Generating New Variables in SPSS: The Recode, Compute and Multiple Response Commands. |
| Summary |
From the publisher. This fully updated edition of Statistics for Research explains statistical concepts in a straight-forward and accessible way using practical examples from a variety of disciplines. If you're looking for an easy-to-read, comprehensive introduction to statistics with a guide to SPSS, this is the book for you! |
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SPSS (Computer file)
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Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
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Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs.
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SPSS (Computer file) (OCoLC)fst01356630
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Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
(OCoLC)fst01122983
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Statistik. (DE-588)4056995-0
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SPSS. (DE-588)4056588-9
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SPSS.
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Samhällsvetenskap -- statistiska metoder.
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| ISBN |
9781849205948 (hbk.) |
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1849205949 (hbk.) |
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1849205957 (pbk.) |
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9781849205955 (pbk.) |
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