Spss For Dummies

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Everything a novice reader needs to know to get up and running with the latest version of the SPSS software. This book starts with the basics of installing the software, entering data, and setting up calculations. It then progresses into statistical and predictive analysis topics like cross tabulation, frequencies, descriptive ratios, means, bivariate and partial correlations, linear regression, group identification with factor, two-step, hierarchical, and discriminant analysis. This book also discusses how to output all of this information into visually appealing charts and graphs. And it even covers how to program SPSS for those who want to take their statistical analysis one step further. About The Author Arthur Griffith uses SPSS in research for special projects with the U.S. Department of Defense. He has written a dozen computer books and is the author and producer of seven CD tutorials on computer programming. Griffith has spent twenty years as a computer programming consultant and has taught programming courses online and for the University of Alaska. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Louisiana State University. Table Of Contents Introduction Part I: The Fundamental Mechanics of SPSS Chapter 1: Introducing SPSS Chapter 2: Installing and Running the Software Chapter 3: A Simple Statistical Analysis Example Part II: Getting Data into and out of SPSS Chapter 4: Entering Data from the Keyboard Chapter 5: Reading and WritingFiles Chapter 6: Data and Data Types Chapter 7: Messing with the Data After It's in There Chapter 8: Getting Data out of SPSS Part III: Graphing Data Chapter 9: Fundamentals of Graphing Chapter 10: Some Types of Graphs Chapter 11: More Types of Graphs Chapter 12: Maps Part IV: Analysis Chapter 13: Executing an Analysis Chapter 14: Some Analysis Examples Part V: Programming SPSS with Command Syntax Chapter 15: The Command Syntax Language Chapter 16: Command Syntax Language Examples Part VI: Programming SPSS with Python and Scripts Chapter 17: The Python Programming Language Chapter 18: Python inside SPSS Chapter 19: Scripts Part VII: The Part of Tens Chapter 20: Ten Modules You Can Add to SPSS Chapter 21: Ten Useful Things You Can Find on the Internet Glossary Index