How to Use SPSS Syntax : An Overview of Common Commands

by Manfred te Grotenhuis, Chris Visscher

Overview

Rather than focusing on SPSS menus and the graphic user interface, How to Use SPSS Syntax, by Manfred te Grotenhuis and Chris Visscher, focuses on the syntax rules in SPSS, a more encompassing approach that allows readers to replicate statistical analyses by storing them in a file for future use. Practical, accessible, and highly focused, the book is brief, while still helping readers develop an in-depth understanding of the common syntax rules and commands. In every chapter, the authors clearly explain the syntax, show the main results, and include social science research examples and downloadable files that allow readers to follow along. Checks throughout the book help readers determine whether the syntax is used correctly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483333434
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Manfred te Grotenhuis (Ph D, Sociology, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) is an associate professor of quantitative data analysis at Radboud University Nijmegen and an affiliate of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS). He does research and teaching in inferential statistics, age-period-cohort models, multilevel modeling, event history analysis, and SPSS syntax. Grotenhuis has published extensively in a wide variety of journals, including the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Demography, and the International Journal of Epidemiology. He has been teaching statistics to students at Radboud University Nijmegen since 1995 and has written several introductory books on SPSS and statistics. Grotenhuis is the recipient of his university's biennial teaching award.

Chris Visscher (MSc in Sociology, Radboud University Nijmegen,The Netherlands) has been a principal lecturer on statistics for more than 30 years. He wrote one of the early SPSS syntax manuals for students in 1986. He loves to sing Gregorian chants, in his office, in churches, and occasionally at students’ house parties around 3 a.m.

Table of Contents

1. SPSS Syntax Usage
2. Basic Knowledge
3. Data Modifications
4. Statistical Analyses
Appendix I. Arithmetic Expressions
Appendix II. Logical Expressions