An Introductory Guide to SPSS for Windows / Edition 2

by Eric L. Einspruch

Overview

An Introductory Guide to SPSS® for Windows®, Second Edition develops SPSS skills using sample programs illustrating how to conduct the analyses typically covered in an introductory statistics course. Throughout the book, data are analyzed and SPSS output are interpreted in the context of research questions. Boldface text is used to indicate operations or choices the reader will need to make when running SPSS. Exercises are also included, with solutions provided in the appendix. This Second Edition has been updated to SPSS Version 12.0, and includes new SPSS features, including how to recode data using the Visual Bander and how to read text data using the Text Import Wizard.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412904155
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/28/2005
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Eric L. Einspruch is a Senior Research Associate and Project Director at RMC Research Corporation in Portland, Oregon. He received his B.A. with an emphasis in human ecology from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and his M.S.Ed. in counseling psychology and his Ph.D. in educational research and evaluation from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Much of his experience with large-scale data analysis was acquired while working in the Office of Institutional Research at Miami-Dade Community College. He has taught courses in statistical methods and in computer applications in educational research. He is currently involved in the evaluation of school-based and community-based social service programs. His publications have appeared in the Florida Journal of Educational Research, International Journal of Early Childhood, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Drug Education, Journal of Primary Prevention, Psychotherapy in Private Practice, and Reaching Today’s Youth. He is active in the Oregon Program Evaluators Network, a local affiliate of the American Evaluation Association, serving as charter Secretary in 1999 and 2000 and as President in 2003.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Creating Datasets
Defining Data Files and Coding Data
Coding Missing Data
Entering Data
3. Running SPSS
SPSS Files
Getting Started: Entering the Wintergreen Data
Data Analysis
Drawing Charts
Designating a Window
Exercise One
4. Data Manipulation
Changing the Coding Scheme Using Recode
Changing the Coding Scheme Using Visual Bander
Computing Data Values
Selecting Records From a Dataset
Listing Cases
Exercise Two
Exercise Three
5. Managing Data Files
Reading ASCII Data
Importing Files From Other Software Packages
Merging Data Files: Adding Cases
Merging Data Files: Adding Variables
Exercise Four
Exercise Five
6. Using SPSS to Perform Statistical Analyses
Frequency Distributions
Correlation
Crosstabulation and Chi-Square
Testing Hypotheses About Two Means (t-Test)
Comparing Several Means (ANOVA): One Group
Comparing Several Means (ANOVA): Two or More Groups
Simple Regression
Using Nonparametric Statistics
Exercise Six
Exercise Seven
Exercise Eight
Exercise Nine
Exercise Ten
7. Using the SPSS Syntax Window
Using the Syntax Window
The Structure of Basic SPSS Programs
Debugging SPSS Programs
Inserting Comments About the Program
Reading Data
Merging Data
Manipulating the Data
Sample SPSS Program
Correlation
Crosstabulation t-Test for Independent Samples
Regression
Nonparametric Statistics
8. Next Steps
Help Is Nearby
Getting the Most From the SPSS Manuals
User's Guide
Syntax Reference Guide
Next Steps
Statistics Coach
Pivot Tables
Utilities
Production and Scripting Facilities
World Wide Web Home Page
9. Conclusion
Appendix A: Solutions to Exercises
Appendix B: Tips
References
Index
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

"The book is a nice blend of written instructions and examples of using the SPSS programs. This book does not overwhelm the student or instructor and gives the most inexperienced user confidence about using SPSS and conducting data analysis. I absolutely love this type of book."

Laurie J. Walter

This introduction to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Windows (SPSS), Version 7.5, shows readers how they can use the package to read, manage, and analyze data. The author provides information on such tasks as creating data sets, using the syntax window, and getting the most from manuals. The author illustrates SPSS skills with sample programs that are designed to analyze data that have been gathered to answer a research question. He assumes familiarity with the material covered in a first course in statistics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"[This book] . . . is an excellent additional tool to SPSS manual and tutorial on line. The written samples and instructions clearly help the students as well as the faculty members to enter and analyze the data."

Madeleine A. Hellman

"I want to commend the author for including a chapter on using the SPSS manuals, I would not have thought of this addition, and the information helps the reader go on to learn the more complex components of SPSS."

Laura Myers