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Author:   Manfred te Grotenhuis ,  Anneke Matthijssen
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.210kg
ISBN:  

9781483369419

ISBN 10:   1483369412
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   05 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Statistics Program SPSS What Is SPSS? The Purpose of SPSS Structure of the Book Fictitious Data Set Using the Windows in SPSS Using SPSS Windows SPSS File Types Chapter 2: SPSS Files Introduction Open SPSS Files Create and Modify Data Files Load Excel Files Save SPSS Files Assignments Chapter 3: Data Modifications Introduction Recode Variables Create New Variables Select Cases Split Files Assignments Chapter 4: Descriptive Statistics Introduction Frequency Tables Pie Charts Boxplots Graphs With Chart Builder Contingency Tables Export to Word Processing Programs Assignments Chapter 5: Inferential Statistics Introduction Associations in Contingency Tables Binomial Test for a Proportion One Sample t-test t-Test for Comparing Two Groups Analysis of Variance Correlation Regression Analysis References Assignments

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This text does a very good job covering basic descriptive and inferential data analysis using SPSS.--Ayana Conway, Virginia State University

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Manfred te Grotenhuis (PhD, 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. Anneke Matthijssen (MSc in Educational Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) first had a career as a medical analyst. During her study and after graduating from the Radboud University, she was involved in teaching statistics. Since 2008 she has been working as a policy adviser/institutional researcher in the Strategy and Development Department at Radboud University. In this position, Matthijssen provides the board and faculties with management information on education and research. She is also chairwoman of the Dutch Association for Institutional Researchers in which policy advisers of all Dutch universities are organized. 

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