SPSS ® Statistics Workbook for Dummies

✍ Scribed by Jesus Salcedo, Keith McCormick

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 339
• Series: For Dummies
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Getting Data into and out of SPSS
Chapter 1 Working Through Import and Export Challenges
Importing Data
Exporting Results
Answers to Problems in Working Through Import and Export Challenges
Chapter 2 Defining Data
Defining Metadata
Working with Dates and Times
Copying Data Properties
Answers to Problems in Defining Data
Part 2 Messing with Data in SPSS
Chapter 3 Using the Data Menu
Selecting Data
Splitting Data
Merging Files by Adding Cases
Merging Files Adding Variables
Answers to Problems in Using the Data Menu
Chapter 4 Putting the Transform Menu to Work
Counting Case Occurrences
Recoding Variables
Recoding into different variables
Automatic recoding
Binning
Answers to Problems in Putting the Transform Menu to Work
Chapter 5 Computing Variables
Calculating a New Variable
Computing More Complex Variables
Using System Variables
Using String Functions
Using Multiple String Functions
Answers to Problems in Computing Variables
Part 3 Analyzing Data
Chapter 6 Using Descriptive Statistics
Level of Measurement
Focusing on Frequencies
Summarizing Variables with the Descriptives Procedure
Working with Z-Scores
Answers to Problems in Using Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 7 Testing Relationships with the Chi-Square Test of Independence
Running the Chi-Square Test of Independence
Comparing Column Proportions
Creating a Clustered Bar Chart
Answers to Problems in Testing Relationships with the Chi-Square Test of Independence
Chapter 8 Comparing Two Groups with T-Tests
Running the Independent-Samples T-Test Procedure
Running the Paired-Samples T-Test Procedure
Comparing the Means Graphically
Answers to Problems in Comparing Two Groups with T-Tests
Chapter 9 Comparing More Than Two Groups with ANOVA
Running the One-Way ANOVA Procedure
Conducting Post Hoc Tests
Comparing the Means Graphically
Answers to Problems in Comparing More Than Two Groups with ANOVA
Chapter 10 Testing Relationships with Correlation
Viewing Relationships
Running the Bivariate Procedure
Answers to Problems in Testing Relationships with Correlation
Chapter 11 Making Predictions Using Linear Regression
Performing Simple Linear Regression
Performing Multiple Linear Regression
Answers to Problems in Regression
Part 4 Producing and Editing Output
Chapter 12 Building Graphs with Bars, Lines, and Wedges
Building Bar Graphs
Creating Line Charts
Making Pie Charts
Constructing Histograms
Answers to Problems in Building Graphs with Bars, Lines, and Wedges
Chapter 13 Building Slightly More Complex Graphs
Building Clustered Graphs
Creating Multiple Line Charts
Using Error Bar Charts to Compare Means
Viewing Relationships between Continuous Variables
Identifying Outliers with Boxplots
Answers to Problems in Building Slightly More Complex Graphs
Chapter 14 Editing Output
Editing Graphs
Editing Tables
Answers to Problems in Editing Output
Part 5 Programming SPSS with Command Syntax
Chapter 15 Working with Pasted SPSS Syntax
Pasting Procedures
Pasting Transformations
Controlling Variable View Specifications with Syntax
Answers to Problems in Pasting and Modifying Syntax
Chapter 16 Computing Variables with Syntax
Calculating New Variable with Syntax
Using DO IF . . . END IF
Answers to Problems in Computing Variables with Syntax
Part 6 The Part of Tens
Chapter 17 Ten Tricky SPSS Skills to Practice
Using RECODE INTO SAME
Using COMPUTE with System Missing and Other Missing Values
Merging Two or More Files
Creating Consistent Charts
Creating Consistent Tables
Replicating a Multistep Process in Syntax
Producing Tables with Custom Tables
Using the TEMPORARY Command
Explaining P-Values to Others
Explaining Statistical Assumptions to Others
Chapter 18 Ten Practice Certification Questions
Answers to Practice Questions
Index
EULA