TY - BOOK AU - Davis,Cole TI - SPSS for applied sciences: basic statistical testing SN - 9780643107113 AV - QA279.S335 .S384 2013 U1 - 005.36 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Collingwood, Vic. PB - CSIRO Publishing KW - SPSS (Computer file) KW - fast KW - Interactive computer systems KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Computer programs KW - Systèmes conversationnels (Informatique) KW - Sciences sociales KW - Méthodes statistiques KW - Logiciels KW - COMPUTERS KW - Desktop Applications KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - SPSS KW - gnd KW - Statistisk metod KW - sao KW - Samhällsvetenskap KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index; Part One; Pre-test considerations --; Introduction; What this book does; The organisation of content; Data sets and additional information; How to use this book --; Descriptive and inferential statistics introduced; Descriptive statistics; Inferential statistics --; Parametric and non-parametric tests; Different types of data; Parametric versus non-parametric data --; Using SPSS; Data entry in spreadsheet formats; Data entry with SPSS --; Practical research; Data analysis in context; Notes on research design; A suggestion for data analysis structure; Selecting cases; Other data manipulation techniques; Part Two; Using the Statistical Tests --; Experiments and quasi-experiments; The analysis of differences; Unrelated and related design; Two or more conditions; Data type; Research design terminology; Different subjects, two conditions; Different subjects, more than two conditions; Same subjects, two conditions; Same subjects, more than two conditions; Factorial ANOVA; Reading factorial ANOVA charts; Multiple comparisons --; Frequency of observations; Dichotomies: the binomial test; Repeated dichotomies: the McNemar test; More than two conditions: Chi-square goodness of fit test; Customising expected values: Chi-square goodness of fit; Relationships between variables: Chi-square test of association --; The time until events; Statistical assumptions; The Kaplan-Meier survival function; The life table --; Correlations, regression and factor analysis; Correlation; Regression; Partial correlation: 'partialling out'; The multiple correlation matrix; Factor analysis: a data reduction methodology; Part Three: Miscellaneous --; Exercises; Questions; Answers --; Reporting in applied settings; Raw data or central tendency?; Charts; Written reporting; Verbal reporting --; Advanced statistical techniques: a taster; MANOVA; Cluster analysis; Logistic regression; Cox's regression (aka the Cox model); Some thoughts on ANCOVA N2 - Explains how to use SPSS statistical software, including tests and worked examples UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=633778 ER -