Statistics for research : with a guide to SPSS / George Argyrous.
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TextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2011Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 585 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781849205948 (hbk.); 1849205949 (hbk.); 1849205957 (pbk.); 9781849205955 (pbk.)Subject(s): SPSS (Computer file) | Social sciences -- Statistical methods | Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Computer programsDDC classification: 519.5 LOC classification: HA29 | .A688 2011| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Previous ed.: 2005.
Includes index.
Pt. 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. Variables and Their Measurement -- Setting up an SPSS Data File -- Pt. 2. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: GRAPHS AND TABLES. The Graphical Description of Data -- The Tabular Description of Data -- Using Tables to Investigate the Relationship between Variables: Crosstabulations -- Measures of Association for Crosstabulations: Nominal Data -- Measures of Association for Crosstabulations: Ranked Data -- Multivariate Analysis of Crosstabs: Elaboration -- Pt. 3. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: NUMERICAL MEASURES. Measures of Central Tendency -- Measures of Dispersion - - The Normal Curve - - Correlation and Regression - - Multiple Regression - - Pt. 4. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: TESTS FOR A MEAN. Sampling Distributions -- Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and the One-Sample Z-Test for a Mean -- The One-Sample T-Test for a Mean -- Inference Using Estimation and Confidence Intervals -- The Two-Samples T-Test for the Equality of Means -- The F-Test for the Equality of More Than Two Means: Analysis of Variance -- The Two Dependent Samples T-Test for the Mean Difference -- Pt. 5. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: TESTS FOR FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS. One-Sample Tests for a Binomial Distribution -- One-Sample Tests for a Multinomial Distribution -- The Chi-Square Test for Independence -- Frequency Tests for Two Dependent Samples -- Pt. 6. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: OTHER TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE. Rank-Order Tests for Two or More Samples -- The T-Test for a Correlation Coefficient -- Pt. 7. ADVANCED TOPICS. Statistical Power -- Generating New Variables in SPSS: The Recode, Compute and Multiple Response Commands.
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