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E-book: Fundamental Statistics for Social Research: Step-by-Step Calculations and Computer Techniques Using SPSS for Windows [Taylor & Francis e-book]

  • Format: 478 pages
  • Pub. Date: 11-Dec-1997
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780203360613
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  • Format: 478 pages
  • Pub. Date: 11-Dec-1997
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780203360613
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This accessible introduction to statistics using the program SPSS for Windows explains when to apply and how to calculate and interpret a wide range of statistical procedures commonly used in the social sciences. Keeping statistical symbols and formulae to a minimum and using simple examples, this book:
* assumes no prior knowledge of statistics or computing
* includes a concise introduction to the program SPSS for Windows
* describes a wider range of tests than other introductory texts
* contains a comprehensive range of exercises with answers

Fundamental Statistics for Social Research covers SPSS Release 6 for Windows 3.1 and Release 7 for Windows 95. It will prove an invaluable introductory statistics text for students, and a useful resource for graduates and professionals engaged in research in the social sciences.
List of boxes
vi
List of figures
ix
List of tables
x
Preface xx
Role of statistics in social research
1(15)
Measurement and univariate analysis
16(19)
Introducing SPSS for Windows
35(26)
Statistical significance and choice of test
61(42)
Tests of difference for interval/ratio data on unrelated samples for one factor
103(34)
Tests of association for interval/ratio data
137(28)
Bivariate and multiple regression
165(40)
Tests of difference for interval/ratio data on related samples for one factor
205(15)
Tests of difference for interval/ratio data on unrelated samples for two factors
220(27)
Tests of difference for interval/ratio data on mixed samples for two factors
247(34)
Tests of difference for categorical data
281(44)
Tests of difference for ordinal data
325(27)
Tests of association for categorical and ordinal data
352(32)
Measurement reliability and agreement
384(19)
Appendices 403(36)
Answers to exercises 439(6)
Bibliography 445(5)
Index 450
Duncan Cramer is Reader in Psychological Health at Loughborough University and the author of several books on statistical analysis with both SPSS and Minitab, some with Alan Bryman