Introductory Guide to SPSS® for Windows® / Edition 2

by Eric L. Einspruch

Overview

This tutorial introduces the fundamentals of running the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS), entering and reading data, transforming data, applying labels, and conducting analyses. Examples illustrate the use of SPSS pull-down menus to perform the statistical analyses typically covered in a first statistics course, and basic programming in the syntax window. The second edition covers the features new to SPSS version 12. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901412904154
Publication date:	03/10/2005
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Eric L. Einspruch is a Senior Research Associate and Project Director at RMC Research Corporation in Portland, Oregon. He received his B.A. with an emphasis in human ecology from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and his M.S.Ed. in counseling psychology and his Ph.D. in educational research and evaluation from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Much of his experience with large-scale data analysis was acquired while working in the Office of Institutional Research at Miami-Dade Community College. He has taught courses in statistical methods and in computer applications in educational research. He is currently involved in the evaluation of school-based and community-based social service programs. His publications have appeared in the Florida Journal of Educational Research, International Journal of Early Childhood, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Drug Education, Journal of Primary Prevention, Psychotherapy in Private Practice, and Reaching Today’s Youth. He is active in the Oregon Program Evaluators Network, a local affiliate of the American Evaluation Association, serving as charter Secretary in 1999 and 2000 and as President in 2003.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
Chapter 1	Introduction	1
Chapter 2	Creating Datasets	7
	Introduction	7
	Defining Data Files and Coding Data	8
	Coding Missing Data	12
	Entering Data	12
Chapter 3	Running SPSS	17
	Introduction	17
	SPSS Files	18
	Getting Started: Entering the Wintergreen Data	19
	Data Analysis	24
	Drawing Charts	31
	Designating a Window	34
	Exercise One	36
Chapter 4	Data Manipulation	37
	Introduction	37
	Changing the Coding Scheme	37
	Computing Data Values	41
	Selecting Records From a Dataset	42
	Listing Cases	43
	Exercise Two	46
	Exercise Three	47
Chapter 5	Managing Data Files	49
	Introduction	49
	Reading ASCII Data	50
	Importing Files From Other Software Packages	53
	Merging Data Files: Adding Cases	54
	Merging Data Files: Adding Variables	55
	Exercise Four	58
	Exercise Five	59
Chapter 6	Using SPSS to Perform Statistical Analyses	61
	Introduction	61
	Frequency Distributions	62
	Correlation	62
	Cross-Tabulation and Chi-Square	65
	Testing Hypotheses About Two Means (t Test)	67
	Comparing Several Means (ANOVA): One Group	71
	Comparing Several Means (ANOVA): Two or More Groups	76
	Simple Regression	79
	Using Nonparametric Statistics	86
	Exercise Six	89
	Exercise Seven	90
	Exercise Eight	91
	Exercise Nine	93
	Exercise Ten	94
Chapter 7	Using the SPSS Syntax Window	97
	Introduction	97
	Using the Syntax Window	98
	The Structure of Basic SPSS Programs	100
	Debugging SPSS Programs	101
	Inserting Comments About the Program	101
	Reading Data	102
	Merging Data	103
	Manipulating the Data	104
	Sample SPSS Program	106
	Correlation	109
	Cross-Tabulation	110
	Test for Independent Samples	110
	ANOVA	111
	Regression	113
	Nonparametric Statistics	113
Chapter 8	Next Steps	115
	Introduction	115
	Help Is Nearby	115
	Getting the Most From the SPSS Manuals	116
	User's Guide and Applications Guide	118
	Syntax Reference Guide	119
	Next Steps	120
	Statistics Coach	120
	Pivot Tables	120
	Utilities	121
	Production and Scripting Facilities	121
	World Wide Web Home Page	121
Chapter 9	Conclusion	123
Appendix	Solutions to Exercises	125
	Exercise One	125
	Exercise Two	127
	Exercise Three	127
	Exercise Four	128
	Exercise Five	129
	Exercise Six	129
	Exercise Seven	131
	Exercise Eight	133
	Exercise Nine	135
	Exercise Ten	139
	References	141
	Index	143
	Tips	145
	About the Author	147

Editorial Reviews

This introduction to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Windows (SPSS), Version 7.5, shows readers how they can use the package to read, manage, and analyze data. The author provides information on such tasks as creating data sets, using the syntax window, and getting the most from manuals. The author illustrates SPSS skills with sample programs that are designed to analyze data that have been gathered to answer a research question. He assumes familiarity with the material covered in a first course in statistics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"The book is a nice blend of written instructions and examples of using the SPSS programs. This book does not overwhelm the student or instructor and gives the most inexperienced user confidence about using SPSS and conducting data analysis. I absolutely love this type of book."

Laurie J. Walter

"[This book] . . . is an excellent additional tool to SPSS manual and tutorial on line. The written samples and instructions clearly help the students as well as the faculty members to enter and analyze the data."

Madeleine A. Hellman

"I want to commend the author for including a chapter on using the SPSS manuals, I would not have thought of this addition, and the information helps the reader go on to learn the more complex components of SPSS."

Laura Myers