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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784774603321

Autore

Greasley Pete

Titolo

Quantitative Data Analysis Using SPSS : An Introduction for Health and Social Science / / Pete Greasley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007

ISBN

1-281-33114-7

0-335-23514-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Disciplina

300.285555

Soggetti

Quantitative research

Social sciences -- Research -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs

SPSS (Computer file)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 A questionnaire and what to do with it: types of data and relevant analyses; Chapter 2 Coding the data for SPSS, setting up an SPSS database and entering the data; Chapter 3 Descriptive statistics: frequencies, measures of central tendency and illustrating the data using graphs; Chapter 4 Cross-tabulation and the chi-square statistic; Chapter 5 Correlation: examining relationships between interval data; Chapter 6 Examining differences between two sets of scores

Chapter 7 Reporting the results and presenting the data Concluding remarks; Answers to the quiz and exercises; Glossary; References; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Useful for students in health and social sciences with little or no experience of quantitative data analysis and statistics, this book take you through the step by step process of data analysis. It includes topics such as questionnaires and how to analyse them, and coding the data for SPSS, setting up an SPSS database and entering the data.