SPSS for applied sciences : basic statistical testing / / Cole Davis

• Autore: Davis Cole
• Pubblicazione: Melbourne, : CSIRO Publishing, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Disciplina: 519.50285
• Soggetto topico: Mathematical statistics - Computer programs; Social sciences - Statistical methods - Computer programs
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part One: Pre-Test Considerations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- What this book does -- The organisation of content -- Data sets and additional information -- How to use this book -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 2: Descriptive and inferential statistics introduced -- Descriptive statistics -- Inferential statistics -- Chapter 3: Parametric and non-parametric tests -- Different types of data -- Parametric versus non-parametric data -- Chapter 4: Using SPSS -- Data entry in spreadsheet formats -- Data entry with SPSS -- Chapter 5: 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 -- Chapter 6: 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 -- Chapter 7: 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 -- Chapter 8: The time until events -- Statistical assumptions -- The Kaplan-Meier survival function -- The life table -- Chapter 9: Correlations, regression and factor analysis -- Correlation -- Regression -- Partial correlation: 'partialling out' -- The multiple correlation matrix -- Factor analysis: a data reduction methodology -- Part Three: Miscellaneous. ; Chapter 10: Exercises -- Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 11: Reporting in applied settings -- Raw data or central tendency? -- Charts -- Written reporting -- Verbal reporting -- Chapter 12: Advanced statistical techniques: a taster -- MANOVA -- Cluster analysis -- Logistic regression -- Cox's regression (aka the Cox model) -- Some thoughts on ANCOVA -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Clearly explains how to use SPSS statistical software, including tests and worked examples.
• Titolo autorizzato: SPSS for applied sciences
• ISBN: 9780643107120; 0643107126; 9781523108541; 1523108541; 9780643107113; 0643107118
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910965915203321
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