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Statistics for Research : with a Guide to SPSS /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : SAGE Publications, 2011.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 585 pages : IllustrationsISBN:
  • 9781849205955
  • 1849205957
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HA 29 ARG
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Contents:
Cover -- About the author -- Table of contents -- Extended contents -- Preface -- PART 1: An introduction to statistical analysis -- 1 Variables and their measurement -- 2 Setting up an SPSS data file -- PART 2: Descriptive statistics: Graphs and tables -- 3 The graphical description of data -- 4 The tabular description of data -- 5 Using tables to investigate the relationship between variables: Crosstabulations -- 6 Measures of association for crosstabulations: Nominal data -- 7 Measures of association for crosstabulations: Ranked data -- 8 Multivariate analysis of crosstabs: Elaboration -- Part 3: Descriptive statistics: Numerical measures -- 9 Measures of central tendency -- 10 Measures of dispersion -- 11 The normal curve -- 12 Correlation and regression -- 13 Multiple regression -- Part 4: Inferential statistics: Tests for a mean -- 14 Sampling distributions -- 15 Introduction to hypothesis testing and theone-sample z-test for a mean -- 16 -- The one-sample t-test for a mean -- 17 -- Inference using estimation andconfidence intervals -- 18 The two-sample t-test for the equality of means -- 19 The F-test for the equality of more than two means: Analysis of variance -- 20 The two- dependen t-samples t-test for the mean difference -- Part 5: Inferential statistics: Tests for frequency distributions -- 21 One-sample tests for a binomial distribution -- 22 One-sample tests for amultinomial distribution -- 23 One-sample tests for a multinomial distribution -- 23 The chi-square test for independence -- 24 Frequency tests for two dependent samples -- Part 6: Inferential statistics: Other tests of significance -- 25 Rank-order tests for two or more samples -- 26 -- The t-test for a correlation coefficient -- Part 7: Advanced topics -- 27 Statistical power -- 28 Generating new variables in SPSS: The Recode, Compute, and Multiple Response commands.
Appendix -- Key equations -- Glossary -- Answers -- Index.
Summary: The clearest and most straight-forward explanations of statistical concepts are combined with lots of practical examples from a variety of disciplines, all now with a brand new website with additional resources for students and lecturers.
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Includes index.

Cover -- About the author -- Table of contents -- Extended contents -- Preface -- PART 1: An introduction to statistical analysis -- 1 Variables and their measurement -- 2 Setting up an SPSS data file -- PART 2: Descriptive statistics: Graphs and tables -- 3 The graphical description of data -- 4 The tabular description of data -- 5 Using tables to investigate the relationship between variables: Crosstabulations -- 6 Measures of association for crosstabulations: Nominal data -- 7 Measures of association for crosstabulations: Ranked data -- 8 Multivariate analysis of crosstabs: Elaboration -- Part 3: Descriptive statistics: Numerical measures -- 9 Measures of central tendency -- 10 Measures of dispersion -- 11 The normal curve -- 12 Correlation and regression -- 13 Multiple regression -- Part 4: Inferential statistics: Tests for a mean -- 14 Sampling distributions -- 15 Introduction to hypothesis testing and theone-sample z-test for a mean -- 16 -- The one-sample t-test for a mean -- 17 -- Inference using estimation andconfidence intervals -- 18 The two-sample t-test for the equality of means -- 19 The F-test for the equality of more than two means: Analysis of variance -- 20 The two- dependen t-samples t-test for the mean difference -- Part 5: Inferential statistics: Tests for frequency distributions -- 21 One-sample tests for a binomial distribution -- 22 One-sample tests for amultinomial distribution -- 23 One-sample tests for a multinomial distribution -- 23 The chi-square test for independence -- 24 Frequency tests for two dependent samples -- Part 6: Inferential statistics: Other tests of significance -- 25 Rank-order tests for two or more samples -- 26 -- The t-test for a correlation coefficient -- Part 7: Advanced topics -- 27 Statistical power -- 28 Generating new variables in SPSS: The Recode, Compute, and Multiple Response commands.

Appendix -- Key equations -- Glossary -- Answers -- Index.

The clearest and most straight-forward explanations of statistical concepts are combined with lots of practical examples from a variety of disciplines, all now with a brand new website with additional resources for students and lecturers.

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