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Title

Quantitative data analysis with SPSS release 8 for Windows : a guide for social scientists / Alan Bryman & Duncan Cramer.

Author

Bryman, Alan

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

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Additional Authors

Cramer, Duncan, 1948-

Description

xvi, 303 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

This book largely covers the field that is generally referred to as statistics, but we have departed in a number of respects from the way in which this subject is conventionally taught to under- and post-graduates. In particular, our preferences are for integrating data analysis with computing skills and not for burdening the student with formulae. These predilections constitute a departure from many treatments of this subject. We prefer the term quantitative data analysis because the emphasis is on the understanding and analysis of data rather than on the precise nature of statistical techniques themselves.

Subject

• SPSS for Windows
• Social sciences > Computer programs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-297) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of figures -- List of boxes -- List of tables -- Preface -- Chap. 1. Data analysis and the research process -- Chap. 2. Analyzing data with computers : first steps with SPSS 8 for Windows -- Chap. 3. Analyzing data with computers : further steps with SPSS 8 for Windows -- Chap. 4. Concepts and their measurement -- Chap. 5. Summarizing data -- Chap. 6. Sampling and statistical significance -- Chap. 7. Bivariate analysis : exploring differences between scores on two variables -- Chap. 8. Bivariate analysis : exploring relationships between two variables -- Chap. 9. Multivariate analysis : exploring differences among three or more variables -- Chap. 10. Multivariate analysis : exploring relationships among three or more variables -- Chap. 11. Aggregating variables : exploratory factor analysis -- Answers to exercises -- Bibliography -- Index -- Appendix. SPSS release 9.0.

ISBN

• 0415206960 (hc.)
• 0415206979 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^98044332^

OCLC

39875221

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library