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Adventures in social research : data analysis using IBM SPSS statistics / Earl Babbie [and 3 others].

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 8 editionDescription: xxiii, 456 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1452205582
  • 9781452205588
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.285555 23
LOC classification:
  • HA32 .B286 2013
Contents:
Part I. Preparing for data analysis -- Part II. Univariate analysis -- Part III. Bivariate analysis -- Part IV. Multivariate analysis -- Part V. The adventure continues -- --
Part I. Preparing for data analysis : -- 1. Introduction : the theory and practice of social research -- 2. The logic of measurement -- 3. Description of data sets : the general social survey -- -- Part II. Univariate analysis : -- 4. Using SPSS statistics : some basics -- 5. Describing your data : religiosity -- 6. Presenting your data in graphic form : political orientations -- 7. Recoding your data : religiosity and political orientations -- 8. Creating composite measures : exploring attitudes toward abortion in more depth -- 9. Suggestions for further analysis -- -- Part III. Bivariate analysis : -- 10. Examining the sources of religiosity -- 11. Political orientations as cause and effect -- 12. What causes different attitudes toward abortion? -- 13. Measures of association for nominal and ordinal variables -- 14. Correlation and regression analysis -- 15. Tests of significance -- 16. Suggestions for further bivariate analyses -- -- Part IV. Multivariate analysis : -- 17. Multiple causation : examining religiosity in greater depth -- 18. Dissecting the political factor -- 19. A powerful prediction of attitudes toward abortion -- 20. Suggestions for further multivariate analyses -- -- Part V. The adventure continues : -- 21. Designing and executing your own survey -- 22. Further opportunities for social research -- -- Appendix A: The codebook -- Appendix B: Questionnaire for class survey.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Preparing for data analysis -- Part II. Univariate analysis -- Part III. Bivariate analysis -- Part IV. Multivariate analysis -- Part V. The adventure continues -- --

Part I. Preparing for data analysis : -- 1. Introduction : the theory and practice of social research -- 2. The logic of measurement -- 3. Description of data sets : the general social survey -- -- Part II. Univariate analysis : -- 4. Using SPSS statistics : some basics -- 5. Describing your data : religiosity -- 6. Presenting your data in graphic form : political orientations -- 7. Recoding your data : religiosity and political orientations -- 8. Creating composite measures : exploring attitudes toward abortion in more depth -- 9. Suggestions for further analysis -- -- Part III. Bivariate analysis : -- 10. Examining the sources of religiosity -- 11. Political orientations as cause and effect -- 12. What causes different attitudes toward abortion? -- 13. Measures of association for nominal and ordinal variables -- 14. Correlation and regression analysis -- 15. Tests of significance -- 16. Suggestions for further bivariate analyses -- -- Part IV. Multivariate analysis : -- 17. Multiple causation : examining religiosity in greater depth -- 18. Dissecting the political factor -- 19. A powerful prediction of attitudes toward abortion -- 20. Suggestions for further multivariate analyses -- -- Part V. The adventure continues : -- 21. Designing and executing your own survey -- 22. Further opportunities for social research -- -- Appendix A: The codebook -- Appendix B: Questionnaire for class survey.

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