Adventures in social research : data analysis using IBM SPSS statistics /
Earl Babbie [and 3 others].
- 8 edition.
- xxiii, 456 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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 -- -- Preparing for data analysis : -- Introduction : the theory and practice of social research -- The logic of measurement -- Description of data sets : the general social survey -- -- Univariate analysis : -- Using SPSS statistics : some basics -- Describing your data : religiosity -- Presenting your data in graphic form : political orientations -- Recoding your data : religiosity and political orientations -- Creating composite measures : exploring attitudes toward abortion in more depth -- Suggestions for further analysis -- -- Bivariate analysis : -- Examining the sources of religiosity -- Political orientations as cause and effect -- What causes different attitudes toward abortion? -- Measures of association for nominal and ordinal variables -- Correlation and regression analysis -- Tests of significance -- Suggestions for further bivariate analyses -- -- Multivariate analysis : -- Multiple causation : examining religiosity in greater depth -- Dissecting the political factor -- A powerful prediction of attitudes toward abortion -- Suggestions for further multivariate analyses -- -- The adventure continues : -- Designing and executing your own survey -- Further opportunities for social research -- -- Appendix A: The codebook -- Appendix B: Questionnaire for class survey. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Part III. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Part IV. 17. 18. 19. 20. Part V. 21. 22.
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SPSS for Windows
Social sciences--Statistical methods--Computer programs