Arthur Griffith

Spss For Dummies - Wiley India Pvt.Ltd. 2007 - xvi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - --For dummies. .

1. Introducing SPSS -- 2. Installing and running the software -- 3. A simple statistical analysis example -- 4. Entering data from the keyboard -- 5. Reading and writing files -- 6. Data and data types -- 7. Messing with the data after it's in there -- 8. Getting data out of SPSS -- 9. Fundamentals of graphing -- 10. Some types of graphs -- 11. More types of graphs -- 12. Maps -- 13. Executing an analysis -- 14. Some analysis examples -- 15. The command syntax language -- 16. Command syntax language examples -- 17. The Python programming language -- 18. Python inside SPSS -- 19. Scripts -- 20. Ten modules you can add to SPSS -- 21. Ten useful things you can find on the Internet.

Griffith's book begins with the basics of installing the software, entering data, and setting up calculations. It then progresses into statistical and predictive analysis topics like cross tabulation, means and linear regression, then discusses how to output all of this information into visually appealing charts and graphs.

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SPSS (Computer file) Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs. Social Sciences -- statistics & numerical data.

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