SPSS® Basics
(Third Edition)
Table of Contents

 

Detailed Contents ix
Learning Objectives xiii
Chapter 1   Levels of Measurement in SPSS 1
Chapter 2   Entering and Saving a Set of Scores (Scale Variable) 7
Chapter 3   Frequency Distribution 17
Chapter 4   Histogram 29
Chapter 5   Frequency Polygon 43
Chapter 6   Mean, Median, and Mode: One Group, Two Scale Variables 53
Chapter 7   Mean and Standard Deviation: Two or More Groups, One Scale Variable 67
Chapter 8   Z-Scores (Standard Scores) 79
Chapter 9   Scattergram 89
Chapter 10 Correlation Coefficients: The Pearson r and Spearman’s rho 103
Chapter 11 Simple Linear Regression 111
Chapter 12 The t Test for a Single Sample Mean 129
Chapter 13 Paired-Samples t Test 137
Chapter 14 Independent-Samples t Test 147
Chapter 15 One-Way ANOVA 161
Chapter 16 Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test 169
Chapter 17 Chi-Square Test of Independence 179
Appendix A Decision Rules for Declaring Statistical Significance 189
Appendix B Guide to the Information Boxes 191
Appendix C Changing SPSS Default Settings 193

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