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Getting Started | |
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Dataset CD | |
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Full Version SPSS and Student Version SPSS: What Is the Difference? | |
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Installing Student Version | |
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Notes | |
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Introduction to SPSS | |
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The Data Editor | |
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a Must-Do: Setting Options for Variable Lists | |
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The Viewer | |
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Selecting, Printing, and Saving Output Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Descriptive Statistics | |
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Interpreting Measures of Central Tendency and Variation | |
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Describing Nominal Variables | |
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Describing Ordinal Variables | |
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Describing Interval Variables | |
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Obtaining Case-level Information with Case Summaries | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Transforming Variables | |
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Using Recode | |
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Recoding a Nominal-level Variable | |
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Recoding an Interval-level Variable | |
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Using Visual Binning | |
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Collapsing an Interval-level Variable with Visual Binning | |
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Using Compute | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Making Comparisons | |
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Using Crosstabs | |
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Using Compare Means | |
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Graphing Relationships | |
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Using Line Chart | |
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Using Bar Chart | |
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Using the Chart Editor | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Making Controlled Comparisons | |
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Using Crosstabs with Layers | |
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Obtaining and Editing Clustered Bar Charts | |
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Using Compare Means with Layers and Obtaining Multiple Line Charts | |
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Example of an Interaction Relationship | |
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Example of an Additive Relationship | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Making Inferences about Sample Means | |
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Using Descriptives and One-Sample T Test | |
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Using Independent-Samples T Test | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Chi-square and Measures of Association | |
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Analyzing an Ordinal-Level Relationship | |
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Summary | |
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Analyzing an Ordinal-Level Relationship with a Control Variable | |
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Analyzing a Nominal-Level Relationship with a Control Variable | |
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a Problem with Lambda | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Correlation and Linear Regression | |
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Using Correlate and Regression --> Linear | |
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Producing and Editing a Scatterplot | |
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Exploring Multivariate Relationships with Regression --> Linear | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects | |
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Regression with Dummy Variables | |
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Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression | |
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Using Compute for Interaction Variables | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Logistic Regression | |
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Using Regression --> Binary Logistic | |
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Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables | |
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Working with Predicted Probabilities: Models with One Independent Variable | |
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Working with Predicted Probabilities: Models with Multiple Independent Variables | |
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The Sample Averages Method | |
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The Probability Profile Method | |
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Exercises | |
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Notes | |
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Doing Your Own Political Analysis | |
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Five Doable Ideas | |
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Political Knowledge | |
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Economic Performance and Election Outcomes | |
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Judicial Selection and Public Opinion | |
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Electoral Turnout in Comparative Perspective | |
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Congress | |
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Doing Research on the U.S. Senate | |
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Finding Raw Data | |
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How to Code Raw Data | |
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Two Possible Coding Shortcuts | |
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Using the SPSS Text Import Wizard | |
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Writing It Up | |
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The Research Question | |
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Previous Research | |
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Data, Hypotheses, and Analysis | |
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Conclusions and Implications | |
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Notes | |
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Appendix | |
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Descriptions of Constructed Variables in GSS2008 | |
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Descriptions of Variables in States | |
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Description of Variables in World | |
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Description of Variables and Constructed Scales in NES2008 | |