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| Preface | |
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| Getting Started: Fundamentals of Research Design | |
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| The Process of Social Research | |
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| Fundamentals of Research Design | |
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| Introducing SPSS Student Version 11.0 for Windows | |
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| Levels of Measurement | |
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| Classifying Variables by Levels of Measurement | |
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| Classifying Variables as Discrete or Continuous Variables | |
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| Creating an SPSS Data File | |
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| Preparing the Survey Questions | |
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| Setting Up (Defining) Data in the SPSS Program | |
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| Adding the ID Variable | |
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| Entering and Checking Data | |
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| Saving Your Data | |
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| Analyzing Frequency Distributions | |
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| What is a Frequency Distribution? | |
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| Constructing a Frequency Distribution by Hand | |
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| Counting the Responses | |
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| Computing the Percentages of Response | |
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| Obtaining a Frequency Distribution Using SPSS. Splitting a Data File | |
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| Using Charts and Graphs to Analyze Distributions | |
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| Recoding | |
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| Measures of Central Tendency | |
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| The Mode | |
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| The Median | |
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| The Mean | |
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| Characteristics of the Mean, Median, and Mode | |
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| Using Mean, Median, and Mode to Analyze Distributions: Are They Normal or Not? | |
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| Finding Measures of Central Tendency Using SPSS. Using Measures of Central Tendency | |
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| Measures of Dispersion | |
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| The Index of Qualitative Variation | |
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| The Range and the Interquartile Range | |
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| Mean Deviation, Variance, and Standard Deviation | |
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| Finding and Interpreting Measures of Dispersion Using SPSS. Using Measures of Dispersion | |
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| An Introduction to Making Inferences | |
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| The Normal Distribution Revisited: Z Scores | |
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| Sample Statistics | |
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| SPSS Guide: Finding Z Scores | |
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| SPSS Guide: Finding the Standard Error of the Mean | |
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| Making Inferences for Single Variables | |
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| Point Estimates, Confidence Intervals, and Confidence Levels for Means | |
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| Confidence Intervals and Levels for Percentages | |
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| SPSS Guide: Finding Confidence Intervals for Means Interpretation | |
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| Specifying Confidence Levels Using SPSS. SPSS Guide: Specifying Confidence Levels | |
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| Using SPSS to Find Confidence Intervals and Levels for Proportions | |
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| Analyzing Contingency Tables | |
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| Understanding a Contingency Table | |
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| Setting Up a Contingency Table By Hand | |
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| Interpreting Contingency Tables | |
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| Producing Contingency Tables Using SPSS | |
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| Writing Up Your Contingency Table Analysis | |
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| Measures of Association for Contingency Tables | |
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| Measures of Association for Nominal Variables | |
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| Measures of Association for Ordinal Variables | |
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| Using SPSS to Find and Interpret Measures of Association | |
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| Controlling for a Third Variable | |
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| Making Inferences for Associations Between Categorical Variables: Chi-Square | |
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| Core Concepts for Hypothesis Testing | |
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| Calculating and Interpreting the Test Statistic for Contingency Tables: Chi Square (X2) | |
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| Finding and Interpreting Chi-Square Statistics Using SPSS | |
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| Measures of Association for Numerical Variables | |
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| Comparing Means | |
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| Regression Analysis | |
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| Evaluating Associations Between Variables Using SPSS. Controlling for Third Variables | |
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| Using Measures of Association | |
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| Making Inferences Involving Numerical Variables | |
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| Core Concepts for Hypothesis Testing With Numerical Variables | |
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| Testing Pearsons r for Significance | |
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| Testing Differences in Means for Statistical Significance | |
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| Differences in Means for Two Samples: The Independent Samples t Test | |
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| Analysis of Variance | |
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| Using SPSS for Inferential Statistics Involving Numerical Variables | |
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| Area Under the Normal Curve | |
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| Distribution of the Critical Values of Chi-Square | |
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| Distribution of the Critical Values of Students t | |
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| Distribution of the Critical Values of F | |
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| Codebook for the GSS 2002 subset A File | |
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| Bells and Whistles: Advanced Features of SPSS | |
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| Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises | |
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| Credits | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |