SPSS For Dummies, 2nd Edition
- 4h 45m
- Arthur Griffith
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2010
Need to analyze some data? SPSS is your statistical friend — let it crunch the numbers!
Surprise — this book is not about statistics. It's about using SPSS to calculate statistics for you! Here are step-by-step procedures you can follow to see how SPSS operates and start using it with your own data. You'll be able to enter data, produce graphs, use the statistical methods built into SPSS to generate the numbers you need, and much more.
- Predict the future — use SPSS to identify business risks and opportunities
- Learn your way around — install SPSS and set up the options to serve your needs
- Enter the data — instruct SPSS to collect data from a database or another file, or type it in yourself
- Data in, data out — export the results of your analysis for use in a database, Web page, Excel worksheet, or Word document
- Go graphic — create bar graphs, line charts, scatterplots, pie charts, histograms, and others
- Welcome to analysis — learn different ways SPSS can crunch numbers and how to get the analysis you're looking for
- Extend the possibilities — customize SPSS with Command Syntax or create new scripts with Python
- Your greatest asset — protect your data and make regular backups
About the Author
Arthur Griffith is a computer programmer and a writer. He is the author of twelve books and the coauthor of three. His education was many years ago in a land far away, and he has a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics.
During his years as a computer programmer, he developed systems as varied as nuclear power-plant construction accounting, missile guidance, remote control of cable-TV set-top boxes, and satellite communications control. All the work he did with computer programming required the use of mathematics and the ability to explain complex concepts in simple language.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Introducing IBM SPSS Statistics
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Installing Software and Setting Options
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A Simple Statistical Analysis Example
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Entering Data from the Keyboard
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Reading and Writing Files
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Data and Data Types
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Messing with the Data after it's in There
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Getting Data Out of SPSS
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Fundamentals of Graphing
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Some Types of Graphs
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More Types of Graphs
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Executing an Analysis
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Some Analysis Examples
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The Command Syntax Language
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Command Syntax Language Examples
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The Python Programming Language
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Python inside SPSS
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Scripts
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Ten (or So) Modules You Can Add to SPSS
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Ten Useful SPSS Things You Can Find on the Internet
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Glossary
