TY - BOOK AU - Jeremy J.Foster TI - Data Analysis for Using SPSS for Windows Versions 8 to 10: A Beginner's Guide SN - 0761969268 U1 - 519.502855369 21 PY - 2001/// CY - UK PB - Sage Publications KW - English KW - General N1 - Previous ed., 1998; Aims of this book -- The basics of statistical analysis -- Starting out -- Crucial preliminaries -- The data file -- Merging data files -- Running a simple analysis and obtaining the output -- Syntax files -- Taking a preliminary look at the data -- Graphs -- Ranking and sorting the data -- Changing the way data is coded and grouped -- Selecting subgroups for analysis -- How many respondents gave a particular answer, Frequency data -- What is the average score, Measures of central tendency and dispersion -- Parametric statistical tests comparing means -- Correlations and multiple regression -- Analysing nominal and ordinal data -- Assessing test reliability -- Facot analysis -- Obtaining neat printouts and tables ER -