Statistics for research : with a guide to SPSS / George Argyrous.
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TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 2011.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 585 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 1849205957 (pbk.)
- 9781849205955 (pbk.)
- HA29 .A688 2011
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Previous ed.: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. An introduction to statistical analysis -- Variables and their measurement -- Setting up an SPSS data file -- Part 2. Descriptive statistics : graphs and tables -- The graphical description of data -- Using tables to investigate relationship between variables : crosstabulations -- Measures of association for crosstabulations : nominal data -- Measures of association for crosstabulations : ranked data -- Multivariate analysis of crosstabs : elaboration -- Part 3. Descriptive statistics : numerical measures -- Measures of central tendency -- Measures of dispersion -- The normal curve -- Correlation and regression -- Multiple regression -- Part 4. Inferential statistics : tests for a mean -- Sampling distributions -- Introduction to hypothesis testing and the one sample Z-test for a mean -- The one sample T-test for a mean -- Inference using estimation and confidence intervals -- The two sample T-test for the equality of means -- The F-test for the equality of more than two means : analysis of variance -- The two-dependent-samples T-test for the mean difference -- Part 5. Inferential statistics : tests for frequency distributions -- One-sample tests for a binomial distribution -- One-sample tests for a multinomial distribution -- The chi-square test for independence -- Frequency tests for two dependent samples -- Part 6. Inferential statistics : other tests of significance -- Rank-order tests for two or more samples -- The T-test for a correlation coefficient -- Part 7. Advanced topics -- Statistical power -- Generating new variables in SPSS : the recode, compute, and multiple response commands.
From the publisher. This fully updated edition of Statistics for Research explains statistical concepts in a straight-forward and accessible way using practical examples from a variety of disciplines. If you're looking for an easy-to-read, comprehensive introduction to statistics with a guide to SPSS, this is the book for you!
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