SPSS For Dummies®

387 Pages·2010·8.854 MB·English

by  Griffith, Arthur

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Mathematics/Probability & Statistics/General
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SPSS is your statistical friend — 2nd Edition
let it crunch the numbers!
Open the book and find:
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Surprise — this book is not about statistics. It’s about using
(cid:127) W hat you can and can’t do with
SPSS to calculate statistics for you! Here are step-by-step SPSS
procedures you can follow to see how SPSS operates and
(cid:127) Types of graphs and how to use
start using it with your own data. You’ll be able to enter S
them
data, produce graphs, use the statistical methods built into
SPSS to generate the numbers you need, and much more. (cid:127) How to manually enter data P
(cid:127) S uggestions for sorting,
(cid:127) Predict the future — use SPSS to identify business risks and
identifying, and grouping data S
opportunities
(cid:127) Data types and how to use them
(cid:127) Learn your way around — install SPSS and set up the options to
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serve your needs
(cid:127) What a scatterplot can show you
(cid:127) Enter the data — instruct SPSS to collect data from a database or
another file, or type it in yourself (cid:127) How to back up and protect your ®
data
(cid:127) Data in, data out — export the results of your analysis for use in
a database, Web page, Excel® worksheet, or Word document (cid:127) A glossary of SPSS and statistics
terms
(cid:127) Go graphic — create bar graphs, line charts, scatterplots, pie
charts, histograms, and others
(cid:127) Welcome to analysis — learn different ways SPSS can crunch
numbers and how to get the analysis you’re looking for
Learn to:
(cid:127) Extend the possibilities — customize SPSS with Command Syntax
or create new scripts with Python® (cid:127) C onfigure SPSS to produce better results
Go to Dummies.com
®
(cid:127) Your greatest asset — protect your data and make regular
for videos, step-by-step examples,
(cid:127) Get data into and out of SPSS
backups
how-to articles, or to shop!
(cid:127) Produce graphs that best display your
data
(cid:127) E xtend SPSS with programming
options
$29.99 US / $35.99 CN / £21.99 UK
Arthur Griffith is a former computer consultant for the U.S. Department ISBN 978-0-470-48764-8
of Defense. After working for 25 years as a programmer and software
development project manager, he became a writer of computer books
and has now written 14 of them.
Arthur Griffith
Griffith Researcher for the U.S. Department of Defense
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SPSS
FOR
DUMmIES‰
2ND EDITION

SPSS
FOR
DUMmIES‰
2ND EDITION
by Arthur Griffith
SPSS For Dummies®, 2nd Edition
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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.
He moved to Alaska in an attempt to retire, but that project failed. He is now
developing online tutorials and writing books, like this one.
He and his wife, Mary, live high up on a ridge in remote Alaska, with moose
and bear in the yard and eagles hunting from the roof.

Dedication
To the nurses of the South Peninsula hospital, who kept this Dummy alive
and able to write a book.