01688pamaa2200253 4500 0000049444 20140506090000.0 110804 eng 9780470487648 (pbk) HA32 GRI 2010 Griffith SPSS for dummies Arthur Griffith. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J. : Chichester: John Wiley, 2010. xx, 360 p.: ill.; 24 cm. --For dummies Includes index FOCIT Need to analyze some data? SPSS is your statistical friend-- let it crunch the numbers! pt. I. The fundamental mechanics of SPSS. Introducing IBM SPSS statistics ; Installing software and setting options ; A simple statistical analysis example -- pt. II. Getting data in and out of SPSS. Entering data from the keyboard ; Reading and writing files ; Data and data types ; Messing with the data after it's in there ; Getting data out of SPSS -- pt. III. Graphing data. Fundamentals of graphing ; Some types of graphs ; More types of graphs -- pt. IV. Analysis. Executing an analysis ; Some analysis examples -- pt. V. Programming SPSS with command syntax. The command syntax language ; Command syntax language example -- pt. VI. Programming SPSS with Python and Scripts. the Python programming language ; Python inside SPSS ; Scripts -- pt. VII. The part of tens. Ten (or so) modules you can add to SPSS ; Ten useful SPSS things you can find on the Internet PASW (Computer file) Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs SPSS (Computer file) --For dummies www.wiley.com