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Griffith, Arthur.

SPSS for dummies / by Arthur Griffith. - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. ; Chichester : John Wiley, c2010. - xx, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - For dummies . - For dummies. .

Includes index.

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.

Need to analyze some data? SPSS is your statistical friend-- let it crunch the numbers!

ISBN: 9780470487648 (pbk) 047048764X (pbk)

LCCN: 2009940867

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
SPSS (Computer file)
PASW (Computer file)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social sciences--Statistical methods--Computer programs.

LC Class. No.: HA32 / G744 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 005.55