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Analyzing Quantitative Data An Introduction for Social Researchers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wetcher-Hendricks, Debra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: Summarizing Data -- 1: Data Organization -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Consideration of Variables -- 1.2.1 Units of Analysis -- 1.2.2 Variables -- Roles of Variables -- Variable Relationships -- Causal Time Order -- Intervening Variables -- The Nature of Data -- Categorical Variables -- Continuous Variables -- Levels of Measurement -- 1.2.3 Attributes -- 1.3 Coding -- 1.3.1 Coding Categorical Data -- 1.3.2 Coding Ordinal Data -- 1.4 Data Manipulations -- 1.4.1 Filtering Subjects -- 1.4.2 Splitting Datasets 
505 8 |a 1.4.3 Calculations with Data -- Basic Operations -- Combining Multiple Indicators -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Statistical Resources For SPSS® -- Review Questions -- 2: Descriptive Statistics for Categorical Data -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Frequency Tables -- 2.2.1 Using Existing Categories -- 2.2.2 Creating Categories -- 2.3 Crosstabulations -- 2.3.1 Basic (Single-Layer) Crosstabulations -- 2.3.2 Multilayer Crosstabulations -- Split Crosstabulations -- Nested Crosstabulations -- 2.4 Graphs and Charts -- 2.4.1 Bar Graphs -- Basic Bar Graphs -- Clustered and Stacked Bar Graphs -- 2.4.2 Pie Charts 
505 8 |a Basic Pie Chart -- Paneled Pie Charts -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Statistical Resources for SPSS -- Review Questions -- 3: Descriptive Statistics for Continuous Data -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Frequencies -- 3.2.1 Frequency Histograms -- Paneled Histograms -- Stacked Histograms -- Frequency Polygons -- 3.2.2 Stem-and-Leaf Charts -- 3.3 Measures of Central Tendency -- 3.3.1 Mean -- 3.3.2 Median -- 3.3.3 Mode -- 3.3.4 Deciding between Measures of Central Tendency -- 3.4 Measures of Dispersion -- 3.4.1 Maximum and Minimum -- 3.4.2 Range -- 3.4.3 Variance and Standard Deviation -- Basic Formulas 
505 8 |a Raw-Score Formulas -- 3.5 Standardized Scores -- 3.5.1 Computing Standardized Scores -- 3.5.2 Using Standardized Scores -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Statistical Resources for SPSS -- Review Questions -- PART II: Statistical Tests -- 4: Evaluating Statistical Significance -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Central Limit Theorem -- 4.2.1 Definition of the Central Limit Theorem -- 4.2.2 Demonstrating the Central Limit Theorem -- 4.2.3 Limitations of the Central Limit Theorem -- 4.3 Statistical Significance -- 4.3.1 The Importance of Good Sampling -- Random Sampling -- Sample Size 
500 |a 5.2.2 Variations of the Chi-Square Distribution 
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880 8 |6 505-00/(S  |a 4.3.2 Identifying a Significant Difference -- Probability Values -- Alpha (α) and Critical Values -- Confidence Intervals and Distribution Tails -- Type I and Type II Errors -- 4.4 The Roles of Hypotheses -- 4.4.1 The Research and Null Hypotheses -- Accepting the Null Hypothesis -- Rejecting the Null Hypothesis -- 4.4.2 Unexpected Results -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Statistical Resources for SPSS -- Review Questions -- 5: The Chi-Square Test: Comparing Category Frequencies -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Chi-Square Distribution -- 5.2.1 The Chi-Square Distribution versus the Normal Distribution 
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