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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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