Adventures in social research : data analysis using IBM SPSS statistics.: data analysis using IBM SPSS statistics. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Babbie, Earl R; Wagner, William E (William Edward); Zaino, Jeanne
• Contents: Part I: Preparing for Data Analysis; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Social Research; Overview; Why Use a Computer?; SPSS Statistics; Social Research: A Primer; Theories and Concepts: Deprivation Theory; Hypotheses and Variables: Religiosity; Social Research Strategies: Inductive and Deductive; Theory and Research in Practice; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; Review Questions; Chapter 2: The Logic of Measurement; Validity Problems; Reliability Problems; Distinguishing Between Validity and Reliability; Multiple Indicators; Levels of Measurement; Measurement and Information; Measurement Options; Classifying Variables as Discrete or Continuous; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; Review Questions; Chapter 3: Description of Data Sets: The General Social Survey; Sampling; Data Collection; The Codebook: Appendix A; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; Review Questions; Part II: Univariate Analysis; Chapter 4: Using SPSS Statistics: Some Basics; Demonstration 4.1: Starting an SPSS Statistics Session; Demonstration 4.2: Exploring the Data View Portion of the Data Editor; Demonstration 4.3: Entering Data— A Preview; Demonstration 4.4: Loading a Data Set; Demonstration 4.5: Raw Data in Data View; Finding Variable Information: Values and Labels; Demonstration 4.6: Variable View Tab; Demonstration 4.7: Ending Your SPSS Statistics Session; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 4.1; Chapter 5: Describing Your Data: Religiosity; Demonstration 5.1: Opening Frequently Used Data Files; Demonstration 5.2: Setting Options—Variable Lists and Output Labels; Demonstration 5.3: Frequency Distributions; Demonstration 5.4: Frequency Distributions—Running Two or More Variables at One Time; Descriptive Statistics: Basic Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion; Demonstration 5.5: The Frequencies Procedure; Demonstration 5.6: The Descriptives Procedure—Calculating Descriptive Statistics for Continuous Variables; Demonstration 5.7: Printing Your Output (Viewer); Demonstration 5.8: Adding Headers/Footers and Titles/Text; Demonstration 5.9: Saving Your Output (Viewer); Demonstration 5.10: Saving Changes to Your Data Set; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 5.1; Chapter 6: Presenting Your Data in Graphic Form: Political Orientations; Graphing Data With Direct “Legacy” Dialogs; Demonstration 6.1: Frequency Table—POLVIEWS; Demonstration 6.2: SPSS Statistics Chart Editor; Demonstration 6.3: Frequency Table—PARTYID; Demonstration 6.4: Political Attitudes; Demonstration 6.5: Histogram—AGE; Demonstration 6.6: Line Chart—INCOME; Saving and Printing Your Charts; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 6.1; Chapter 7: Recoding Your Data: Religiosity and Political Orientations; Demonstration 7.1: Modifying Variables With Recode—ATTEND ® CHATT; Demonstration 7.2: Recoding AGE ® AGECAT; Demonstration 7.3: Recoding POLVIEWS ® POLREC; Demonstration 7.4: Recoding PARTYID ® PARTY; Demonstration 7.5: Saving Changes to Your Data Set; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 7.1; Chapter 8: Creating Composite Measures: Exploring Attitudes Toward Abortion in More Depth; Demonstration 8.1: Identifying the Seven Abortion Variables—File Info; Demonstration 8.2: Running Frequencies for Several Variables at Once; Index: A Form of Composite Measure; Demonstration 8.3: ABORT Index; Demonstration 8.4: Defining ABORT; Demonstration 8.5: Checking New Index—Comparing Scores on Old and New Variables; Demonstration 8.6: Running Frequencies for ABORT; Demonstration 8.7: ABINDEX; Demonstration 8.8: Running Frequencies; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 8.1; Chapter 9: Suggestions for Further Analysis; Desired Family Size; Demonstration 9.1: Respondents’ Ideal Family Size (CHLDIDEL); Child Training; Demonstration 9.2: Important Qualities for Children; Attitudes About Sexual Behavior; Demonstration 9.3: Index of Sexual Permissiveness; Prejudice; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 9.1; Part III: Bivariate Analysis; Chapter 10: Examining the Sources of Religiosity; The Deprivation Theory of Religiosity; Testing Our Hypothesis: Correlating Religiosity and Gender; Demonstration 10.1: Running Crosstabs to Test Our Hypothesis; Demonstration 10.2: Interpreting a Crosstab With Limited Categories; Demonstration 10.3: Correlating Another Measure of Religiosity and Gender; Drawing Conclusions Carefully: Reassessing Our Original Hypothesis; Demonstration 10.4: Interpreting a Crosstab With Ordinal Variables—Religiosity and Age; Interpreting Crosstabs With Ordinal Variables; Demonstration 10.5: Correlating Other Measures of Religiosity and Age; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 10.1; Chapter 11: Political Orientations as Cause and Effect; The Relationship Between POLVIEWS and PARTYID; Demonstration 11.1: POLREC by PARTY; Demonstration 11.2: PARTY by POLREC; Demonstration 11.3: POLREC by AGECAT; Demonstration 11.4: PARTY by AGECAT; Demonstration 11.5: POLREC by RELIG; Demonstration 11.6: PARTY by RELIG; Demonstration 11.7: PARTY and POLREC by SEX; Demonstration 11.8: POLREC by RACE; Demonstration 11.9: PARTY by RACE; Demonstration 11.10: Recoding EDUC ® EDCAT; Demonstration 11.11: POLREC by EDCAT; Demonstration 11.12: PARTY by EDCAT; Some Surprises: Class, Marital Status, and Politics; The Impact of Party and Political Philosophy; Saving Recoded Variable: EDCAT; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 11.1; Chapter 12: What Causes Different Attitudes Toward Abortion?; Demonstration 12.1: Gender and Abortion; Demonstration 12.2: Age and Abortion; Demonstration 12.3: Religion and Abortion; Demonstration 12.4: Politics and Abortion; Demonstration 12.5: Sexual Attitudes and Abortion; Other Factors You Can Explore on Your Own; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 12.1; Chapter 13: Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables; The Logic of Statistical Association: Proportionate Reduction of Error; Lambda (l): A Measure Appropriate for Nominal Variables; Demonstration 13.1: Instructing SPSS Statistics to Calculate Lambda (l); Interpreting Lambda and Other Measures; Gamma (g): A Measure Appropriate for Ordinal Variables; Demonstration 13.2: Instructing SPSS Statistics to Calculate Gamma (g)—Example 1; Demonstration 13.3: Running Gamma (g)—Example 2 (Reverse Scoring Case); Additional Measures of Association; Analyzing the Association Between Variables at Different Levels of Measurement; Conclusion; Main Points; Key Terms; SPSS Statistics Commands Introduced in This Chapter; Review Questions; SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 13.1; Chapter 14: Correlation and Regression Analysis; Pearson’s r: A Measure Appr
• Edition: Ninth edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (496 pages)
• Subjects: 300.28555; Social sciences -- Research; Social sciences -- Research -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483359595
• Related ISBNs: 148335959X
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