An IBM SPSS companion to political analysis. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: International Business Machines statistical package for the social sciences companion to political analysis
• Further Information: Note: Philip H. Pollock, III, University of Central Florida.
• Authors: III, Pollock, Philip H
• Contents: Getting Started; Downloading the Datasets; SPSS Full Version and SPSS Student Version: What Is the Difference?; Notes; Chapter 1 Introduction to SPSS; The Data Editor; A Must-Do: Setting Options for Variable Lists; The Viewer; Exercises; Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics; Interpreting Measures of Central Tendency and Variation; Describing Nominal Variables; Describing Ordinal Variables; Describing Interval Variables; Obtaining Case-level Information with Case Summaries; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 3 Transforming Variables; Using Recode; Using Visual Binning; Using Compute; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 4 Making Comparisons; Cross-tabulation Analysis; Mean Comparison Analysis; Graphing Relationships; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 5 Making Controlled Comparisons; Cross-tabulation Analysis with a Control Variable; Graphing Relationships with a Control Variable; Mean Comparison Analysis with a Control Variable; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 6 Making Inferences about Sample Means; Descriptives and One-Sample T Test; Independent-Samples T Test; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 7 Chi-square and Measures of Association; Analyzing an Ordinal-level Relationship; Analyzing an Ordinal-level Relationship with a Control Variable; Analyzing a Nominal-level Relationship with a Control Variable; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 8 Correlation and Linear Regression; Correlation and Bivariate Regression; Scatterplots; Multiple Regression; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 9 Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects; Regression with Dummy Variables; Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression; Using Compute for Interaction Variables; Exercises; Notes<br />Chapter 10 Logistic Regression; Using Regression -> Binary Logistic; Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables; Working with Predicted Probabilities: Models with One Independent Variable; Working with Predicted Probabilities: Models with Multiple Independent Variables; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 11 Doing Your Own Political Analysis; Five Doable Ideas; Inputting Data; Writing It Up; Notes;
• Edition: Fifth Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE/CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.0285555; Political science -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Political statistics -- Computer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Analysis of variance -- Computer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506305813; 1506305814
• Related ISBNs: 9781506305790
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.