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SPSS is the most popular quantitative analysis software program used by social scientists. Made and sold by IBM, it is comprehensive, flexible, and can be used with almost any type of data file. However, its especially useful for analyzing large-scale survey data.
ISBN: I certainly found bits of information that I had long forgotten. You can remove the unavailable item s now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout. It clearly explains the range of statistical techniques and their common applications and offers a useful evaluation of the context in which they should be applied. See All Customer Reviews. Comments and reviews What are comments? SPSS data processing and presenting.
It can be used to generate tabulated reports, charts, and plots of distributions and trends, as well as generate descriptive statistics such as means, medians, modes and frequencies in addition to more complex statistical analyses like regression models. SPSS provides a user interface that makes it easy and intuitive for all levels of users.
With menus and dialogue boxes, you can perform analyses without having to write command syntax, like in other programs. It is also simple and easy to enter and edit data directly into the program. There are a few drawbacks, however, which might not make it the best program for some researchers. For example, there is a limit on the number of cases you can analyze.
It is also difficult to account for weights, strata and group effects with SPSS. STATA is an interactive data analysis program that runs on a variety of platforms. It can be used for both simple and complex statistical analyses.
STATA uses a point-and-click interface as well as command syntax, which makes it easy to use. STATA also make it simple to generate graphs and plots of data and results. Analysis in STATA is centered around four windows: the command window, review window, result window and variable window.
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Social sciences -- Statistical methods. The book clearly sets out a range of statistical techniques and their common applications, explaining their logic and links to the research process. Notes Previous ed.
By focusing on the use of SPSS as a tool to doing social research - and not the ' be all and end all' to the research problem - this book will be. Interpreting Quantitative Data with SPSS. Rachad Antonius. SAGE Publications. London • Thousand Oaks • New Delhi.
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