Lance W. Roberts, Tracey Peter and Karen Kampen
'You Play the Way You Practise': A Preface for Students
1. An Introduction to SPSS
2. Basic Univariate Analyses
3. The Shape of Distributions and Z-Scores
4. Data Transformation
5. Bivariate Tables
6. Trivariate Tables
7. PRE Measures for Crosstabs
8. Correlation
and Regression
9. Inference and Chi Square
10. Inference and t-tests
11. Samples and Inferences
12. Putting It All Together
SPSS Essentials
Notes
About the Authors
Index
Companion Website:
Students: features tips for completing labs
Instructors: features 'Constructive Feedback' component of each lab
Lance W. Roberts is a professor in the sociology department and a fellow of St John's College at the University of Manitoba. He recently completed a term as director of the Winnipeg Area Study, a survey research unit. For over three decades he has taught undergraduate and graduate methods and
statistics courses and is the author of several books and dozens of articles on topics related to social trends, ethnic relations, education, and inequality.
Karen Kampen is a doctoral candidate in the sociology department's PhD program at the University of Manitoba, where she holds the
position of lab instructor. Her main areas of interest are environmental sociology and research methods. She has spent 15 years working in universities as a research associate, collecting and analyzing data for long-term projects such as a health-care program evaluation and books on social trends
and poverty. She also serves as an instructor for introductory sociology and undergraduate methods courses.
Tracey Peter is an assistant professor in the sociology department at the University of Manitoba. Her areas of specialization include data analysis and syntax programming, skills
she advanced during her tenure as a research associate and programming manager with a nationally based evaluation research company. Professor Peter currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in research methods and statistics and is working on several projects in mental health and
violence, suicide prevention, education, and immigration research.
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