This popular companion volume gets students using actual political data, and working with a software tool that properly prepares them for future political science courses. A no-nonsense introduction to SPSS, the workbook uses over 110 screen shots to provide step-by-step instruction and advice on using the statistics program most used by today's political scientists. With updated customized datasets, this workbook equips students to analyze real political science research. The second edition has been updated for SPSS 12.0 and 13.0, but also accommodates users of 11.0 and student versions.
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978-1-56802-996-2 (9781568029962)
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Philip H. Pollock III received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He has taught courses in research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels for over 25 years
Introduction: Getting Started; 1. Introduction to SPSS; 2. Descriptive Statistics; 3. Making Comparisons; 4. Transforming Variables in SPSS; 5. Making Controlled Comparisons; 6. Making Inferences about Sample Means; 7. Chisquare and Measures of Associati.