SPSS Statistics For Dummies

Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with SPSS 5Chapter 1: Introducing SPSS 7Chapter 2: Finding the Best SPSS for You 17Chapter 3: Getting to Know SPSS by Running a Simple Session 25Part 2: Getting Data into and out of SPSS 43Chapter 4: Understanding SPSS Data: Defining Metadata 45Chapter 5: Opening Data Files 59Chapter 6: Getting Data and Results from SPSS 71Chapter 7: More about Defining Your Data 81Part 3: Messing with Data in SPSS 95Chapter 8: The Transform and Data Menus 97Chapter 9: Computing New Variables 119Chapter 10: Some Useful Functions 133Chapter 11: Combining Files 147Part 4: Graphing Data 161Chapter 12: On the Menu: Graphing Choices in SPSS 163Chapter 13: Building Graphs Using Chart Builder 183Part 5: Analyzing Data 211Chapter 14: Using Descriptive Statistics 213Chapter 15: Knowing When Not to Trust Your Data 227Chapter 16: Testing One Group 239Chapter 17: Showing Relationships between Categorical Variables 251Chapter 18: Showing Relationships between Continuous Dependent and Categorical Independent Variables 267Chapter 19: Showing Relationships between Continuous Variables 285Part 6: Getting More Advanced with Analyzing Data 301Chapter 20: Doing More Advanced Analyses 303Chapter 21: What Is Normal Anyway? 327Chapter 22: When to Do What 345Part 7: Making SPSS Your Own 351Chapter 23: Changing Settings 353Chapter 24: Editing Charts and Chart Templates 371Chapter 25: Editing Tables 383Part 8: Programming SPSS with Command Syntax 393Chapter 26: Getting Acquainted with Syntax 395Chapter 27: Adding Syntax to Your Toolkit 403Part 9: The Part of Tens 413Chapter 28: Ten (or So) Modules You Can Add to SPSS 415Chapter 29: Ten Useful SPSS Resources 425Chapter 30: Ten SPSS Statistics Gotchas 433Index 443