An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis, 4th Edition

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CQ Press, 22 juil. 2011 - 288 pages
In this much-anticipated revision of Pollock's popular SPSS workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them for future political science research. Students learn by doing with guided examples, more than 120 screenshots, and step-bystep instructions.
 

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Table des matières

Getting Started
1
1 Introduction to SPSS
7
2 Descriptive Statistics
17
3 Transforming Variables
41
4 Making Comparisons
61
5 Making Controlled Comparisons
93
6 Making Inferences about Sample Means
123
7 Chisquare and Measures of Association
139
8 Correlation and Linear Regression
159
9 Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects
183
10 Logistic Regression
205
11 Doing Your Own Political Analysis
231
Appendix
245
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Expressions et termes fréquents

abortion analysis attend_pct axis bar chart Barack Obama Chapter Chart Editor chi-square circle Click Analyze Click Continue Click OK coded coefficient column Compare Means Compute confidence interval conservative control variable correlation countries Crosstabs Data Editor dataset democracies Democratic dependent Descriptive Statistics Edit effect estimates Explain your reasoning Feeling Thermometer female Figure find first Frequencies gender graph groups GSSZOOS guided examples higher income income_r3 increase independent variable interaction interaction variable interval-level label liberal logged odds logistic regression mean comparison measure median Multiple Line Chart null hypothesis Obama odds of voting One-Sample ordinal output P-value panel percentage political polview3 postmaterialism predicted probability probability of voting R-square Recode into Different relationship Republican respondents sample mean Sarah Palin scale Scatterplot score skewness SPSS Statistics Student Version Total turnout U.S. Census Bureau Variable box variable list Variable name Variable(s Viewer Visual Binning voters women yob3

À propos de l'auteur (2011)

Philip H. Pollock III is a professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He has taught courses in research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels for more than thirty years. His main research interests are American public opinion, voting behavior, techniques of quantitative analysis, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. His recent research has been on the effectiveness of Internet-based instruction. Pollock's research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Social Science Quarterly, and the British Journal of Political Science. Recent scholarly publications include articles in Political Research Quarterly, the Journal of Political Science Education, and PS: Political Science and Politics.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreAn SPSS Companion to Political Analysis, 4th Edition
AuteurPhilip H. Pollock
Éditionillustrée
ÉditeurCQ Press, 2011
ISBN1608716872, 9781608716876
Longueur288 pages
  
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