SPSS Statistics Workbook For Dummies
- 2h 58m
- Jesus Salcedo, Keith McCormick
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2023
Practice making sense of data with IBM’s SPSS Statistics software
SPSS Statistics Workbook For Dummies gives you the practice you need to navigate the leading statistical software suite. Data management and analysis, advanced analytics, business intelligence—SPSS is a powerhouse of a research platform, and this book helps you master the fundamentals and analyze data more effectively. You’ll work through practice problems that help you understand the calculations you need to perform, complete predictive analyses, and produce informative graphs. This workbook gives you hands-on exercises to hone your statistical analysis skills with SPSS Statistics 28. Plus, explanations and insider tips help you navigate the software with ease. Practical and easy-to-understand, in classic Dummies style.
- Practice organizing, analyzing, and graphing data
- Learn to write, edit, and format SPSS syntax
- Explore the upgrades and features new to SPSS 28
- Try your hand at advanced data analysis procedures
For academics using SPSS for research, business analysts and market researchers looking to extract valuable insights from data, and anyone with a hankering for more stats practice.
About the Author
Jesus Salcedo, PhD, studied psychometrics at Fordham and has been using SPSS for over 25 years. Currently at Wiley, he served as the SPSS curriculum lead at IBM and has trained thousands of users.
Keith McCormick has traveled the world speaking at conferences teaching machine learning, data science, and SPSS. He currently serves as executive data scientist in residence at Pandata. Hundreds of thousands have watched his LinkedIn Learning courses.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Working Through Import and Export Challenges
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Defining Data
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Using the Data Menu
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Putting the Transform Menu to Work
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Computing Variables
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Using Descriptive Statistics
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Testing Relationships with the Chi-Square Test of Independence
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Comparing Two Groups with T-Tests
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Comparing More than Two Groups with ANOVA
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Testing Relationships with Correlation
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Making Predictions using Linear Regression
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Building Graphs with Bars, Lines, and Wedges
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Building Slightly More Complex Graphs
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Editing Output
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Working with Pasted SPSS Syntax
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Computing Variables with Syntax
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Ten Tricky SPSS Skills to Practice
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Ten Practice Certification Questions
