Introducing data analysis for social scientists
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Introducing data analysis for social scientists
Open University Press, 1996
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The revised and updated edition of this highly successful text is designed for social science students taking their first course in quantitative data analysis. It requires no previous knowledge of statistics or computer use, nor any mathematics beyond an elementary level. The principles of analysing data in simple stages are clearly explained, and it provides an introduction to using computers and SPSS, the most widely used statistical package in the social sciences. This second edition includes both WINDOWS and PC+ versions of SPSS, as well as a glossary of statistical terms. The emphasis throughout is on understanding the underlying principles and on illustrating these with simple but realistic examples that stress both the role of theory in social research and the logic of data analysis.
The first four parts of the text give students a firm grasp of the logic and language of social research; preparation of data and basic ideas in computing; descriptive statistics for both single variables and bivariate analyses; and inferential statistics. The final part introduces some of the most useful multivariate techniques and discusses the problems and potential of longitudinal studies. Exercises and examples from the British Class Survey and the British Household Panel Study complete the text, and key subsets of the illustrative data is provided on a free floppy disk inside the volume. The complete package is an invaluable beginner's guide for students in sociology, geography, political science, social policy, social psychology, management and related disciplines.
目次
Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgements
Part one: The logic and language of social research
Introducing data analysis
The logic of data analysis
Part two: From data collection to computer
Preparing the data
Getting to know the computer
DOS, windows and SPSS
Part three: Descriptive data analysis in social research
From computer to analysis
describing single variables
Univariate descriptive statistics using SPSS
Bivariate analysis for categoric variables
measures of association
Bivariate analysis for interval level variables
regression and correlation
Part four: Inferential data analysis in social research
From sample to population
the idea of inferential statistics
Tests of significance for categoric variables
Part five: Introduction to multivariate analysis
General linear models
multivariate analysis
Longitudinal data
their collection and analysis
Concluding remarks
Appendix
Glossary
References
Index.
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