Interpreting Quantitative Data with IBM SPSS Statistics - 2nd ed

An invaluable resource for students analysing quantitative data with IBM SPSS Statistics for the first time.

List of contents

PART ONE INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE METHODS
The Basic Language of Statistics
The Research Process
PART TWO DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Univariate Descriptive Statistics
Graphical Representations
PART THREE METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS
Creating New Variables with SPSS
Normal Distributions and Sampling Distributions
Sampling Designs
PART FOUR INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
Estimation
Hypothesis-Testing
PART FIVE
Correlation and the Regression Line
Two-Way Tables and the Chi-Squared Test
t-tests and ANOVA
Appendix I: Reporting a Quantitative Analysis
Appendix II: How to Create a Data File in SPSS
Appendix III: Areas Under the Normal Curve
Appendix IV: Table of Random Numbers
Glossary

About the author

Rachad Antonius is a Full Professor of Sociology at the Universite du Quebec at Montreal.  Born in Cairo, Egypt, he graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Pure and Applied Mathematics from Cairo University. He completed a M.Sc. degree in Mathematics at the University of Manitoba, then a Ph.D. in Sociology at the Universite du Quebec at Montreal. He teaches quantitative methods and research methodology, and he also specializes in migration studies, and Middle-Eastern studies. He is presently the Deputy-Director of the Research Chair on Immigration, Ethnicity and Citizenship.

Summary

An invaluable resource for students analysing quantitative data with IBM SPSS Statistics for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Rachad Antonius, Antonius Rachad
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.2012
• EAN: 9781446207437
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-0743-7
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, REFERENCE / Research, Social research & statistics, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology