Using SPSS® for Research Methods and Social Statistics

Eighth Edition

William E. Wagner-Huang - California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA

March 2025 | 272 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This is the perfect companion for students who are learning to use the SPSS software to interpret and manage data. Students will appreciate author William E. Wagner-Huang’s step-by-step explanations of SPSS operating procedures and introductory statistical operations. The Eighth Edition uses version 29 of the software and incorporates results from the 2022 General Social Survey (GSS) as a dataset used in examples throughout the book. In response to user feedback, the author has expanded the sections on ANOVA and chi-square. The GSS datasets and codebooks for use with the text are available on an accompanying website.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 • Overview

What’s the Difference Between SPSS Statistics and PASW Statistics? None.

Statistical Software

About the GSS Data

SPSS/PASW Electronic Files

Opening Existing Data Files

Importing Data From Statistics File Formats Other Than SPSS or PASW

Opening Previously Created Output Files

Saving Files

Creating New SPSS Statistics Data Files

Creating and Editing SPSS Statistics Output Files

Preferences: Getting Started

Measurement of Variables Using SPSS Statistics

References

Chapter 2 • Transforming Variables

Recoding and Computing Variables

Recoding Variables: Dichotomies and Dummy Variables

Recoding Using Two or More Variables to Create a New Variable

Computing Variables

Using the Count Function

Computing an Index Using the Mean

Multiple Response

Chapter 3 • Selecting and Sampling Cases

Targeted Selection

Random Selection

Selecting Cases for Inclusion in a New Data Set

Chapter 4 • Organization and Presentation of Information

Measures of Central Tendency and Variability

Frequency Distributions

Chapter 5 • Charts and Graphs

Boxplot

Direct Options for Graphs (Boxplot Example without Chartbuilder)

Scatterplot

Direct Graphing Option for Scatterplot

Histogram

Multivariate Histogram

Horizontal Histogram

Direct Graphing Option for Histogram

BAR GRAPH

Multivariate Bar Graph

Direct Graphing Option for Histogram

PIE CHART

Direct Graphing Option for Histogram

Additional Graphic Capabilities in SPSS Statistics

Chapter 6 • Testing Hypotheses Using Means and Cross-Tabulation

Comparing Means

Comparing Means: Paired-Samples t Test

Comparing Means: Independent-Samples t Test

One-Sample t Test

Chi-Square (?2)

Chi-Square (?2) and Cross-Tabulation

Chapter 7 • Cross-Tabulation and Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables

Bivariate Analysis

Adding Another Variable or Dimension to the Analysis

Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables

Lambda (?)

Gamma (?), Kendall’s Tau-b, and Somers’ d

References

Chapter 8 • Correlation and Regression Analysis

Bivariate Regression

Correlation

Multiple Regression

Chapter 9 • Logistic Regression Analysis

Preparing Variables for Use in Logistic Regression Analysis

Creating a Set of Dummy Variables to Represent a Multicategory Nominal Variable

Logistic Regression Analysis

Logistic Regression Using a Categorical Covariate Without Dummy Variables

Interpreting Odds Ratios

Step Models

Chapter 10 • Analysis of Variance

One-Way ANOVA

ANOVA in Regression

Two-Way ANOVA

Chapter 11 • Editing Output

Editing Basic Tables

Copying to Microsoft Word

Importing and Preparing Text Files for Analysis by SPSS

Editing Charts and Graphs

Chapter 12 • Advanced Applications

Merging Data From Multiple Files

Opening Previously Created Syntax Files

Creating New SPSS Syntax Files

About the Author

References

Supplements

Student Study Site

The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:

Datasets: The full 2022 GSS datasets used in examples throughout the book.
Codebook: The 1972-2016 Cumulative Codebook and 2022 GSS Codebook provide all of the necessary information about the data: variables, sampling methods, etc., and how they’ve changed over time, so that they may be consumed intelligently by the user.

Key features

The ideal companion by students using SPSS in introductory statistics and research methods courses.
Provides step-by-step explanations of SPSS operating procedures and introductory statistical operations.
The book is based on SPSS version 29.
Incorporates results from the 2022 General Social Survey (GSS) as a dataset used in examples throughout the book.
The Eighth Edition includes expanded coverage of ANOVA and chi-square.
The GSS datasets and codebooks for use with the text are available on an accompanying website.

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