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An IBM® SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis

Autor Philip H. Pollock, Barry Clayton Edwards
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 oct 2019
In Pollock's trusted IBM SPSS® workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them not only for future political science research, but the job world as well.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781506379654
ISBN-10: 1506379656
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:Sixth Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția CQ Press
Locul publicării:Washington DC, United States

Recenzii

“[The text] provides by far the best introduction for students wanting to learn how to use SPSS in conducting statistical analysis. Its clear in-depth examples makes data analysis accessible to even the most numbers-phobic student.”


“With a focus on both the mechanics of SPSS and interpretation of data, An IBM SPSS Companion to Political Analysis provides a very useful and useable addition to a Political Science Methods course. The chapters have engaging exercises that address many areas of the discipline and are organized to build students’ understanding of statistical interpretation and skills with SPSS. Students learn to run the statistical procedures, to interpret the results, and to construct arguments with the data.”


Cuprins

Figures
Preface
Getting Started
Downloading the Datasets
SPSS Full and Grad Pack Versions: What Is the Difference?
Watch Screencasts from SAGE Edge
Chapter 1. Introduction to SPSS
The Data Editor
Setting Options for Variable Lists
The Viewer
Selecting, Printing, and Saving Output
How to Format an SPSS Table
Saving Commands in Syntax Files
Getting Help
Chapter 1 Exercises
Chapter 2. Descriptive Statistics
How SPSS Stores Information about Variables
Interpreting Measures of Central Tendency and Variation
Describing Nominal Variables
Describing Ordinal Variables
Using the Chart Editor to Modify Graphics
Describing Interval Variables
Obtaining Case-level Information with Case Summaries
Chapter 2 Exercises
Chapter 3: Transforming Variables
Creating Indicator Variables
Working with Variable Labels
Recoding Interval-level Variables into Simplified Categories
Simplifying an Internal-level Variable with Visual Binning
Centering or Standardizing a Numeric Variable
Using Compute to Create an Additive Index
Chapter 3 Exercises
Chapter 4. Making Comparisons
Cross-tabulation Analysis
Visualizing Cross-tabulation Analysis with a Bar Chart
Mean Comparison Analysis
Visualizing Mean Comparison Analysis with a Line Chart
Creating a Box Plot to Make Comparisons
Chapter 4 Exercises
Chapter 5. Making Controlled Comparisons
Cross-tabulation Analysis with a Control Variable
Graphing Controlled Comparisons with Categorical Dependent Variables
Mean Comparison Analysis with a Control Variable
Visualizing Controlled Mean Comparisons
Chapter 5 Exercises
Chapter 6. Making Inferences about Sample Means
Finding the 95% Confidence Interval of a Sample Mean
Testing a Hypothetical Claim about the Population Mean
Inferences about the Difference between Two Sample Means
Visualizing Mean Comparisons with Error Bars
Making Inferences about Sample Proportions
Chapter 6 Exercises
Chapter 7: Chi-square and Measures of Association
Analyzing an Ordinal-level Relationship
Analyzing an Ordinal-level Relationship with a Control Variable
Analyzing a Nominal-level Relationship
Analyzing a Nominal-level Relationship with a Control Variable
Chapter 7 Exercises
Chapter 8. Correlation and Linear Regression
Correlation Analysis
Bivariate Regression
Creating Scatterplots for Bivariate Regression Analysis
Multiple Regression
Visualizing Multiple Regression Analysis with Bubble Plots
Chapter 8 Exercises
Chapter 9. Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects
Regression with Multiple Dummy Variables
Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression
Graphing Linear Prediction Lines for Interaction Relationships
Chapter 9 Exercises
Chapter 10. Logistic Regression
Thinking about Odds, Logged Odds, and Probabilities
Estimating Logistic Regression Models
Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables
Graphing Predicted Probabilities with One Independent Variable
Graphing Predicted Probabilities with Multiple Independent Variables
Chapter 10 Exercises
Chapter 11. Doing Your Own Political Analysis
Seven Doable Ideas
Importing Data into SPSS
Writing It Up
Chapter 11 Exercises
Appendix, Table A-1: Variables in the GSS Dataset in Alphabetical Order
Appendix, Table A-2: Variables in the NES Dataset in Alphabetical Order
Appendix, Table A-3: Variables in the States Dataset by Topic
Appendix, Table A-4: Variables in the World Dataset by Topic

Notă biografică

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.

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In Pollock's trusted IBM SPSS® workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them not only for future political science research, but the job world as well.