ISBN13: 9780495556510|344 pages|Paperback|©2009|
Supplements: Power point|Solutions Manual
Author
Robert H. Carver, Stonehill College
Jane Gradwohl Nash, Stonehill College
Description
Now updated for SPSS® 16.0, this book is an excellent supplement to any introductory statistics course. It provides a practical and useful introduction to SPSS 16.0 and enables students to work independently to learn helpful software skills outside of class. By using SPSS to handle complex computations, students can focus on and gain an understanding of the underlying statistical concepts and techniques in the introductory statistics course.
Table of Contents
SESSION 1. A FIRST LOOK AT SPSS 16.0..
SESSION 2. TABLES AND GRAPHS FOR ONE VARIABLE.
SESSION 3. TABLES AND GRAPHS FOR TWO VARIABLES.
SESSION 4. ONE-VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS.
SESSION 5. TWO-VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS.
SESSION 6. ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY.
SESSION 7. DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS.
SESSION 8. NORMAL DENSITY FUNCTIO.S.
SESSION 9. SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS.
SESSION 10. CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
SESSION 11. ONE-SAMPLE HYPOTHESIS TESTS.
SESSION 12. TWO-SAMPLE HYPOTHESIS TESTS.
SESSION 13. ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (I).
SESSION 14. ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (II).
SESSION 15. LINEAR REGRESSION (I).
SESSION 16. LINEAR REGRESSION (II).
SESSION 17. MULTIPLE REGRESSION.
SESSION 18. NONLINEAR MODELS.
SESSION 19. BASIC FORECASTING TECHNIQUES.
SESSION 20. CHI-SQUARE TESTS.
SESSION 21. NONPARAMETRIC TESTS.
SESSION 22. TOOLS FOR QUALITY.
Appendix A. Dataset Descriptions.
Appendix B. Working with Files.
Objectives.
Data Files.
Viewer Document Files.
Converting Other Data Files into SPSS Data Files.
Index.