A book/disk manual and collection of readings on employing General Social Survey (GSS) data and the professional program SPSS to analyze social issues. The text adds a computer skills and data analysis component to introductory courses in sociology, research methods, and statistics, using data on attitudes toward abortion to illustrate univariate, multivariate, and bivariate analysis. Includes sample questionnaires so that students n gather and analyze their own data. The disk contains variables representing cases from the 1990 GSS. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This text helps teach students how to 'do' social science, by showing how compelling social issues can be explored and better understood, analysing social data. Aimed at beginners, it uses the social science professional standard, SPSS.
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Designed for use by novice computer users, this text begins with the basics, such as starting SPSS, defining variables, and entering and saving data. * All major statistical techniques covered in beginning statistics classes are included: ...
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