TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parke, Carol S.
TI  - Essential first steps to data analysis : : scenario-based examples using SPSS / 
SN  - 9781412997515 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
AV  - HA32  .P37 2013
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Los Angeles: 
PB  - SAGE Publications, Inc.
KW  - SPSS (Computer file)
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Data processing
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 261) and index; 	Section 1. The Sample Module 1. Checking the Representativeness of a Sample Module 2. Splitting a File, Selecting Cases, Creating Standardized Values and Ranks Section 2. Nature and Distribution of Variables Module 3. Recoding, Counting, and Computing Variables Module 4. Determining the Scale of a Variable Module 5. Identifying and Addressing Outliers Section 3. Model Assumptions Module 6. Evaluating Model Assumptions for Testing Mean Differences Module 7. Evaluating Model Assumptions for Multiple Regression Analysis Section 4. Missing Data Module 8. Determining the Quantity and Nature of Missing Data Module 9. Quantifying Missing Data and Diagnosing its Patterns Section 5. Working with Multiple Data Files Module 10. Merging Files Module 11. Aggregating Data and Restructuring Files Module 12. Identifying a Cohort of Students
ER  -