Building SPSS Graphs to Understand Data

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4522-1684-3
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 733 g

Building SPSS Graphs to Understand Data is a must-have for anyone needing to understand large or small amounts of data. It describes how to build and interpret graphs, showing how "understanding data" means that the graph must clearly and succinctly answer questions about the data. In most chapters, research questions are presented, and the reader builds the appropriate graph needed to answer the questions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aldrich, James O.

Rodriguez, Hilda M.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Mathematische & Statistische Software
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion Informationsvisualisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Graphical Presentation of Data
Chapter 2. Simple Bar Graph
Chapter 3. Stacked Bar Graph
Chapter 4. Clustered Bar Graph
Chapter 5. Pie Graph
Chapter 6. Simple Line Graph
Chapter 7. Multiple Line Graph
Chapter 8. Simple Histogram
Chapter 9. Population Pyramid
Chapter 10. 1-D Boxplot
Chapter 11. Simple Boxplot
Chapter 12. Clustered Boxplot
Chapter 13. Simple Scatterplot
Chapter 14. Grouped Scatterplot
Chapter 15. High-Low Graphs
Chapter 16. Paneling on One Dimension
Chapter 17. Paneling on Two Dimensions
Chapter 18. Deceptive Graphing Examples
Chapter 19. Summary
Appendix A. SPSS Basic Information
Appendix B. Answers to Chapter Exercises
Appendix C. Chapters and SPSS Databases Used
Appendix D. Graph Selection - Type and Purpose

Über Autor(innen)

Aldrich, James O.
James O. Aldrich (Doctor of Public Administration, University of Laverne) is a retired lecturer on statistics and research methods at California State University, Northridge. He has also taught graduate level research courses for the University of La Verne. Dr. Aldrich held the appointment of Instructor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Southern California, School of Medicine where he served as the Principal Investigator and codirector of a National Cancer Institute research project. He has served on various committees for the Los Angeles chapter of the American Statistical Association and has also taught biostatistics, epidemiology, social statistics, and research methods courses for 20 years. The primary computer program used for his coursework has been the IBM SPSS Statistics software package. SAGE recently published, in 2013, Building SPSS Graphs to Understand Data, coauthored with Hilda M. Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, Hilda M.
Hilda M. Rodríguez (Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, California State University at Northridge) was the teaching assistant in statistics and the laboratory using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. She edited the original manuscript and discovered many useful additions that were incorporated in Using SPSS: An Interactive and Hands-on Approach, a book published by Sage Publications in July 2011. She came to this country from El Salvador speaking Spanish only but soon learned English and has begun her pursuit of higher education. Hilda is active at her church, St. Joseph the Worker, in Winnetka, California where she teaches religious doctrine to children, young adults and seniors. It is in this work that her bi-lingual and bi-cultural capabilities benefit her students.

James O. Aldrich (Doctor of Public Administration, University of Laverne) is a retired lecturer on statistics and research methods at California State University, Northridge. He has served as principal investigator and codirector of a National Cancer Institute research project. He held the appointment of Instructor in the Department of Pathology at the University Of Southern California School Of Medicine. He has served on various committees for the Los Angeles chapter of the American Statistical Association and has taught biostatistics, epidemiology, social statistics, and research methods courses for 20 years. The primary statistical software used for his coursework has been SPSS. James has recently coauthored the book Using SPSS: An Interactive and Hands-on Approach which was published in July 2011 by Sage Publications.

Hilda M. Rodriguez (Bachelor's Degree in Sociology, California State University at Northridge) was the teaching assistant in statistics and the laboratory using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. She edited the original manuscript and discovered many useful additions that were incorporated in Using SPSS: An Interactive and Hands-on Approach, a book published by Sage Publications in July 2011. She came to this country from El Salvador speaking Spanish only but soon learned English and has begun her pursuit of higher education. Hilda is active at her church, St. Joseph the Worker, in Winnetka, California where she teaches religious doctrine to children, young adults and seniors. It is in this work that her bi-lingual and bi-cultural capabilities benefit her students.