Quantitative Data Analysis Using SPSS : an Introduction ...

This accessible book is essential reading for those looking for a short and simple guide to basic data Analysis . Written for the complete beginner, the bookis the ideal companion when undertaking Quantitative data Analysis for the firsttime Using SPSS. The book uses a simple example of Quantitative data Analysis that would be typical to the health field to take you through the process of data Analysis stepby step. The example used is a doctor who conducts a questionnaire survey of30 patients to assess a specific service. The data from these questionnaires isgiven to you for Analysis , and the book leads you through the process requiredto analyse this data. Handy screenshots illustrate each step of the process so you can try out theanalysis for yourself, and apply it to your own research with covered include: Questionnaires and how to analyse themCoding the data for SPSS, setting up an SPSS database and entering the dataDescriptive statistics and illustrating the data Using graphsCross-tabulation and the Chi-square statisticC

4.5 Re-coding interval variables into categorical variables 69 4.6 Summary 73 4.7 Exercises 73 4.8 Notes 75 5 Correlation: examining relationships between interval data 77 5.1 Introduction 77 5.2 Examining correlations in the questionnaire 77 5.2.1 Producing a scatterplot in SPSS 78 5.2.2 The strength of a correlation 80 5.2.3 The coefficient ...

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