Exploring Social Issues: Using SPSS for Windows 95 Versions 7.5, 8.0, Or HigherThis revised edition guides users of SPSS for Windows 95 and, like its predecessor, helps teach students how to `do' social science, by showing how compelling social issues can be explored by analyzing social data. The book is written specifically for beginning research students and is accompanied by a data disk. It stresses active learning, as students are guided step-by-step through the exercises. No previous experience with computers, Windows, SPSS, statistics, or social research is required. An Instructor's Manual is available to lecturers who adopt the book, and request it on their institution's letterhead. |
Contents
Social Research Data Sets | 1 |
The Scientific Method | 27 |
Describing the Sample | 47 |
What Do Americans Value? | 73 |
Research Report 4 3 Testing Deprivation Theory with POSTLIFE as | 89 |
Comparative Analysis 4 1 Have the Sources of Religiosity Changed over | 95 |
Attitudes about | 99 |
What Kinds of Children | 125 |
2 Testing the Inequalities of Gender for Statistical | 215 |
Research Report 9 4 Multivariate Analysis of Sexism | 229 |
Inequality and Race | 243 |
Modern | 259 |
5 A Multivariate Analysis of Prejudice and Social Class | 265 |
Forms | 283 |
Voter | 319 |
Appendix A Variable Names Item Wordings and Codes | 357 |
Fear Law Enforcement and Punishment | 151 |
Inequality and Social Class in | 181 |
Research Report 8 3 Is Happiness Affected by Social Class? | 199 |
Comparative Analysis 8 1 Have the Causes of Inequality Changed over | 205 |
Inequality and Gender | 209 |
Appendix B SPSS Commands Used in This Book | 371 |
Answers to Selected Exercises | 379 |
Bibliography | 387 |
Common terms and phrases
ABINDEX abortion analyze arrow pointing bar charts bivariate table blanks as necessary Cells Chapter chi square Click Continue Click OK Click Statistics Click the arrow Command Block complete Research Report control variable Crosstabs procedure Data Editor Data Transform Statistics dialog box divorce Explain FAMTYPE FEPOL FEWORK fill following summary table frequency distribution gamma indicates GSS sample GSS96TAB.SAV data set happy HIGH SC hypothesis income increases/decreases Independent Project independent variable less than/more line charts measure of association menu multivariate analysis NAME INSTRUCTOR DATE NATCRIMY Options Pearson's percentage of respondents positive/negative prejudice PRESTG80 RACDIF2 RACE relationship is/is religiosity religious RELITEN Research Report continues RINCOM91 Run the Crosstabs scatterplot scores Select SEXFREQ sexism sign of gamma social class SPANKING SPSS for Windows square is less statistically significant Student Version Test value of Cramer's value of gamma variable is numerical variable name Variable(s voted for Clinton voter turnout weak/moderate/strong women