Name: An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis By Philip H. Pollock
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An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock

In this much-anticipated revision of the popular SPSS workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them for future political-science research. Students learn by doing with guided examples, more than 120 screenshots, and step-bystep instructions.

Compatible with all releases of SPSS (12.0 through 19.0, as well as the student version), the new Fourth Edition includes brand-new or completely revised exercises. Two new data sets (2008 NES and 2008 GSS) and two revised data sets (on the 50 states and on 191 countries of the world) feature an expanded number of variables to provide greater latitude for performing original analysis.

About Philip H. Pollock

Philip H. Pollock III is a professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He has taught courses in research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels for more than thirty years. His main research interests are American public opinion, voting behavior, techniques of quantitative analysis, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. His recent research has been on the effectiveness of Internet-based instruction. Pollock's research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Social Science Quarterly, and the British Journal of Political Science. Recent scholarly publications include articles in Political Research Quarterly, the Journal of Political Science Education, and PS: Political Science and Politics.

Getting Started Dataset CD Full Version SPSS and Student Version SPSS: What Is the Difference? Installing Student Version Notes Introduction to SPSS The Data Editor A Must-Do: Setting Options for Variable Lists The Viewer Selecting, Printing, and Saving Output Exercises Notes Descriptive Statistics Interpreting Measures of Central Tendency and Variation Describing Nominal Variables Describing Ordinal Variables Describing Interval Variables Obtaining Case-level Information with Case Summaries Exercises Notes Transforming Variables Using Recode Recoding a Nominal-level Variable Recoding an Interval-level Variable Using Visual Binning Collapsing an Interval-level Variable with Visual Binning Using Compute Exercises Notes Making Comparisons Using Crosstabs Using Compare Means Graphing Relationships Using Line Chart Using Bar Chart Using the Chart Editor Exercises Notes Making Controlled Comparisons Using Crosstabs with Layers Obtaining and Editing Clustered Bar Charts Using Compare Means with Layers and Obtaining Multiple Line Charts Example of an Interaction Relationship Example of an Additive Relationship Exercises Notes Making Inferences about Sample Means Using Descriptives and One-Sample T Test Using Independent-Samples T Test Exercises Notes Chi-square and Measures of Association Analyzing an Ordinal-Level Relationship Summary Analyzing an Ordinal-Level Relationship with a Control Variable Analyzing a Nominal-Level Relationship with a Control Variable A Problem with Lambda Exercises Notes Correlation and Linear Regression Using Correlate and Regression --> Linear Producing and Editing a Scatterplot Exploring Multivariate Relationships with Regression --> Linear Exercises Notes Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects Regression with Dummy Variables Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression Using Compute for Interaction Variables Exercises Notes Logistic Regression Using Regression --> Binary Logistic Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables Working with Predicted Probabilities: Models with One Independent Variable Working with Predicted Probabilities: Models with Multiple Independent Variables The Sample Averages Method The Probability Profile Method Exercises Notes Doing Your Own Political Analysis Five Doable Ideas Political Knowledge Economic Performance and Election Outcomes Judicial Selection and Public Opinion Electoral Turnout in Comparative Perspective Congress Doing Research on the U.S. Senate Finding Raw Data How to Code Raw Data Two Possible Coding Shortcuts Using the SPSS Text Import Wizard Writing It Up The Research Question Previous Research Data, Hypotheses, and Analysis Conclusions and Implications Notes Appendix Table A-1 Descriptions of Constructed Variables in GSS2008 Table A-2 Descriptions of Variables in States Table A-3 Description of Variables in World Table A-4 Description of Variables and Constructed Scales in NES2008

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9781608716876

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An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock

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Philip H. Pollock

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SAGE Publications Inc

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20110907

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An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis Philip H. Pollock

An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock

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