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spine=.7680” Mathematics/Probability & Statistics/General Making Everything Easier!™ 2nd Edition Need to analyze some data? SPSS is your statistical friend — 2nd Edition let it crunch the numbers! Open the book and find: S S S P ® Surprise — this book is not about statistics. It’s about using (cid:127) W hat you can and can’t do with SPSS to calculate statistics for you! Here are step-by-step SPSS procedures you can follow to see how SPSS operates and (cid:127) Types of graphs and how to use start using it with your own data. You’ll be able to enter S them data, produce graphs, use the statistical methods built into SPSS to generate the numbers you need, and much more. (cid:127) How to manually enter data P (cid:127) S uggestions for sorting, (cid:127) Predict the future — use SPSS to identify business risks and identifying, and grouping data S opportunities (cid:127) Data types and how to use them (cid:127) Learn your way around — install SPSS and set up the options to S serve your needs (cid:127) What a scatterplot can show you (cid:127) Enter the data — instruct SPSS to collect data from a database or another file, or type it in yourself (cid:127) How to back up and protect your ® data (cid:127) Data in, data out — export the results of your analysis for use in a database, Web page, Excel® worksheet, or Word document (cid:127) A glossary of SPSS and statistics terms (cid:127) Go graphic — create bar graphs, line charts, scatterplots, pie charts, histograms, and others (cid:127) Welcome to analysis — learn different ways SPSS can crunch numbers and how to get the analysis you’re looking for Learn to: (cid:127) Extend the possibilities — customize SPSS with Command Syntax or create new scripts with Python® (cid:127) C onfigure SPSS to produce better results Go to Dummies.com ® (cid:127) Your greatest asset — protect your data and make regular for videos, step-by-step examples, (cid:127) Get data into and out of SPSS backups how-to articles, or to shop! (cid:127) Produce graphs that best display your data (cid:127) E xtend SPSS with programming options $29.99 US / $35.99 CN / £21.99 UK Arthur Griffith is a former computer consultant for the U.S. Department ISBN 978-0-470-48764-8 of Defense. After working for 25 years as a programmer and software development project manager, he became a writer of computer books and has now written 14 of them. Arthur Griffith Griffith Researcher for the U.S. Department of Defense spine=.7680” Get More and Do More at Dummies.com ® Start with FREE Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheets include (cid:127) Checklists (cid:127) Charts (cid:127) Common Instructions (cid:127) And Other Good Stuff! To access the Cheat Sheet created specifically for this book, go to www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/spss Get Smart at Dummies.com Dummies.com makes your life easier with 1,000s of answers on everything from removing wallpaper to using the latest version of Windows. Check out our (cid:127) Videos (cid:127) Illustrated Articles (cid:127) Step-by-Step Instructions Plus, each month you can win valuable prizes by entering our Dummies.com sweepstakes. * Want a weekly dose of Dummies? Sign up for Newsletters on (cid:127) Digital Photography (cid:127) Microsoft Windows & Office (cid:127) Personal Finance & Investing (cid:127) Health & Wellness (cid:127) Computing, iPods & Cell Phones (cid:127) eBay (cid:127) Internet (cid:127) Food, Home & Garden Find out “HOW” at Dummies.com *Sweepstakes not currently available in all countries; visit Dummies.com for official rules. SPSS FOR DUMmIES‰ 2ND EDITION SPSS FOR DUMmIES‰ 2ND EDITION by Arthur Griffith SPSS For Dummies®, 2nd Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permit- ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http:// www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com, Making Everything Easier, and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/ or its affiliates in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2009940867 ISBN: 978-0-470-48764-8 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 About the Author Arthur Griffith is a computer programmer and a writer. He is the author of twelve books and the coauthor of three. His education was many years ago in a land far away, and he has a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. During his years as a computer programmer, he developed systems as varied as nuclear power-plant construction accounting, missile guidance, remote control of cable-TV set-top boxes, and satellite communications control. All the work he did with computer programming required the use of mathematics and the ability to explain complex concepts in simple language. He moved to Alaska in an attempt to retire, but that project failed. He is now developing online tutorials and writing books, like this one. He and his wife, Mary, live high up on a ridge in remote Alaska, with moose and bear in the yard and eagles hunting from the roof. Dedication To the nurses of the South Peninsula hospital, who kept this Dummy alive and able to write a book.

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