Tutorials
This is a short list of helpful tutorials that are useful for learning more about the technicalities of secondary data manipulation and codebooks.
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Against All Odds: Inside StatisticsA video instructional series on statistics for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 32 6- to 14-minute video modules and coordinated guides.
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Getting Started: Data AnalysisA guide from Princeton University Data and Statistical Services. Talks about planning, research questions, and preparing data for analysis.
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How to use a CodebookAlso from Princeton University Data and Statistical Services. A general introduction to codebooks and preparing data for analysis.
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ICPSR Data Use TutorialA guide from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research that is specific to using their data archive resources.
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Introduction to Data HandlingThis guide from the University of Chicago includes a section on reading and using a codebook.
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Introduction to Data TutorialThe Harvard-MIT Data Center has created this short guide to understanding numeric data files.
- SPSS- Statnotes: An Online Textbookby G. David Garson, North Carolina State University.
This site contains many topics such as ANOVA, ANCOVA, Cluster Analysis, Correlation, Correspondence Analysis, Logistic Regression, Logit, Probit models, etc. with SPSS related examples. Each topic includes a description of Key Concepts and Terms, Assumptions, FAQ and Bibliography.
SPSS Books
Here is a small selection of some of the books on SPSS that can be found at the library.
Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics for Research Methods and Social Science Statistics by Call Number: Cudahy Library Main Stacks (HA32 .W34 2013 )
SPSS Step by Step by Call Number: Cudahy Library Main Stacks (HA32 .D38 2013 )- SPSS for Applied Sciences byISBN: 9780643107113Publication Date: 2013-01-01This is an ebook
Building SPSS Graphs to Understand Data by Call Number: Cudahy Library Main Stacks (HA29 .A495 2013 )
Medical Statistics by Call Number: Cudahy Library Main Stacks (R853.S7 P43 2014 )
