Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences

in SPSS6.4.2 Constructing a frequency table in Stata6.5 The measures of central tendency - mean, median, mode, and range6.6 Displaying data graphically - pie charts, boxplots, and histograms6.6.1 Pie charts6.6.2 Doing a pie chart in SPSS6.6.3 Doing a pie chart in Stata6.7 Boxplots6.7.1 Doing a boxplot in SPSS6.7.2 Doing a boxplot in Stata6.8 Histograms6.8.1 Doing a histogram in SPSS6.8.2 Doing a histogram in Stata6.9 Deviation, variance, standard deviation, standard error, sampling error, and confidence interval6.9.1 Calculating the confidence interval in SPSS6.9.2 Calculating the confidence interval in StataChapter 7: Bivariate statistics with categorical variables7.1 Independent samples t-test7.1.1 Doing an independent samples t-test in SPSS7.1.2 Interpreting an independent samples t-test SPSS output7.1.3 Reading an SPSS independent samples t-test output column by column 7.1.4 Doing an independent samples t-test in Stata7.1.5 Interpreting an independent samples t-test Stata output7.1.6 Reporting the output of an independent samples t-test7.2 F-test or one way anova7.2.1 Doing an f-test in SPSS7.2.2 Interpreting an SPSS anova output7.2.3 Doing a post-hoc or multiple comparison test in SPSS7.2.4 Doing an f-test in Stata7.2.5 Interpreting an f-test in Stata7.2.6 Doing a post-hoc or multiple comparison test with unequal variance in Stata7.2.7 Reporting the results of an f-test7.3 Cross-tabulation table and chi-square test7.3.1 Cross-tabulation table7.3.2 Chi-square test7.3.3 Doing a chi-square test in SPSS7.3.4 Interpreting a SPSS chi-square test7.3.5 Doing a chi-square test in Stata7.3.6 Reporting a chi-square test resultChapter 8: Bivariate relationships featuring two continuous variables8.1 What is a bivariate relationship between two continuous variables?8.1.1 Positive and negative relationships8.2 Scatterplots8.2.1 Positive relationships displayed in a scatterplot8.2.2 Negative relationships displayed in a scatterplot8.2.3 No relationship displayed in a scatterplot8.3 Drawing the line in a scatterplot8.4 Doing scatterplots in SPSS8.5 Doing scatterplots in Stata8.6 Correlation analysis8.6.1 Doing a correlation analysis in SPSS8.6.2 Interpreting an SPSS correlation output8.6.3 Doing a correlation analysis in Stata8.7 Bivariate regression analysis8.7.1 Gauging the steepness of a regression line8.7.2 Gauging the error term8.8 Doing a bivariate regression analysis in SPSS8.9 Interpreting an SPSS (bivariate) regression output8.9.1 The model summary table8.9.2 The regression anova table8.9.3 The regression coefficients table8.10 Doing a (bivariate) regression analysis in Stata8.10.1 Interpreting a Stata (bivariate) regression output8.10.2 Reporting and interpreting the results of a bivariate regression model