Pollock, P: IBM SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis

Getting Started Downloading the Datasets SPSS Full Version and SPSS Student Version: What Is the Difference? NotesChapter 1 Introduction to SPSS The Data Editor A Must-Do: Setting Options for Variable Lists The Viewer ExercisesChapter 2 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 NotesChapter 3 Transforming Variables Using Recode Using Visual Binning Using Compute Exercises NotesChapter 4 Making Comparisons Cross-tabulation Analysis Mean Comparison Analysis Graphing Relationships Exercises NotesChapter 5 Making Controlled Comparisons Cross-tabulation Analysis with a Control Variable Graphing Relationships with a Control Variable Mean Comparison Analysis with a Control Variable Exercises NotesChapter 6 Making Inferences about Sample Means Descriptives and One-Sample T Test Independent-Samples T Test Exercises NotesChapter 7 Chi-square and Measures of Association Analyzing an Ordinal-level Relationship Analyzing an Ordinal-level Relationship with a Control Variable Analyzing a Nominal-level Relationship with a Control Variable Exercises NotesChapter 8 Correlation and Linear Regression Correlation and Bivariate Regression Scatterplots Multiple Regression Exercises NotesChapter 9 Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects Regression with Dummy Variables Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression Using Compute for Interaction Variables Exercises NotesChapter 10 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 Exercises NotesChapter 11 Doing Your Own Political Analysis Five Doable Ideas Inputting Data Writing It Up

Philip H. Pollock III is professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He has taught courses in research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels for nearly 30 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 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.