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SPSS Session Introduction

SPSS Session Introduction. Purpose of this SPSS Course. Introduction of quantitative analysis Quantitative analysis through statistical software Introduction to SPSS and statistical tests

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SPSS Session Introduction

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  1. SPSS Session Introduction

  2. Purpose of this SPSS Course • Introduction of quantitative analysis • Quantitative analysis through statistical software • Introduction to SPSS and statistical tests • Use of data generated in social worker research to demonstrate quantitative analysis and interpretation of results

  3. Structure with MSWC Curriculum • This SPSS and quantitative analysis short course can be used as a separate course or combined with the Making Social Work Count (MSWC) curriculum • Several sessions in this short course correspond to lectures in the MSWC curriculum • MSWC Lectures 7-10

  4. Corresponding MSWC Curriculum • First Session (building from Lecture 7) • Levels of measurement • Measures of central tendency • Measures of dispersion • Second Session (building from Lectures 8-9) • Hypothesis testing, p-values, and null/alternative hypotheses • Third Session (building from Lectures 8-9) • t-tests • ANOVA • Fourth Sessions (building from Lecture 10) • Scatterplots • Correlation • Regression • Fifth Session • Chi-square

  5. SPSS and PASW • The Statistical Packet for the Social Sciences (commonly known as SPSS) and later PASW Statistics (Predictive Analytics SoftWare). • http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/statistics/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPSS • One of the most commonly used statistical software in social work research • Allows for creation of variables, data entry, data management, and numerous quantitative analyses

  6. Social Work Research Data • In this SPSS and quantitative analysis short course, examples of statistical tests, results, and hypothesis testing use data similar to an actual study • Study of child protection in several local authorities in southern England, UK • The SPSS data set and syntax for the analyses are included with this short course

  7. SPSS: Basic functions • Data entry and basic functions of SPSS are not covered in this short course • However, there are a number of excellent online sources demonstrating data entry, specifying variables, and basic data management

  8. SPSS: Basic functions • Excellent videos by Prof Any Field, University of Sussex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b163iBByycw http://www.youtube.com/user/ProfAndyField/videos • Demonstrations of basic functions in SPSS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msI7xf0tInE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3D35wMGs_Q

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