30219 Seminar

SoSe 15: Introduction to Data Analysis with SPSS

Marta Kozlowska

Information for students

Data We will use the data from the European Social Survey (ESS): http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/ and the Companion Material for Andy Field's Discovering Statistics Using SPSS: www.uk.sagepub.com/field4e/study/datasets.htm close

Additional information / Pre-requisites

Basic knowledge in data analysis is strongly recommended.

Comments

This course aims on repetition and advancing the knowledge and usage of methodological principles of quantitative data analysis. This includes: - descriptive statistics, - statistical inference, - choosing the right procedure for specific research questions and for the data type, - statistical analysis. Beside this seminar has the objective to provide a practical introduction to the application of the software package SPSS. At the end of the seminar, students should be able to self-reliantly conduct basic reproducible statistical analyses, i.a.: - data management (dataset and variable modification, index building), - calculating univariate distributions, - running univariate, bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses, - constructing graphs, - output interpretation, and - results reporting. close

Suggested reading

Textbook Field, Andy (2013): Discovering Statistics Using SPSS, 4th edition. London: SAGE, or Field, Andy (2009): Discovering Statistics Using SPSS, 3rd edition. London: SAGE. Recommended preparatory reading: chapters 1-9, 11, 18, 19 (2013 edition) chapters 1-10, 15, 18 (2009 edition) close

7 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Wed, 2015-04-15 08:30 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Marta Kozlowska

Location:
Ihnestr.21/104 CIP-Pool (Ihnestr. 21)

Wed, 2015-04-22 08:30 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Marta Kozlowska

Location:
Ihnestr.21/104 CIP-Pool (Ihnestr. 21)

Wed, 2015-04-29 08:30 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Marta Kozlowska

Location:
Ihnestr.21/104 CIP-Pool (Ihnestr. 21)

Wed, 2015-05-06 08:30 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Marta Kozlowska

Location:
Ihnestr.21/104 CIP-Pool (Ihnestr. 21)

Wed, 2015-05-13 08:30 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Marta Kozlowska

Location:
Ihnestr.21/104 CIP-Pool (Ihnestr. 21)

Wed, 2015-05-20 08:30 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Marta Kozlowska

Location:
Ihnestr.21/104 CIP-Pool (Ihnestr. 21)

Wed, 2015-05-27 08:30 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Marta Kozlowska

Location:
Ihnestr.21/104 CIP-Pool (Ihnestr. 21)

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