TY - BOOK AU - Abu-Bader,Soleman H. AU - Abu-Bader,Soleman H. TI - Using statistical methods in social science research: with a complete SPSS guide SN - 9781935871026 AV - HV29 .A28 2011 U1 - 005.5/5 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Chicago, Ill. PB - Lyceum Books KW - SPSS (Computer file) KW - Social service KW - Statistical methods N1 - Previously published under title: Using statistical methods in social work practice; Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-370) and index; Overview of methodological terms -- Creating SPSS data files -- Data organization and summary -- Descriptive statistics : measures of central tendency, variability, and percentiles -- Normality of distributions, data transformations, and standard scores -- Hypothesis testing and selecting a statistical test -- Bivariate correlation : pearson product-moment correlation coefficient -- Independent T-tests : one-sample case and two-sample case t-tests of the mean -- Dependent T-test : two-paired observation -- K group means one-way analysis of variance and covariance -- Chi-square goodness-of-fit test and test of association -- Multiple regression analysis ER -