LibGuides: EDR-8202 v6: Module 1 Resources

Module 1 Required Resources

Textbooks

Using Statistics in the Social and Health Sciences with SPSS and Excel
Abbott, M. (2017). Using statistics in the social health sciences with SPSS and Excel. Wiley & Sons.

This is the first main text reading for this week. These chapters (Ch. 1-3) discuss the basic measurement terminology and concepts needed for statistical analyses. Moreover, it discusses the different types of characteristics of variables and descriptive statistics.

IBM SPSS Essentials: Managing and Analyzing Social Sciences Data
Kulas, J., Roji, R., & Smith, A. (2021). IBM SPSS essentials: Managing and analyzing Social Sciences data. John Wiley & Sons Inc.

This is the second main text reading for this week. Chapters 1-4 go over basic issues with SPSS (downloading, data files, data entry, data fields, etc.).

Other Resources

ConfidenceScores.sav
You will use this data file as part of this week’s assignment. The data in this file are the same data presented in Table 1 within the assignment instructions.

Access and Download IBM SPSS Statistics
Graduate Studies Support Center. (2024). SPSS access instructions. National University.

The Graduate Studies Support Center has many great resources for various software including SPSS. Under the header “University Provided Software,” if you click on the link for “SPSS” it will take you to a page of SPSS resources such as SPSS Access Instructions. As part of your registration for this course, NCU provides access to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Take time to ensure your access to SPSS so that you can troubleshoot problems now. If you have difficulty accessing SPSS, contact the NU IT help desk (helpdesk@nu.edu).
APA Formatting Guide for Statistics
American Psychological Association. (2022). American Psychological Association Style (7th ed.) numbers and statistics guide. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

This resource gives a summary of how to format statistics in APA 7th edition formatting
Presenting Statistics in Text
Academic Success Center (ASC). (2024). Presenting statistics in text. Northcentral University.

This page from the ASC offers support on how to use appropriately the different elements of statistics within text for reports, papers, assignments, etc.
Setting Up Data
Laerd Statistics (2020). Make your analyses easier by setting up your data properly. Lund Research Ltd.

This website offers several suggestions for how to set up data correctly.
Missing Data
Cheema, J. R. (2014). A review of missing data handling methods in education research. Review of Educational Research, 84(4), 487–508. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654314532697

This article discusses how results can be drastically affected depending on how you deal with missing data.
Missing Data
Cox, B. (2014). Working with missing data in higher education research: A primer and real-world example. The Review of Higher Education, 37(3), 377-402.
Missing Data
U.S. Department of Veterans offers. (2021). Dealing with missing data.

This website offers several suggestions for how to set up data correctly.
Fraudulent and Misleading Data
Bradford, L. (2018). Fraudulent and misleading data. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 707-708). SAGE.

This reading discusses the concepts of reporting fraudulent and misleading statistics with the intention of misguiding the reader. Unfortunately, when this behavior happens, the researcher will face serious professional consequences.
Descriptive Statistics
Coleman, J. S. (2018). Descriptive statistics. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (p. 489). SAGE.

Descriptive statistics are used to describe, organize, and summarize the variables in a dataset. These statistics should be part of every data analysis, and the selection of the appropriate descriptive statistic depends on the level of measurement of the variable.
Entering Data in IBM SPSS
Meyers, L. S., Gamst, G. C., & Guarino, A. J. (2013). Importing data from Excel to IBM SPSS. In Performing data analysis using IBM SPSS (pp. 15-18). Wiley & Sons.

This reading discusses and explains the steps to import data from Excel into SPSS.
Levels of Measurement
Coleman, J. S. (2018). Levels of measurement. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (p. 969). SAGE.

The way things are measured is very critical in statistics. Each method has different qualities and characteristics. The type of statistical analysis chosen depends on these characteristics.
Parameters
Mitra, A. (2012). Parameters. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of research design (pp. 998-999). SAGE.

In these pages, you will find the definition of a parameter. It is important for you to understand the difference between a parameter and a statistic. The parameter is a characteristic of the population, while a statistic is a characteristic of a sample.
Sample
Huck, S. W., Beavers, A. S., & Esquivel, S. (2012). Sample. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of research design (pp. 1295-1299). SAGE.

This chapter discusses the characteristics of the samples. It defines what a sample is and the use of samples in research to make inferences about a population.
SPSS
Gordon, M., & Courtney, R. (2018). SPSS. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 1577-1583). SAGE.

This resource introduces the basic commands available in SPSS. It presents the description of the different windows found in the software, as well as instructions to conduct basic analyses.