An Introductory Guide to SPSS for Windows

Do you need to conduct data analysis with SPSS but are unfamiliar with the software? This book will help you become a proficient SPSS (Version 7.5 for Windows 95) user by teaching you the fundamentals. The book covers the following critical basic skills: how to create data sets by defining and coding data, using a codebook and entering data; how to run SPSS and work with different SPSS files; how to manipulate data by recoding values, computing values, and selecting subsets of cases to include in an analysis; how to manage data files by reading data that have been entered using other software; how to append and merge files; how to analyze data using SPSS pull-down menus; and how to analyze data using programs written in SPSS syntax.

Politics & Social Sciences

Einspruch, Eric L.

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

A Dictionary of Public Health Promotion and Education: Terms and Concepts

This user-friendly dictionary provides definitions of a wide range of terms and concepts used by health professionals in the field of health promotion and health education. The terms reflect the process of health promotion and education in four settings: community; workplace; primary care; and schools. The dictionary also covers key terms from related public health disciplines such as epidemiology, health administration, biostatistics, environmental health and the behavioural sciences.

Medical Books

Modeste, Naomi N.

Administration & Medicine Economics

Sentencing of repeat criminal offenders is the subject of continuous public debate. This volume explores the issues relating to the ′Three Strikes and You′re Out′ legislation in the United States. Contributions include topics such as: local and national variations of habitual offenders, career criminals and recidivist statutes; the impact of `three strikes′ on the police and the courts; street gangs, juveniles and female offenders; media issues; and white-collar crime. Historical, legal, economic and social issues are thoroughly covered and the conclusion offers directions for future research.

Three Strikes and You′re Out: Vengeance as Social Policy

This challenging volume reflects the breadth of the debate over the existence of poverty in the United States and what can be done to eradicate it. With contributions from 21 distinguished social scientists and policy analysts, the book represents the diversity of ideas on how to effectively reduce the social ills of poverty, welfare dependency and the `underclass′. Four areas of focus in anti-poverty efforts are examined in depth: education, community empowerment, job training and social intervention.

Reducing Poverty in America: Views and Approaches

Business & Money

Economics

Nursing Praxis: Knowledge and Action

With the evolution of nursing knowledge and theory, relationships between ideas and actions often become blurred and difficult to articulate. In this ground-breaking volume, the contributors present some of the ways in which nursing scholars are confronting this problem by reflecting upon the nature of nursing knowledge and the application of theory in practice. The book is divided into three sections that address: the nature of knowledge in clinical practice; the application of theoretical knowledge; and the creation of new forms and avenues of inquiry.

Nursing

The testimony of expert witnesses to inform courtroom decisions is critical if intelligent and just verdicts are to be reached. Few judges, jurors or lay witnesses possess the necessary knowledge to adequately understand the complexities of human behaviour as they relate to acts of interpersonal violence. While lay witnesses can testify to actual incidents or observations, it is the expert witness who can provide forensic significance to such evidence.  This volume clearly defines the need for and role of expert witnesses in litigation. The author demystifies the process, and provides practical guidance on preparing and presenting expert testimony. In so doing, he will assist courts to more accurately assess and weigh eviden

Preparing and Presenting Expert Testimony in Child Abuse Litigation: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and Attorneys (Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series)

Self-Help

Stern, Paul

Relationships

The testimony of expert witnesses to inform courtroom decisions is critical if intelligent and just verdicts are to be reached. Few judges, jurors or lay witnesses possess the necessary knowledge to adequately understand the complexities of human behaviour as they relate to acts of interpersonal violence. While lay witnesses can testify to actual incidents or observations, it is the expert witness who can provide forensic significance to such evidence. This volume clearly defines the need for and role of expert witnesses in litigation. The author demystifies the process, and provides practical guidance on preparing and presenting expert testimony. In so doing, he will assist courts to more accurately assess and weigh eviden

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An Introductory Guide to SPSS for Windows

An Introductory Guide to SPSS for Windows

A Dictionary of Public Health Promotion and Education: Terms and Concepts

A Dictionary of Public Health Promotion and Education: Terms and Concepts

Three Strikes and You′re Out: Vengeance as Social Policy

Reducing Poverty in America: Views and Approaches

Nursing Praxis: Knowledge and Action

Nursing Praxis: Knowledge and Action

Preparing and Presenting Expert Testimony in Child Abuse Litigation: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and Attorneys (Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series)

Preparing and Presenting Expert Testimony in Child Abuse Litigation: A Guide for Expert Witnesses and Attorneys (Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series)