Description
| Product ID: | 9781071817001 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Moving from IBM® SPSS® to R and RStudio® |
| Subtitle: | A Statistics Companion |
| Authors: | Author: Howard T. Tokunaga |
| Page Count: | 312 |
| Subjects: | Study and learning skills: general, Study & learning skills: general |
| Description: | The concise and easy-to-read guide for users who want to learn how to perform the same statistical calculations in R as in SPSS. Are you a researcher or instructor who has been wanting to learn R and RStudio®, but you don''t know where to begin? Do you want to be able to perform all the same functions you use in IBM® SPSS® in R? Is your license to IBM® SPSS® expiring, or are you looking to provide your students guidance to a freely-available statistical software program? Moving from IBM® SPSS® to R and RStudio®: A Statistics Companion is a concise and easy-to-read guide for users who want to know learn how to perform statistical calculations in R. Brief chapters start with a step-by-step introduction to R and RStudio, offering basic installation information and a summary of the differences. Subsequent chapters walk through differences between SPSS and R, in terms of data files, concepts, and structure. Detailed examples provide walk-throughs for different types of data conversions and transformations and their equivalent in R. Helpful and comprehensive appendices provide tables of each statistical transformation in R with its equivalent in SPSS and show what, if any, differences in assumptions factor to into each function. Statistical tests from t-tests to ANOVA through three-factor ANOVA and multiple regression and chi-square are covered in detail, showing each step in the process for both programs. By focusing just on R and eschewing detailed conversations about statistics, this brief guide gives adept SPSS® users just the information they need to transition their data analyses from SPSS to R. |
| Imprint Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-06-15 |
