Doing quantitative research in education with IBM SPSS /
Daniel Muijs.
- Third edition.
- viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to quantitative research -- Experimental and quasi-experimental research -- Designing non-experimental studies -- Validity, reliability and generalizability -- Introduction to IBM SPSS statistics and the data set -- Univariate statistics -- Bivariate analysis: comparing two groups -- Bivariate analysis: looking at the relationship between two variables -- Multivariate analysis: using regression models to look at the relationship between several predictors and one dependent variable -- Using analysis of variance to compare more than two groups -- Developing scales and measures; item and factor analysis -- One step beyond: introduction to multilevel modelling and structural equation modelling.
"This essential guide for education students and researchers explains how to use quantitative methods for analysing educational data using IBM SPSS statistics. By using datasets from real-life educational research, it demonstrates key statistical techniques that you will need to know, explaining how each procedure can be run on IBM SPSS statistics. Datasets discussed in the book are downloadable, allowing you to hone your skills as you read. In this third edition, explanations have been updated with figures and screenshots from SPSS version 28, alongside a range of new research examples and updated further reading"-- Back cover.