金石堂This Third Edition uses updated General Social Survey (GSS) data sets, includes analysis of additional cross-national data, and offers a robust SPSS primer in an appendix. The book is packaged with the latest version of SPSS software available and includes data sets on the book's product page on the SAGE website.
Key Features
- Stresses active and collaborative learning as students engage in a series of investigative explorations of social issues
- Shows students how analyzing data from the General Social Survey, a major national research program, can help them better understand compelling social issues
- Teaches students how to use SPSS as they analyze GSS data on a random sample of the population
- Guides students step-by-step through exercises that have been designed for those with no background in SPSS
- Includes research reports that follow a standardized fill-in-the-blank format for analyzing and presenting results, but with space left for students to summarize their results in their own words
Exploring Social Issues: Using SPSS for Windows, Third Edition is intended for use in undergraduate Introductory Sociology courses and may be used in conjunction with most of the standard textbooks in the field.
Order the SPSS Student Version of this book so your students can practice SPSS from the convenience of their laptops rather than in a computer lab.
Data sets available online! These data sets, available at left under 'Sample Materials and Chapters,' provide historical depth and analyze trends over time by comparing 2006 results and patterns with data from the 1972 General Social Survey.
