Essential First Steps to Data Analysis
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- ISBN 9781412997515
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 187 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 05 Feb 2013
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Carol S. Parke′s Essential First Steps to Data Analysis: Scenario-Based Examples Using SPSS provides instruction and guidance on preparing quantitative data sets prior to answering a study′s research questions. Such preparation may involve data management and manipulation tasks, data organization, structural changes to the data files, or conducting preliminary analysis. Twelve research-based scenarios are used to present the content. Each scenario tells the "story" of a researcher who thoroughly examined their data and the decisions they made along the way. The scenario begins with a description of the researcher′s study and his/her data file(s), then describes the issues the researcher must address, explains why they are important, shows how SPSS was used to address the issues and prepare data, and shares the researcher′s reflections and any additional decision-making. Finally, each scenario ends with the researcher′s written summary of the procedures and outcomes from the initial data preparation or analysis.
Carol S. Parke, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership at Duquesne University, teaching statistics, research, and measurement courses in masters and doctoral programs in the School of Education. She has a Ph.D. in Research Methodology and an M.A. in Mathematics/Statistics from the University of Pittsburgh as well as a B.S. in Secondary Mathematics Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Parke’s 20 years of research ranges from the design and analysis of large-scale, long-term state and national assessment projects to working intimately with teachers in the classroom to show them how to collect and use data to make decisions and real-time, real-world improvement. Her work has appeared in research and practitioner journals in measurement, assessment, mathematics education, and statistics and includes “Using Assessment to Improve Middle-Grades Mathematics Teaching and Learning,” a book for teachers on using performance assessment in mathematics classrooms.
