TY - BOOK AU - Muijs,Daniel TI - Doing quantitative research in education with SPSS / SN - 9781849203234 (hbk.) U1 - 370.72 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Los Angeles : PB - Sage Publications, KW - SPSS (Computer file) KW - Education KW - Research KW - Statistical methods KW - Methodology KW - Statistical methods KW - Data processing KW - Educational statistics KW - Methodology N1 - Previous ed.: 2004; Includes bibliographical references (p. 241) and index; Introduction to quantitative research --; Experimental and quasi-e xperimental research --; Designing non-experimental studies --; Val idity, reliability and generalisability --; Introduction to PASW stat istics (IBM SPSS) and the data set --; Univariate statistics --; Bi variate analysis: comparing two groups --; Bivariate analysis: lookin g at the relationship between two variables --; Multivariate analysis : using multiple linear regression models to look at the relationship b etween several predictors and one dependent variable --; Using analys is of variance to compare more than two groups --; Developing scales and measures: item and factor analysis --; One step beyond: introduct ion to multilevel modelling and structural equation modelling ER -