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Introduction to Data Management Statistical Associates Blue Book Series 48 eBook Jonathon Cooper

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DATA MANAGEMENT
A brief graduate-level introduction to data management with Excel, SPSS, Stata, and SAS

This new edition features sections on ...

* Data types in Excel, SPSS, Stata, and SAS
* Working with variables
* Transforming variables
* Selecting observations
* Changing the structure of data
* Merging and appending data
* Worked examples, full code & syntax for each package, bibliography
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Below is the unformatted table of contents.
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INTRODUCTION TO DATA MANAGEMENT
Introduction5
About the Datasets7
For SPSS7
For Stata7
For SAS7
For Excel7
Basic "Rules" of Data Management8
Overview8
Finding "Clerical Errors" - and Correcting Them10
SPSS15
Overview15
Data types in SPSS16
Working with Variables17
Transforming Variables22
Selecting Observations26
Changing the Structure of Your Data in SPSS28
Merging and appending36
Stata39
Overview39
Data types in Stata42
Working with Variables49
Transforming Variables60
Selecting Observations62
Changing the Structure of Your Data in Stata64
Merging and appending data72
SAS77
Overview77
Working with Variables79
Using the do command85
Transforming Variables91
Selecting Observations95
Changing the Structure of Your Data in SAS98
Merging and appending data106
Excel111
Freezing Panes111
Sorting Columns114
Cut/Copy-and-Paste options115
Working with Cell Values116
Working with Formulas118
The Data Analysis Tool125
Overview125
Descriptive statistics127
Histograms129
More on installing the Analysis tool131
Graphs132
Concluding remarks136
Basic rules - redux136
There's more136
Other statistical software137
Acknowledgments138
Bibliography139
Pagecount 141