Re: SPSS Macros

[Clive Downs]

Hi

I have found the following books very useful to learn syntax and also to
keep by my side for reference:

1. Einspruch, E. (2004) Next steps with SPSS. Sage. [ quite useful, but
rather too much on Pivot tables].

2. SPSS-X™ Users Guide. (1988). 3rd. ed. [available second hand cheap ].
[useful as a syntax reference guide, rather than printing out SPSS on-line
syntax reference, also handy for explanation of functions such as SURVIVAL
that are not covered in other texts on syntax.]

3. Boslaugh, S. (2005). An intermediate guide to SPSS programming: Using
syntax for Data Management. Sage. [ very useful for basic Syntax functions].

HTH

Regards

Clive

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[Ata Ghaderi]

Dear SPSS-list members

Thank you all for sharing your knowledge. This list is wonderful!
I would like to know if anybody has a suggestion for how best the
partial eta squared can be interpreted, in terms of small, medium and
large effects, maybe parallel to how the eta squared is suggested to
be understood (Cohen's guideline: 0.01 small, 0.059 medium, and 0.135
large).
I am aware of the fact that they are calculated differently (taking
different parts of the variance into account), and that the
guidelines are not very helpful, but we constantly are asked by our
students if we can provide a simple way of interpreting the output of
the SPSS which comes in partial eta squared in analysis of variance.

All the best,
Ata Ghaderi

PS. It would be good to know if anybody has some inside information
on why SPSS folks have chosen to use partial eta instead of eta. For
one thing that they are identical in one-way ANOVA (between
subjects), but with more IVs, the partial etas may at times add up to
more than 100% of the variance. I have heard that David Howell is an
advisor for SPSS: he sure can come up with an excellent answer, if
it's true, but I don't think he is a listmember;)

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[Zhang, Jing]

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[Hector Maletta]

Look below your message and you will find your way.
Hector

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