Part I. Preparing for Data Analysis -- 2. The Logic of Measurement -- 3. Description of Data Sets: The General Social Survey -- Part II. Univariate Analysis -- 4. Using SPSS: Some Basics -- 5. Describing Your Data: Religiosity -- 6. Presenting Your Data in Graphic Form: Political Orientations -- 7. Recoding Your Data: Religiosity and Political Orientations -- 8. Creating Composite Measures: Exploring Attitudes Toward Abortion in More Depth -- 9. Suggestions for Further Analysis -- Part III. Bivariate Analysis -- 10. Examining the Sources of Religiosity -- 11. Political Orientations as Cause and Effect -- 12. What Causes Different Attitudes Toward Abortion? --13. Measures of Association -- 14. Tests of Significance -- 15. Suggestions for Further Bivariate Analyses --
Part IV. Multivariate Analysis -- 16. Multiple Causation: Examining Religiosity in Greater Depth -- 17. Dissecting the Political Factor -- 18. A Powerful Prediction of Attitudes Toward Abortion -- 19. Suggestions for Further Multivariate Analyses -- Part V. The Adventure Continues -- 20. Designing and Executing Your Own Survey -- 21. Further Opportunities for Social Research -- Appendix A. The Codebook -- Appendix B. Answers to Selected SPSS Lab Exercises
