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Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics

By : Ken Stehlik-Barry, Anthony Babinec
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Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics

By: Ken Stehlik-Barry, Anthony Babinec

Overview of this book

SPSS Statistics is a software package used for logical batched and non-batched statistical analysis. Analytical tools such as SPSS can readily provide even a novice user with an overwhelming amount of information and a broad range of options for analyzing patterns in the data. The journey starts with installing and configuring SPSS Statistics for first use and exploring the data to understand its potential (as well as its limitations). Use the right statistical analysis technique such as regression, classification and more, and analyze your data in the best possible manner. Work with graphs and charts to visualize your findings. With this information in hand, the discovery of patterns within the data can be undertaken. Finally, the high level objective of developing predictive models that can be applied to other situations will be addressed. By the end of this book, you will have a firm understanding of the various statistical analysis techniques offered by SPSS Statistics, and be able to master its use for data analysis with ease.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
4
Dealing with Missing Data and Outliers
10
Crosstabulation Patterns for Categorical Data

Example data

The data analyzed in this chapter is the Wine dataset found in the UC-Irvine Machine Learning repository. The data is the result of a chemical analysis of wines grown in the same region in Italy but derived from three different cultivars. The analysis determined the quantities of 13 chemical components found in each of the three types of wine. There are 59, 71, and 48 instances respectively in the three classes. The class codes are 1, 2, and 3.

The attributes are as follows:

  • Alcohol
  • Malic acid
  • Ash
  • Alcalinity of ash
  • Magnesium
  • Total phenols
  • Flavanoids
  • Nonflavanoid phenols
  • Proanthocyanins
  • Color intensity
  • Hue
  • OD280/OD315 of diluted wines
  • Proline

In the context of classification, the task is to use the 13 attributes to classify each observation into one of the three wine types. Note that all 13 attributes are numeric.