Statistics

An SPSS Companion

to Political Analysis

An SPSS Companion

to Political Analysis

Fourth Edition

Philip H. Pollock III

University of Central Florida

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Credits: Datasets on the CD: GSS2008, GSS2008A_student, and GSS2008B_student: selected variables obtained from

General Social Surveys, 1972-2008 Cumulative Data File. James A. Davis, Tom W. Smith, and Peter V. Marsden. General

Social Surveys, 1972-2008 [Cumulative File] [Computer file]. ICPSR25962-v2. Chicago: Storrs, CT: Roper Center for

Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and

Social Research [distributors], 2010-02-08. doi:10.3886/ICPSR25962. NES2008, NES2008A_student, and NES2008B_

student: selected variables obtained from the American National Election Studies (ANES; www.electionstudies.org).

The ANES 2008 Time Series Study [dataset]. Stanford University and the University of Michigan [producers]. These

materials are based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants SES-0535334, SES-0720428,

SES-0840550, and SES-0651271, Stanford University, and the University of Michigan. World: all variables obtained from

Pippa Norris, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, www.pippanorris.com, Democracy

Crossnational Data, Release 3.0 Spring 2009, http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~pnorris/Data/Data.htm. States: selected

variables obtained from Gerald C. Wright,...