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Journeys in Survey Research Welcome ​​Important notice About the author John F Hall: Career profile John F Hall: Extra-curricular professional and political activities About this site What people have said about this site Latest additions and modifications How to use this site Site guide + Search box Dedications Acknowledgments Unsung heroes in support services My personal pantheon (of the great and the good in survey research) Mark AbramsAbrams publications An interview with Mark Abrams (transcripts) An interview with Mark Abrams (audio files) Mark Abrams Prize Angus CampbellSRU garden reception for Angus Campbell Cathie Marsh Tony Coxon Roger Jowell James A Davis Norman Nie Recent and planned activities Textbooks for Research Methods and Data Analysis Textbooks: SPSSHighly recommended SPSS textbooksMcInnes (2017)MacInnes, Chapter 4:​ Getting Started with SPSS MacInnes, Chapter 5 Dealing with Data Documentation MacInness 2017 (Web links) Marsh and Elliott (2008) Sweet and Grace-Martin 2012 Babbie, Halley, Wagner and Zaino 2013 Babbie, Wagner and Zaino 2019 Julie Pallant, SPSS Survival Manual Andy Field Boslaugh 2005 McCormick & Salcedo (2015) McCormick & Salcedo (2017) SPSS textbooks worth a lookHy (1977) On-line SPSS textbooks Textbooks requested or awaiting review Textbooks: Statistics for Social Researchde Vries 2018 Bergin (2018) Textbooks: Survey MethodsCrouch & Housden (2003) Andres (2012) Blair, Czala and Blair (2014) de Vaus (2014) Hoinville, Jowell et al (1977) Marsden & Wright [Eds] (2010)Contributors to Handbook of Survey Research Marsh (1982) Moser & Kalton (1971) Oppenheim (1992) Pallant 2016 Textbooks: Data curation and sharingCorti et el (2014) 1: Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS) What is SPSS? SPSS Without TearsMy first time: in at the SPSS deep end (1972) Introduction to Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS)IBM® SPSS® Statistics (Overview) Note on SPSS tutorials on this site Background to current projectAuthor’s note SPSS versions used Stata and SPSS Summary guide to SPSS tutorialsBlock 1: From questionnaire to SPSS saved file Block 2: Analysing one variable2.1: Nominal and ordinal variables 2.2: Interval scale variables 2.3: Data transformations Block 3: Analysing two variables (and sometimes three)3.1 Two variables (CROSSTABS) 3.2 Three (or more) variables 3.3 Multiple response (MULT RESPONSE) 3.4 Conditional data transformations (IF and DO IF) 3.5 Derived variables (COUNT and COMPUTE)3.5.1 Introduction to COUNT and COMPUTE 3.5.2 Teenage Attitudes (Tutorials) Block 4: Hypothesis testing SPSS files and documentation used for tutorials and exercisesData sets used in Survey Analysis WorkshopBritish Social Attitudes Pre-course questionnaire on interests and experience Quality of Life in Britain Useful links for SPSSOn-line SPSS Intros and tutorials SPSS courses 1a: Statistical concepts and methods 1b: Teaching with Survey Data SN 28: Relative Deprivation and Social Justice 1962-63 1c: Developing research projects using survey data 1d: Workshop and presentations for ASSESS (SPSS users in Europe) Old Dog, Old Tricks: Using SPSS syntax to beat the mouse-trap The Beginners’ Guide to Survey Analysis Using SPSS Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: working with alien SPSS files ASSESS 2014 Links to Contents 2: Survey Research Practice SR 502: Survey Research Practice (1976 - 1992) Courses in Survey Methods(United Kingdom) Degrees, diplomas and certificates (USA & Canada) Degrees, diplomas and certificates in survey research Summer schools for survey methods Short courses for survey research Opinion pollsElection poll débâcles Web-based resources for survey researchSurvey Resources Network On-line surveys Question Banks Survey methods guides and tutorials Clips, tips and blogs Useful links for Survey Research 2a: Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training The place of survey research in the social sciences Survey Research and Social Action Academic centres specialising in survey researchUnited Kingdom USA and Canada Europe Professional and Voluntary Associations Survey research organisations Journals for survey research Articles on survey research 2b: Major survey series United Kingdom (Major survey series: academic and other)British Social AttitudesBritish Social Attitudes: ​Exploring the SPSS filesBritish Social Attitudes 1983 onwards: Cumulative SPSS file British Social Attitudes: Making files from different years compatible United Kingdom (Major survey series: government)ONS National Well-being Europe (Major survey series) USA (Major survey series) 3: Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life) Quality of Life: Measurement and methodology Measures of psychological well-being Values and Quality of Life SSRC Survey Unit Quality of Life in Britain surveys 1971-1975Abstracts, data and documentation Publications based on the SSRC Quality of Life in Britain surveysBibliography for Quality of Life in Britain and related surveys Quality of Life of the Elderly in Residential Care Surveys in schools"Trinians" survey Playground to Politics 4: Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (UK) Surveys by SSRC Survey Unit Publications: SSRC Survey Unit Courses, Conferences and Seminars 5a: Polytechnic of North London (1976-1992) 5b: Survey Research Unit (1978-1992) SRU Student publications Training courses in survey methods The place of SRU within PNLDirector’s Working Group on the Survey Research Unit Village life in Normandy Notre Dame de CenillyFête St Clair 2007 Fête St Clair 2010 Fête St Clair 2012 National pedal-car championships La Noslière de Bas War and Peace in N D de CenillyArmistice Day German Occupation (1940 - 1944) D-Day (6th June 1944)D-Day ceremony 9 June 2013 D-Day 70th Anniversary 2014 Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2011) Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2014) Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 7 June 2015) Lancaster bomber crew ​(Memorial ceremony 5 June 2016) Liberation July 1944Field hospital in N D de Cenilly Liberation celebrations (July 2006) Visit of US 2nd Armored Division veterans (2 Sep 2009) Liberation celebrations 2014 Unveiling of new monument (13 June 2015) Re-enactment camp (Gavray, 11 July 2015) Midsummer music Paris trip (post Brexit) Contact Origins of the British Crime Survey British Crime Survey ​ ​Welcome, Bienvenue, Wilkommen, Hola [Latest update: 29 Aug 2022 ] ResearchGate DOI : 10.13140/RG.2.2.28798.61762 ​ ​Please note that there will be no further reviews or entries on this site except for minor amendments to existing SPSS tutorials. ​​[Photo: JFH "chugs" a beer at the Bar/Restaurant La Cale, Blainville-sur-Mer (50) France] Hello everyone. ​I’m John Hall (JFH) previously: Senior Research Fellow Survey Unit , (UK Social Science Research Council, 1970 - 76) Principal Lecturer in Sociology ( Polytechnic of North London 1976-92) . Unit Director , Survey Research Unit (Polytechnic of North London 1978-92). I took early retirement in 1992 and went to live in Lower Normandy (France) in August 1994. In October 2020 I returned to live in UK (Norfolk) but am still actively supporting others wishing to learn about, or become practitioners of, social (survey) research and/or the management and analysis of data from questionnaire surveys using SPSS (now IBM SPSS Statistics ™ .)​ [NB: Here and throughout this site SPSS refers to IBM® SPSS® Statistics software ] Before you start check the Important notice ​​ Your journey begins with Site Guide + Search box , ​This site has three main components: 1: Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS) (Self-teaching course using SPSS for Windows ) 2: Survey Research Practice (Designing and doing surveys) 3: Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life) . . . plus information on the work of: 4: Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (United Kingdom: 1970 - 1976) 5a: Polytechnic of North London (1976-1992) 5b: Survey Research Unit (1978 - 1992) Other sections include introductions to, and commentaries on, the SPSS files and documentation...