Kenneth Stehlik-Barry - Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics

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First published: September 2017

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Kenneth Stehlik-Barry, PhD, joined SPSS as Manager of Training in 1980 after using SPSS for his own research for several years. Working with others at SPSS, including Anthony Babinec, he developed a series of courses related to the use of SPSS and taught these courses to numerous SPSS users. He also managed the technical support and statistics groups at SPSS. Along with Norman Nie, the founder of SPSS and Jane Junn, a political scientist, he co-authored Education and Democratic Citizenship. Dr. Stehlik-Barry has used SPSS extensively to analyze data from SPSS and IBM customers to discover valuable patterns that can be used to address pertinent business issues. He received his PhD in Political Science from Northwestern University and currently teaches in the Masters of Science in Predictive Analytics program there.

Anthony J. Babinec joined SPSS as a statistician in 1978 after assisting Norman Nie, SPSS founder, in a research methods class at the University of Chicago. Anthony developed SPSS courses and trained many SPSS users. He also wrote many examples found in SPSS documentation and worked in technical support. Anthony led a business development effort to find products implementing then-emerging new technologies such as CHAID decision trees and neural networks and helped SPSS customers successfully apply them. Anthony uses SPSS in consulting engagements and teaches IBM customers how to use its advanced features. He received his BA and MA in sociology with a specialization in advanced statistics from the University of Chicago and teaches classes at the Institute for Statistics Education. He is on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association, where he has served in different positions including President.

A book such as this is always a collaboration that extends beyond the authors. We owe a depth of gratitude to many and we would like to begin by thanking our family members, Janis, Cassiopeia, Leila, and Thea Stehlik-Barry, Tony's wife Terri M. Long, and their children Gina and Anthony. Authoring a book inevitably takes time away from family and the patience of our spouses and children is much appreciated. We would also like to thank our late parents, Leo and Patricia Barry and Anthony and Dorothy Babinec. They fostered our love of learning and supported our scholastic pursuits during our youth.

We would also like to acknowledge the late Norman Nie, a founder of SPSS and highly regarded social scientist. Norman was an empirical researcher and SPSS was his tool as well as his creation. His use of SPSS for his own analysis led to many valuable additions to the software. Ken coauthored Education and Democratic Citizenship with Norman and Jane Junn. Tony was a teaching assistant and research assistant with Norman at the University of Chicago. Norman was a colleague, mentor, and a valued friend and is greatly missed.

The team at Packt was enormously helpful in bringing this book to fruition. Tejas Limkar, our most frequent contact person, brought enthusiasm and encouragement to the project and kept things on track. Tushar Gupta was instrumental in launching the book initially, and Dharmendra Yadav drove the final push to get it completed. We also thank those at Packt that worked behind the scenes to deal with the graphics, editing, proofing and productions tasks.

Finally, we would like thank Colin Shearer, our IBM/SPSS colleague who put us in touch with Tushar at Packt initially and our two reviewers, James Mott and James Sugrue. They are long term colleagues of the authors and have a very deep knowledge of SPSS Statistics. Their feedback helped to make this a better book. We also thank our many colleagues at SPSS Inc., who collectively over the years built SPSS Statistics into the great product it has become.

Kenneth Stehlik-Barry

Anthony J. Babinec

James Mott, Ph.D, is a senior education consultant with extensive experience in teaching statistical analysis, modeling, Data Mining and Predictive Analytics. He has over 30 years of experience using SPSS products in his own research including IBM SPSS Statistics, IBM SPSS Modeler, and IBM SPSS Amos. He has also been actively teaching these products to IBM/SPSS customers for over 30 years. In addition, he is an experienced historian with expertise in the research and teaching of 20th Century United States Political history and
Quantitative Methods.

Specialties: Data Mining, Quantitative Methods, Statistical Analysis, Teaching and
Consulting.

James Sugrue has been selling and supporting SPSS Statistics since 1982. He is currently the president of Channel Group Inc. Channel Group Inc. began in 1996 as the holding company for the SPSS Inc. operations in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Mexico. In 1998, they acquired the Quantime Inc. (Quantum, Quanvert, and so on) operations in Latin America. They later became the regional overlay team for the SPSS Market Research product line (Dimensions, Data Collection) for all of Latin America and the Caribbean.