Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science: The POWERMUTT* Project (for use with SPSS) *Politically-Oriented Web-Enhanced Research Methods for Undergraduates — Topics & Tools Resources for introductory research methods courses in political science and related disciplines Getting Started Topics Tools Codebooks Downloads Other Resources Home Site Map Introduction Note to Instructors Course Syllabus Using POWERMUTT (MS Word) Author's Home Page Political Science As a Social Science Research Design Levels of Measurement Displaying Categorical Data Varieties of Data More About Measurement Contingency Table Analysis Control Variables Discriptive Statistics Standard Scores and the Normal Distribution Comparing Means Regression and Correlation Logitudinal Analysis of Survey Data Getting Started Data: Weight Cases Data: Select Cases Data: Sort Cases Transform: Recode Transform: Compute Analyze: Frequencies Analyze: Descriptives Analyze: Explore Analyze: Crosstabs Analyze: Reliability Analysis Analyze: T-tests Analyze: Compare Means Analyze: Correlate Analyze: Regression Graphs: Chart Editor Graphs: Pie/Bar Chart Graphs: Histogram Graphs: Boxplot Graphs: Line Chart Graphs: scatterplot American National Election Study 2004 Subset American National Election Study 2008 Subset American National Election Study 2000-2004 Panel Study Subset General Social Survey Cumulative (1972-2010) Subset U.S. Senate U.S. States Countries Data and Topic Downloads SSRIC Links to Other Instructional Sites

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DATA DOWNLOADS

The following datasets are currently available as SPSS system files:

• American National Election Study 2008 Subset (anes08s.sav) 
  American National Election Study 2004 Subset (anes04s.sav) 
• American National Election Study 2000-2002-2004 Panel Study Subset (anespnl.sav)       
• General Social Survey 1972-2010 Subset (gsscums.sav)
• U.S. Senate (senate.sav) 
• U.S. States (states.sav)  
• Countries (countries.sav) 

To download one of these files in Internet Explorer, click on the file name above, or go to http://www.csupomona.edu/~jlkorey/POWERMUTT/Data/, right-click on the file you wish to download, and select "Save Target As...."

If SPSS is loaded on your computer, you may be able to access one of these files directly by opening it.  If not, save it to one of the drives on your computer.

TOPIC DOWNLOADS

The topics in POWERMUTT are also available for download as Rich Text Format (RTF) files, as is a "Table of Contents" (toc.html), the "Introduction," and "Getting Started with SPSS." 

To download one of these files in Internet Explorer, go to http://www.csupomona.edu/~jlkorey/POWERMUTT/RTF/, right-click on the file you wish to download,

Last updated April 30, 2013 .
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