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General Social Survey (GSS)

guide to accessing and using the General Social Survey data and related data and literature

Using GSS and SPSS

Learn to access, download, and transfer data in SPSS using data from the General Social Survey (2018) by Julie Scott Jones
This dataset is designed for learning how to access, download, and transfer data. The datasets used are the 2018 General Social Survey. The dataset files are accompanied by a Student Guide and a How-to Guide for IBM® SPSS®.
Learn to clean and prepare categorical data prior to descriptive analysis using data from the General Social Survey (2018) by Julie Scott Jones
Learn to clean and prepare scale data prior to descriptive analysis using data from the General Social Survey (2018) by Julie Scott Jones
Learn to identify and remove unwanted data in SPSS using data from the General Social Survey (2018) by ulie Scott Jones.
Learn about weighting data in SPSS with data from the General Social Survey (2016) by Feng Shi
Learn to Clean and Prepare Categorical Data Prior to a Regression Analysis in SPSS Using Data From the Health Survey for England (2011) (Teaching Dataset) by Julie Scott Jones

Library Search link to books on learning about and using the GSS

Learning and terminology resources from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICSPR)

How to Read a Journal Article (pdf) - Tips and tricks to make reading and understanding social science journal articles easier.
A Guide to Interpreting SPSS Output (pdf) - How to interpret frequency distributions, crosstabulations, comparison of means tests, correlations, and OLS regressions done in SPSS.
Glossary of Social Science Terms
Index of Frequently Used Acronyms
Social Sciences Research and Instructional Glossary