This book is designed to teach beginners how to use SPSS for Windows, the most widely used computer package for analysing quantitative data. Written in a clear, readable and non-technical style the author explains the basics of SPSS including the input of data, data manipulation, descriptive analyses and inferential techniques, including;

- creating using and merging data files

- creating and printing graphs and charts

- parametric tests including t-tests, ANOVA, GLM

- correlation, regression and factor analysis

- non parametric tests and chi square

reliability

- obtaining neat print outs and tables

- includes a CD-Rom containing example data files, syntax files, output files and Excel spreadsheets.

Recensione:

`Our favourite page is the Figure 2.3: "Deciding which statistical test to use". It's a full-page flow diagram indicating what statistical method should be recommended for which type of research situation...and it's fun' - Bulletin de Me[ac]thodologie Sociologique

`In a marketplace full of books about computer-aided data analysis [the book] stands out as an excellent example of the genre. It is concise, but covers all of the essentials that are needed to use SPSS versions 8 to 10 effectively' - Journal of Biosocial Science

". . . invaluable to everybody who needs to learn to use SPSS effectively in his research."

(O. Kukush)

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