Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows Versions 8 - 10: A Beginner's Guide

By Jeremy Foster

The new edition of this best-selling introductory book covers the latest SPSS versions 8.0-10.0. 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 ? a CD-Rom containing example data files, syntax files, output files and Excel spreadsheets Also included are detailed worked examples - with SPSS output and screen shots, along with diagrams and a useful decision chart to select the appropriate statistical test. The differences between versions 8.0-10.0 are also listed to help those upgrading to the latest version.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761969276
• ISBN13: 9780761969273
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows

If you haven't used statistics since college or graduate school and if you are unfamiliar with SPSS but want an excellent introduction to SPSS, this is a must have book. It is truly a beginners book for SPSS for windows. This is not a book that explains statistical concepts, it is a book about SPSS and how to use it in the real world. For those of us that don't like thick books this is a thin volume, only about 220 pages. But Foster crams a lot of useful, practical information into his thin volumn. Get it and you won't regret it.