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

Jeremy J Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0761969268 | ISBN-13: 978-0761969266

A new edition of this best-selling introductory book to cover 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

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

Editorial Reviews

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`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 )

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd (February 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761969268
• ISBN-13: 978-0761969266
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,327,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows, December 28, 2001

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Denis, (Louisville, Ky. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows Versions 8 - 10: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

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.