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Handbook of Univariate and Multivariate Data Analysis and Interpretation with SPSS

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I will definitely keep this book handy as I begin doing my own research. It is now my "desert island" stats book. I saw some of the content on Google books and suspected it would be helpful, and it was. (You can look it up for yourself to see if it's what you need, which is the beauty of that system.)

If you have had graduate statistics courses, this book will make it all clear to you. If you have not had them, you will likely still find it quite useful for research. It is aimed at researchers at or beyond the grad level.

Dr. Ho's approach is exceedingly practical (it is definitely a handbook) and social-science focused. He begins with "easy" operations and with each chapter progresses to more complex ones, in a very logical fashion.

Each chapter also progresses in a logical way: he includes a research question, an example of a study asking that type of question, what statistical operation to use for that question, and then shows the reader click-by-click how to use SPSS to answer that question.

He also shows what part of the output to take as your answer, what it means, and (by example) shows how to report it in your text, which is probably my favorite aspect of this book.

The test selection grid on page 9 may be useful if you are not sure what statistical test to use for your data. Another useful aspect is that Dr. Ho clearly shows what requirements and assumptions should be observed before using a specific test.

There is no need to read the entire book to get to the part you need to do, unless you want to. You can open, say, the chapter on Factorial Analysis of Variance and start analyzing right there.

Even though this text was not yet published when I began my dissertation, I'm glad that I ended up getting it during my revision process. It helped me with a number of questions that my stats professors and committee members sort of danced around or gave me only theoretical answers for.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Dr. Ho!

I am so happy purchased this book. Finally, I have this book.The handbook really assist me to analyse my multivariate data. Really guide me how write good finding report. Every PhD student should have this book. Make your data presentable in analytical and critical finding. Easy to understand. The handbook will make you expert in univariate and multivariate data analysis if we always practice the exercises. Interpretation with SPSS really assist me to produce good report. I bring this handbook every where I go...Thank you Dr Ho. I hope one day we will meet...