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SPSS Survival Manual: A Step By Step Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows (Version 10)

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Everything you wanted to know about SPSS but were afraid to ask (or you asked and they refused to answer, or simply you didn't know who to ask or where to find it).

This book is fantastic. Better than an Idiot's Guide, this book runs you through the statistical side of a research project. It has a no nonsense approach to the statistical tests that you will perform, and makes suggestions as to which tests are appropriate. Additionally, it runs you through various tests to check for normality of data and how to handle outliers.

SPSS should be ashamed that they have no comparable text to this one written by Pallant. I know - I have purchased many SPSS texts in hopes to actually acquire one that deals with the basics. All fail, and Pallant's text rises high above the others in delivering as it promises. It truly is "a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS."

This text should be required for any graduate student before they take on their thesis or doctoral research. It goes far in demystifying the process.

This is one of the best step-by-step survival guides for statistical analysis I have ever used. Although it needs a little more detail on writing up the results of more advanced techniques like multiple regression, instructions are clear and to the point without a lot of extra "words" that just take time to read but do not add anything helpful. I have already pre-ordered 2 copies of the next edition!!!!

I was behind in class, I was not "getting it" and I was desperate! So I bought all the SPSS books I could find. Pallant's book is the one I used. Everything I needed to know and be able to do was clearly explained. The accompanying online database served as an example, showing me how to enter data. This book will not go on my bookshelf; it will remain on my desk through my dissertation and afterwards.

This book is exactly what it claims to be a "survival manual". It contains step by step instructions and clear explanations of how to use SPSS, how to interpret the results, and selecting appropriate tests. This isn't a statistics primer or a text on research design. This is a book for those who haven't had 5 stats courses & years of using SPSS. If you need help using SPSS to evaluate research data -- get this book. A lifesaver!

Coming in to my doctoral dissertation, I had a survey of 600 records and 18,000 data points, and I'd never taken a statistics course in my life. What's more, two of my committee members taught social statistics. When I passed my orals, both complimented me on my statistical analysis and presentation. I can honestly say that while my advisor pointed the way, this book got me there. I included the author--Julie Pallant--in my dissertation acknowledgments. This is THE book for beginners who want to get good in a hurry.

this is a great book that is extremely easy to follow for the most ignorant novice. everything is printed out in pictures and written out clearly so it's also good for those less able on the computers. you'll read the book and wonder why you ever had to belabor extremely long equations that never made any sense or try to learn SAS language only to forget the next day.
This is an excellent source for beginners, but once you quickly learn the basics of manipulating the SPSS program, you may soon be prepared for a more advanced version.
In any regards, this is THE source if you're clueless and looking for somewhere to begin

Good fast, though not very deep, info on how to perform most basic and even many multivariate techniques in SPSS.

Tom Anderson
Anderson Analytics, LLC
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This book is excellent as an assigned complement to course text for statistics courses. It is invaluable not only for navigating SPSS but it is useful for visual learners as a guide to understanding and connecting theory with practice as you move through your coursework.

Fragmented in approach. Data missing, could not download as instructed from English site. Needs a severe re-write.

Not worth the paper it's printed on.

Over rated - minus 5 on scale of 1-10 (high).