A Step-by-Step Approach to Using SAS for Univariate and Multivariate Statistics - Softcover

Norm O'Rourke; Larry Hatcher; Edward J. Stepanski

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471469440 ISBN 13: 9780471469445

Publisher: WA (Wiley-SAS), 2005

Synopsis

One in a series of books co-published with SAS, this book provides a user-friendly introduction to both the SAS system and elementary statistical procedures for researchers and students in the Social Sciences. This Second Edition, updated to cover version 9 of the SAS software, guides readers step by step through the basic concepts of research and data analysis, to data input, and on to ANOVA (analysis of variance) and MANOVA (multivariate analysis of variance).

About this title

About the Author:

Norm O' Rourke,?Ph.D., R. Psych., is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Geontology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Bristish Columbia, and an associate member of the SFU Department of Psychology. Dr. O'Rourke's areas of research interest include mental illness and well-being, marriage in later life, and test construction and validation. He has lived and worked in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Israel. Larry Hatcher, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Michigan, where he teaches courses in general psychology, industrial psychology, statistics, and computer applications in data analysis. The author of several books dealing with statistics and data analysis, Dr. Hatcher has taught at the college level since 1984, after earning his doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology from Bowling Green State University.

Edward J. Stepanski, Ph.D., is the director of the Sleep Disorders Service and Research Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and as associate professor of psychology and medicine at Rush Medical College. He uses data warehousing and computer analysis for a variety of research projects aimed at understanding sleep disorders and quantifying sleep-related daytime impairment. Dr. Stepanski earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Bowling Green State University in 1985 and has written more than 50 papers and book chapters on sleep disorders medicine.

Review:

This book is detailed and systematic with vivid examples, figures, and diagrams that help the reader grasp the material. -- Yaacov G. Bachner Department of Sociology of Health Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, Israel

This book is detailed, systematic, and easy-to-follow. Each chapter is divided into subtopics that follow one another logically, giving the reader a complete understanding of the concepts. Each topic is accompanied by vivid examples, figures, or diagrams that help the reader grasp the material. In this manner, a gradual and comprehensive knowledge is built. I will definitely use this text myself and strongly recommend it to my students as well as my colleagues. --Yaacov G. Bachner, Department of Sociology of Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, Israel

This excellent, easily understandable book provides step-by-step examples and detailed descriptions of statistical procedures followed by corresponding short SAS® programs. -- Karol H. Katz

This is an excellent book, which provides detailed descriptions of statistical procedures followed by a corresponding short SAS program. The chapters are ordered from basics to the more complex procedures. Anyone learning statistics would appreciate this easily understandable book. Someone new to SAS can run the step-by-step examples and compare their results with the output in the text. Since the purpose of each line in the SAS/STAT procedure is explained, knowledge gained can soon be transferred to one's own data. I would also recommend this book for experienced Base SAS programmers unfamiliar with statistics who may need or wish to gain new SAS/STAT skills. --Karol H. Katz

This is an excellent book, which provides detailed descriptions of statistical procedures followed by a corresponding short SAS program. The chapters are ordered from basics to the more complex procedures. Anyone learning statistics would appreciate this easily understandable book. Someone new to SAS can run the step-by-step examples and compare their results with the output in the text. Since the purpose of each line in the SAS/STAT procedure is explained, knowledge gained can soon be transferred to one's own data. I would also recommend this book for experienced Base SAS programmers unfamiliar with statistics who may need or wish to gain new SAS/STAT skills. --Karol H. Katz

About this edition

• Publisher: WA (Wiley-SAS)
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0471469440
• ISBN 13: 9780471469445
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 550