A Crash Course in SPSS for Windows: Updated for Versions 10, 11, 12 and 13 - Softcover

Colman, Andrew M.; Pulford, Briony D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405145315 ISBN 13: 9781405145312

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

This simple, user-friendly introduction to SPSS for Windows has now been updated so that it can be used with versions 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the software.

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• Clearly describes all the most widely used statistical techniques and graphic facilities in SPSS for Windows
  
• Includes two new chapters on recoding variables and handling large data files, and using SPSS syntax, and a new appendix discussing procedures for exporting and importing Excel files
  
• Supported by an online resource site featuring downloadable data sets and additional examples from various social science disciplines. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/crashcourse upon publication.

About this title

Book Description

This simple, user-friendly introduction to SPSS for Windows has now been updated so that it can be used with Versions 10 and 11 of the software, and includes two completely new chapters on log-linear analysis and factor analysis. A new supporting website allows users to download the datasets used in the book direct from the internet. The second edition has been greatly improved in the light of feedback from usability trials but retains all of the features that have made the text so attractive to students and teachers: The material is concise and focused, enabling most users to learn the basics comfortably in about 10 easy hours. All the most widely used statistical techniques and graphic facilities in SPSS for Windows are clearly described. Every statistical procedure is explained with the help of a step-by-step analysis of a numerical example. All computational examples are taken from real data from published research. The authors have chosen small data sets to prevent the task of inputting the data becoming boring. Screen dumps on the page make it easy for students to cross between the text and the screen. For complete beginners, the first two chapters describe the basic features of Windows and explain how to get the SPSS package up and running. The second edition continues to enable students to learn the package quickly and painlessly, assuming they have some understanding of statistical methods.Online support material to accompany this text is available at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/corston

From the Back Cover

This quick, simple, and user-friendly introduction to SPSS for Windows has now been updated so that it can be used with Versions 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the software. Two short chapters have been added to the third edition, one on recoding variables and handling large data files, and another on using SPSS syntax, and a new appendix discusses procedures for exporting and importing Excel files. The supporting website allows data sets used in the book to be downloaded from the Internet and provides additional examples from various social science disciplines.

The third edition retains all of the features that have made the text so attractive to students and teachers:

• 
  
• The material is concise and focused, enabling most users to learn the basics comfortably within 10 hours.
  
• All the most widely used statistical techniques and graphic facilities in SPSS for Windows are clearly described.
  
• Every statistical procedure is explained with the help of a step-by-step analysis of a numerical example taken from real data in published research.
  
• The authors have chosen small data sets so that readers do not waste unnecessary time inputting data.
  
• Screenshots on the page make it easy for students to cross between the text and the screen.

Online support material to accompany the text is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/spss

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405145315
• ISBN 13: 9781405145312
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 224