Introductory Statistics Using SPSS (Paperback)

Herschel E. Knapp

ISBN 10: 1506341004 / ISBN 13: 9781506341002

Published by Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2016

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Paperback. Each chapter is structured to answer questions that students most want answered: What statistical test should I use for this situation? How do I set up the data? How do I run the test? How do I interpret and document the results? Using examples, screenshots, and intuitive illustrations, students "get the story" from their data and learn by doing, completing practice exercises at the end of each chapter using prepared downloadable datasets. New to this edition: Test) have been added to Chapters 5 - 9 to facilitate more versatile analysesNew illustrations help to clarify abstract concepts, such as Treatment/Control groups and various forms of probability and non-probability sampling techniques.Pretest Checklist criteria for each statistical test are now presented in easy-to-read dialogue boxes to help ensure robust statistical processing.Multiple downloadable resources on an accompanying website include prepared SPSS data sets for all examples and exercises (eliminating data entry time and errors) and solutions to all odd-numbered exercises.A combined Pretest Checklist/Run Procedure video allows students to navigate directly to the section of interest to make video study more efficient. Shows students how to properly select, process, and interpret statistics without heavy emphasis on theory, formula derivations, or abstract mathematical concepts Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introductory Statistics Using SPSS (Paperback)
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506341004
• ISBN 13: 9781506341002
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The updated Second Edition of Herschel Knapp’s friendly and practical introduction to statistics shows students how to properly select, process, and interpret statistics without heavy emphasis on theory, formula derivations, or abstract mathematical concepts. Each chapter is structured to answer questions that students most want answered: What statistical test should I use for this situation? How do I set up the data? How do I run the test? How do I interpret and document the results? Online tutorial videos, examples, screenshots, and intuitive illustrations help students "get the story" from their data as they learn by doing, completing practice exercises at the end of each chapter using prepared downloadable data sets.

About the Author

Herschel Knapp, PhD, MSSW, has more than 25 years of experience as a health care professional in a variety of domains.  In addition to his clinical work as a psychotherapist, primarily in hospital settings, he has provided project management for innovative implementations designed to improve the quality of patient care via multisite, health science implementations. He teaches master’s-level courses at the University of Southern California; he has also taught at the University of California, Los Angeles and California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. Knapp has served as the lead statistician on a longitudinal cancer research project and managed the program evaluation metrics for a multisite, nonprofit children’s center. His clinical work includes emergency/trauma therapy in hospital settings. Dr. Knapp has developed and implemented innovative telehealth systems, utilizing videoconferencing technology to facilitate optimal health care service delivery to remote patients and to coordinate specialty consultations among health care providers, including interventions to diagnose and treat people with HIV and hepatitis, with special outreach to the homeless. He is currently leading a nurse research mentorship program and providing research and analytic services to promote excellence within a health care system.  The author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed health science journals, he is also the author of other textbooks, including Introductory Statistics Using SPSS (2nd ed., 2017), Practical Statistics for Nursing Using SPSS (2017), Therapeutic Communication: Developing Professional Skills (2nd ed., 2014), and Introduction to Social Work Practice: A Practical Workbook (2010).