Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows Versions 8 – 10: A Beginner’s Guide

March 10th, 2010

The new edition of this best-selling introductory book covers the latest SPSS versions 8.0-10.0. This book is designed to teach beginners how to use SPSS for Windows, the most widely used computer package for analysing quantitative data. Written in a clear, readable and non-technical style the author explains the basics of SPSS including the input of data, data manipulation, descriptive analyses and inferential techniques, including: ï‚· creating using and merging data files ï‚· creating and printing graphs and charts ï‚· parametric tests including t-tests, ANOVA, GLM ï‚· correlation, regression and factor analysis ï‚· non parametric tests and chi square ï‚· reliability ï‚· obtaining neat print outs and tables ï‚· a CD-Rom containing example data files, syntax files, output files and Excel spreadsheets Also included are detailed worked examples – with SPSS output and screen shots, along with diagrams and a useful decision chart to select the appropriate statistical test. The differences between versions 8.0-10.0 are also listed to help those upgrading to the latest version.

Summary: Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows
Rating: 5

If you haven’t used statistics since college or graduate school and if you are unfamiliar with SPSS but want an excellent introduction to SPSS, this is a must have book. It is truly a beginners book for SPSS for windows. This is not a book that explains statistical concepts, it is a book about SPSS and how to use it in the real world. For those of us that don’t like thick books this is a thin volume, only about 220 pages. But Foster crams a lot of useful, practical information into his thin volumn. Get it and you won’t regret it.

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