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Title: SPSS 11.0 Guide to Data Analysis by Marija J. Norusis ISBN: 0-13-034830-9 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 10 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $64.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Simple overview of stats and how to use the software
Comment: SPSS is a popular software package used by graduate students in the social sciences, since it's a user-friendly software unlike some of the more complicated packages like SAS or Minitab that require programming language and a very sound understanding of statistics before you use them.
This guide is a basic guide to data analysis, and how to do this in SPSS. In fact, I would almost say that it is over simplified - almost all of these analyses can be done in Excel - except that it's not as easy to do it in Excel as it is in SPSS. Although SPSS itself may be somewhat simple compared to other stats software, the guide itself is marvelous.
The guide not only takes you through the steps of "how to" use the software package SPPS, but it also explains why you would want to run a particular analysis and how to interpret the results. It then goes on to explain how to modify those results or analysis according to your preferences.
For those people wishing to run more complex models, such as multiple regression, it is probably recommended that you know the statistical theory behind it, or are taking a class on it, rather than try to do this simply by using the guide, in order to make sure that you achieve a full understanding of the results. Because SPSS is so easy to use, it's easy to fall into the trap of having it run an analysis that is not so easy to interpret.
However, for people who are using SPSS as part of a course, this guide is absolutely great and I highly recommend it for any SPSS users, since the help function in SPSS itself is virtually useless.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: This book leads you step by step to understand the statistics very well
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for converting theory to SPSS mechanics
Comment: I've found this book extremely helpful in understanding how to set up the kinds of analysis in SPSS that I want to conduct. I have the theoretical understanding to design the experiment and know what analyses need to be conducted (and could do it by hand if I had to), but this books helps me understand how to efficiently analyze my data within the program itself. Of related books I have looked at, this is the best. The one drawback is that it is designed as a classroom tool with exercises and learning points and not for the professional user. That space could be used for more information and explanation.
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Title: SPSS 11.0 for Windows (Student Version) by Inc. SPSS ISBN: 0130348465 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 26 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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Title: SPSS for Windows Step by Step: A Simple Guide and Reference, 11.0 Update (4th Edition) by Darren George, Paul Mallery ISBN: 0205375529 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon Pub. Date: 19 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $53.20 |
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Title: Discovering Statistics Using SPSS for Windows : Advanced Techniques for Beginners by Andy Field ISBN: 0761957553 Publisher: Sage Publications Pub. Date: 22 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $38.95 |
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Title: SPSS Survival Manual: A Step By Step Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows (Version 10) by Julie Pallant ISBN: 0335208908 Publisher: Open Univ Pr Pub. Date: 29 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $33.95 |
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Title: Presenting Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Creating Tables by Adelheid A. M. Nicol, Penny M. Pexman, American Psychological Association ISBN: 1557985936 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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