A Student Guide to SPSS

New 2nd Edition Now Available!

The second edition of A Student Guide to SPSS provides easy to follow step-by-step instructions on how to compute introductory and advanced level statistics using one of the most popular statistical software programs in psychology, business, education, and market research. Written in a non-intimidating, easy to read language this guide is suitable for individuals with little to no experience using statistical software and would therefore be of practical use to anyone who needs a simple and straightforward introduction to SPSS.

This guide to SPSS was originally developed to complement the lecture component of introductory courses in statistics. The second edition has been expanded to increase the guide’s suitability for more advanced courses in statistics (e.g., advanced undergraduate statistics or introductory graduate level statistics courses). While most statistics textbooks teach students how to hand calculate statistics, this guide gives students the opportunity to learn how analyze large datasets not conducive to hand calculations, providing them with the practical skills necessary for graduate school and/or a career in research.

Features

• The guide is packaged with an access code for a free download of IBM® SPSS® Statistics Base Integrated Student Edition Version 22* so that students can follow along using their own software.
• Concrete examples with screenshots of SPSS are used throughout to make it easier for students to learn how to compute and report statistics.
• Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter help students keep on track and instructors apprised of the functions students have learned so that they can create SPSS assignments for students.

New to the Second Edition

• Throughout the guide, elaborations on the meaning and interpretation of the various statistics and demonstrations of more advanced statistical analyses have been added.
• The statistical notation and abbreviations approved for use in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (informally known as the APA style guide) have been introduced, and guidelines on reporting results have also been updated to be consistent with APA style.
• All new chapters on advanced regression (hierarchical and stepwise regression), one-way between groups ANOVA, and between groups factorial ANOVA have been added.

Content

• The second edition of A Student Guide to SPSS contains chapters on getting started with SPSS, descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, advanced regression, the sign test, t tests, one-way between groups ANOVA, and between groups factorial ANOVA.