SPSS Survival Manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS

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Allen & Unwin, Jan 1, 2001 - Reference - 304 pages
The SPSS Survival Manual throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with SPSS.

Julie Pallant guides you through the entire research process, helping you choose the right data analysis technique for your project. From the formulation of research questions, to the design of the study and analysis of data, to reporting the results, Julie discusses basic and advanced statistical techniques. She outlines each technique clearly, with step-by-step procedures for performing the analysis, a detailed guide to interpreting SPSS output and an example of how to present the results in a report.

* Statistical techniques covered include:

* Descriptive statistics

* Correlation

* Multiple regression

* Factor analysis

* T-tests

* Analysis of variance

* Multivariate analysis of variance

* Analysis of covariance

* Non-parametric tests

Illustrated with screen grabs, examples of output and tips, the SPSS Survival Manual can be used by students and researchers at any level. It is supported by a website with sample data and guidelines on report writing.

This book is an excellent addition to the research methods literature. It presents the research process, research strategy and SPSS techniques in manageable steps, offering clear advice, useful tips and discussion of relevant issues such as assumptions and effect size . this text is written in an encouraging and supportive style. I believe students will read and learn with this book.

David Cairns, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University

Julie Pallant has spent many years helping students overcome 'statistics phobia'. She lectures in statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology. She has worked as a counselling psychologist, and has taught psychology, statistics and research methods at a number of universities

About the author (2001)

Julie Pallant is a psychologist and lectures in statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Swinburne University. She has taught statistics and research methods subjects to undergraduate and postgraduate psychology and education students at a number of different Australian universities.

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