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Introduction to SPSS in Psychology, 7th edition is the essential step by step guide to SPSS for students taking their first course in statistics. This well-established text provides a clear and comprehensive coverage of how to carry out statistical analyses using SPSS. Full colour SPSS screenshots, clear explanation and a wide ranging coverage make it the perfect companion for students who want to be able to analyse data with confidence.
For each statistical test, the text discusses:
· What the test is used for
· When you should and shouldn’t use it
· Data requirements and any problems in usage
· Step-by-step direction on how to carry out the test, using colour screenshots and labelled guidance on each part of the process
· How to interpret and report the output
· ‘At a glance’ summary of steps taken to do each test
The step-by-step guides make this text suitable for students to use alongside lectures or independently when needing to get to grips with SPSS.
● Compact, to-the-point chapters sans theory to make the content more approachable
● Topics that are most likely to be used
Summary of contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Part 1 Introduction to SPSS
1 Brief introduction to statistics
2 Basics of SPSS data entry and statistical analysis
Part 2 Descriptive statistics
3 Describing variables: Tables
4 Describing variables: Diagrams
5 Describing variables numerically: Averages, variation and spread
6 Shapes of distributions of scores
7 Relationships between two or more variables: Tables
8 Relationships between two or more variables: Diagrams
9 Correlation coefficients: Pearson’s correlation and Spearman’s rho
10 Regression: Prediction with precision
Part 3 Significance testing and basic inferential tests
11 Related t-test: Comparing two samples of related/correlated/paired scores
12 Unrelated t-test: Comparing two groups of unrelated/uncorrelated/independent scores
13 Confidence intervals
14 Chi-square: Differences between unrelated samples of frequency data
15 McNemar’s test: Differences between related samples of frequency data
16 Ranking tests for two groups: Non-parametric statistics
17 Ranking tests for three or more groups: Non-parametric statistics
Part 4 Analysis of variance
18 Analysis of variance (ANOVA): One-way unrelated or uncorrelated ANOVA
19 Analysis of variance for one-way correlated scores or repeated measures
20 Two-way analysis of variance for unrelated/uncorrelated scores
21 Multiple comparison in ANOVA
22 Analysis of variance for two-way correlated scores or repeated measures
23 Two-way mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA)
24 Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
25 Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)
Part 5 More advanced statistics
26 Partial correlation
27 Factor analysis
28 Item reliability and inter-rater agreement
29 Stepwise multiple regression
30 Simultaneous or standard multiple regression
31 Simple mediational analysis
32 Hierarchical multiple regression
33 Log-linear analysis
34 Meta-analysis
Part 6 Data handling procedures
35 Missing values
36 Recoding values
37 Computing a scale score with some values missing
38 Computing a new group variable from existing group variables
39 Selecting cases
40 Reading ASCII or text files into the Data Editor
Glossary
Index
Introduction to SPSS in Psychology, 7th edition, is the essential step-by-step guide to SPSS for students taking their first course in statistics. This well-established text provides a clear and comprehensive coverage of how to carry out statistical analyses using SPSS. Full-colour SPSS screenshots, clear explanation and a wide-ranging coverage make it the perfect companion for students who want to be able to analyse data with confidence.
For each statistical test, the text discusses:
· What the test is used for
· When you should and shouldn’t use it
· Data requirements and any problems in usage
· Step-by-step direction on how to carry out the test, using colour screenshots and labelled guidance on each part of the process
· How to interpret and report the output
· ‘At a glance’ summary of steps taken to do each test
The step-by-step guides make this text suitable for students to use alongside lectures or independently when needing to get to grips with SPSS.
Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer are with Loughborough University.