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Introductory Statistics Using SPSS
Second Edition
- Herschel Knapp - University of Southern California, USA
October 2016 | 312 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The updated Second Edition of Herschel Knapp’s friendly and practical introduction to statistics shows students how to properly select, process, and interpret statistics without heavy emphasis on theory, formula derivations, or abstract mathematical concepts. Each chapter is structured to answer questions that students most want answered: What statistical test should I use for this situation? How do I set up the data? How do I run the test? How do I interpret and document the results? Online tutorial videos, examples, screenshots, and intuitive illustrations help students "get the story" from their data as they learn by doing, completing practice exercises at the end of each chapter using prepared downloadable data sets.
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Available with Perusall—an eBook that makes it easier to prepare for class
Perusall is an award-winning eBook platform featuring social annotation tools that allow students and instructors to collaboratively mark up and discuss their SAGE textbook. Backed by research and supported by technological innovations developed at Harvard University, this process of learning through collaborative annotation keeps your students engaged and makes teaching easier and more effective. Learn more.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
PART I: STATISTICAL PRINCIPLES
1. Research Principles
2. Sampling
3. Working in SPSS
PART II: STATISTICAL PROCESSES
4. Descriptive Statistics
5. t Test and Mann-Whitney U Test
6. ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis Test
7. Paired t Test and Wilcoxon Test
8. Correlation and Regression—Pearson and Spearman
9. Chi-Square
PART III: DATA HANDLING
10. Supplemental SPSS Operations
Glossary
Index
Supplements
Student Study Site
The Student Study Site includes:
- Data sets for use with exercises
- Tutorial videos demonstrating how to use SPSS to work with data
- Solutions to the odd-numbered exercises in the book
Instructor Teaching Site
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides that offer complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course
- Tutorial videos demonstrating how to use SPSS to work with data
- Solutions to the all of the exercises in the book
Satisfy my expectations about a textbook to be used for my course. Students can learn many statistical methods without too many mathematics.
School of Nursing, Baylor Univ School Of Nursing
April 21, 2022
I highly recommend this book for everyone who wish to use SPSS. It is well written, easy to understand and to follow. The learning objectives at the beginning of the chapters give a good starting point.
Childhood and Youth study, Univeristy of Chichester
December 14, 2017
Finally a clear and concise book that presents with parametric and non-parametric equivalents together. I'm a fan!
Department of Psychology, Surrey University
June 21, 2017