Doing Data Analysis with SPSS 4e

Now updated for SPSS 14.0, International Edition this book is an excellent supplement to any introductory statistics course. It provides a practical and useful introduction to SPSS 14.0 and enables students to work independently to learn helpful software skills outside of class. By using SPSS to handle complex computations, students can focus on and gain an understanding of the underlying statistical concepts and techniques in the introductory statistics course. * The authors present SPSS as a powerful software package with the capability to make complex computations quickly and accurately. * Each session addresses a statistical issue and how to approach it with SPSS, rather than highlighting a particular feature of the software, ensuring that students are trained for practical, realistic applications of the statistical methods. * As each session teaches the pertinent techniques, it interweaves into the text thought-provoking questions and challenges that illustrate the relevance of statistical reasoning. * Nearly all of the datasets in the book are real and come from interesting scenarios reflecting the full variety of disciplines that students are studying.