SPSS For Dummies 1st Edition by Arthur Griffith (PDF)

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SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a data management and analysis software that allows users to generate solid, decision-making results by performing statistical analysisThis book provides just the information needed: installing the software, entering data, setting up calculations, and analyzing dataCovers computing cross tabulation, frequencies, descriptive ratios, means, bivariate and partial correlations, linear regression, and much moreExplains how to output information into striking charts and graphsFor ambitious users, also covers how to program SPSS to take their statistical analysis to the next level

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Program SPSS with Python® and Command SyntaxThe fun and easy way® to generate solid decision-making results with SPSSStymied by SPSS? This friendly, plain-English guide gets you up and running with the latest version of the software so that you can start performing calculations right away. It then covers all key analysis topics step by step — from cross tabulation and descriptive ratios to linear regression, hierarchical analysis, and more. You’ll export data flawlessly and with flair!Install and run the softwareGet data into and out of SPSSCreate striking charts and graphsExecute analyses — from correlations to linear modelsDisplay data in a variety of graphs About the Author Arthur Griffith uses SPSS in research for special projects with the U.S. Department of Defense. He is the author and producer of seven CD tutorials on computer programming.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I bought this book because I needed to use SPSS and had no experience with the program. I read Chapter 1 and Chapter 4 to start and this gave me a good basis. Then I read other chapters as questions came up. If you are used to using computers and learning how to do new things on the computer, then this book is perfect for you. Do not get this book if you are looking for a book to tell you when to run which statistics. This book tells you HOW, not WHEN or WHY. I supplemented the book with SPSS Help menu and internet sights for more complex actions like regression. Overall, I would recommend this book!

⭐Excellent

⭐This book is very helpful in becoming acquainted with the rather complex SPSS statistics software program. I recommend the book for others who need assistance in learning how to use this statistical software and need it presented in a practical manner for the lay person.

⭐SPSS for dummies did get me started. It did not match up exactly with some actions, but served the purpose.

⭐The “For Dummies” series are funny books and are sometimes helpful but, much like Sparknotes or Cliffnotes, they are inherently flawed. This is ESPECIALLY true for anything that has to do with computerization; if you really need to earn something then you really need a book that will teach you a solid way to generate results. In the case of SPSS I really thinks this is true and then some – the program gives you all sorts of ways to test and to generate answers BUT the word dummies doesn’t really play here.If anything, it seems criminal to tell people they can learn something without hammering away at it.A few of my students have used this book and the truth of the matter is this: they learn the most basic functions of the program but, when asked to perform something a little more difficult, they freeze and their eyes frost. The book doesn’t add in the terminology needed, doesn’t cover the ideas behind concepts, and doesn’t even cover the stuff an introduction class would.If you need help and need it badly, this would set you back and confuse you even more. Instead, you could buy a SPSS Basics book to grasp the immediate, look into an Experimental Design class to learn what SPSS is attempting (you can look online and see what classes require, then mirror the class without taking it if you can’t afford the time), or you could consult the program and the book that accompanies it. Either way, this is not progression but the illusion of progression and you can tell that by reading exactly what it promises to teach you.Very bad primed.

⭐This Dummies book will get you introduced to SPSS but will use all sorts of statistics jargon and you are lost unless you’ve built a solid foundation in statistics previously. Also, it hardly touches on some quite basic yet very useful parts of SPSS (e.g. descriptive statistics>frequencies) … quite odd ! If you’re new to both SPSS and statistics this may be a better choice

⭐Explanation and analysis of statistical findings almost completely absent. Introduction to running SPSS passable. Definitely not for policy or social science analysis.

⭐This book is very good for people, who just now have started to work with SPSS and never have done it before: easy to understand how to enter data, make graphs, and other very important things. Almost all is shown by examples of SPSS.

⭐This was a life saver at uni. If you struggled with Stats like i did, then buy this.

⭐this book was bought to help me with my dissertation for spss, it was useful , however there are better books out there than this one

⭐enough, so this book is perfect for understanding what its all about. Used it for quite a lot of research projects and has served me well. A very handy aide memoire tool.

⭐Easy to use. You can dip into any section; you don’t need to ‘read’ the book in page order

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