In this comprehensive introduction to SPSS the authors make potentially complicated procedures and concepts easy to understand, easy to complete, and fun to work with. Readers are taught not only how to complete a procedure within SPSS but also how to ensure that the results are statistically meaningful.  

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO SPSS: A USER FRIENDLY APPROACH
Don't Panic!
How to Use this Book
Data Analysis as a Decision-Making Process
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART II: BASIC OPERATIONS
Three Windows
Data Editor
Syntax Files
Output Files
Summary
Practice Exercises
Notes
PART III: FINDING SUMS
Setting Up the Data
Running the Analysis
Reading the Output
Finding S X2, S Y2, and other Complex Summations
Find the Sums and Interpret the Output
More Compute Operators
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART IV: FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS AND CHARTS
Setting Up the Data
Obtaining Frequency Tables
Obtaining Frequency Charts
Obtaining Charts of Means
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART V: DESCRIBING DISTRIBUTIONS
Setting Up the Data
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode
Measures of Variability: Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation
Measures of Normality: Skewness and Kurtosis
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART VI: COMPUTE STATEMENTS: RESERVING SCORES, COMBINING SCORES, AND CREATING Z-SCORES
Setting Up the Data
Reverse Scoring Variables
Generating Multi-Item Scale Scores
Generating Z-Scores
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART VII: COMPARING MEANS IN SPSS (t-Tests)
Setting Up the Data
One-Sample t-test
Independent-Samples t-Test
Paired-Samples t-Test
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART VIII: ONE-WAY ANOVA: MEANS COMPARISON WITH TWO OR MORE GROUPS
Setting Up the Data
Running the Analyses
Reading the One-Way ANOVA Output
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART IX: FACTORIAL ANOVA
Setting Up the Data
Running the Analysis
Reading the Output for a Two-Way ANOVA
Simple Effects Testing
Summary
Practice Exercises
References
PART XI: REPEATED-MEASURES ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
One-Way Repeated-Measures ANOVA
Mixed-Model Repeated-Measures ANOVA
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART XII: REGRESSION AND CORRELATION
Setting Up the Data
Correlation
Simple Linear Regression
Obtaining the Scatterplot
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART XIII: MULTIPLE RESGRESSION
Setting Up the Data
Simultaneous Entry of Two Predictor Variables
Varying the Order of Entry: Hierarchical Multiple Regression
Using Automated Strategies for Selecting Predictor Variables
Summary
Practice Exercises
PART XIV: CHI-SQUARE
Setting Up the Data
The Goodness-of-Fit Chi Square
Pearson's Chi-Square
Summary
Practice Exercises
References
PART XV: RELIABILITY
Setting Up the Data
Test-Retest and Parallel Forms Reliability
Split-half Reliability
Cronbach's Alpha
Concluding Comments on GSR Scale
Summary
Practice Exercise
PART XVI: FACTOR ANALYSIS
Setting Up the Data
Goals of Factor Analysis
Running a Factor Analysis in SPSS
Reading the SPSS Output for Factor Analysis
Summary
Practice Exercises

JEFFERY ASPELMEIER, Radford University, USA.
 
THOMAS PIERCE, Radford University, USA.