SPSS FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS

SPSS FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS 2E PROVIDES THE NOVICE RESEARCHER WITH A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO SPSS - EASILY THE MOST WIDELY USED DATA ANALYSIS PACKAGE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. WRITTEN IN A CLEAR AND NON-TECHNICAL STYLE, THE BOOK GIVES PRACTICAL GUIDANCE THAT GRADUALLY BUILDS UP THE READER'S KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND CONFIDENCE. BEGINNING WITH AN OVERVIEW OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH AND INTRODUCING THE BASICS OF THE SPSS PACKAGE, THE BOOK IS THEN SPLIT INTO 'MODULES' THAT EXPLAIN MAJOR PROCEDURES IN SPSS UP TO VERSION 17 AND BEYOND. EACH MODULE IS PACKED WITH STEP-BY-STEP WORKED EXAMPLES THAT PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE AND STRUCTURED ADVICE ON INPUTTING DATA, CREATING GRAPHICAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANALYSING RESULTS. WITH SPECIFIC GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MANAGE THE EXPLORATION, MANIPULATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF DATA, THE WORKBOOK ALSO TAKES THE READER THROUGH KEY STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES, FROM T-TEST AND CROSS-TABULATION ANALYSIS THROUGH MULTIPLE RESPONSE ANALYSIS AND DATA REDUCTION TO MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQU