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Introduction to SPSS Statistics in Psychology, 5th edition offers comprehensive and engaging coverage of how to carry out statistical analyses using SPSS Statistics. Fully updated to include an even wider range of statistical methods and to incorporate the latest version of SPSS Statistics, this text offers clear, step by step instruction and advice to students on using SPSS Statistics to analyse psychological data. For each statistical test, the text discusses What the test is used for When you should and shouldn't use it Data requirements and any problems in usage Step by step direction on how to carry out the test, using colour screenshots and labelled guidance on each part of the process How to interpret and report the output 'At a glance' summary of steps taken to do each test Suitable for students to use alongside lectures or independently when needing to grips with SPSS Statistics. This book is supported by a companion website featuring a range of resources to help students in their studies. Self-test questions, additional datasets plus handy quick guides to carrying out tests can all be found at www.pearsoned.co.uk/howitt SPSS is the most widely used statistical analysis software suite in the social and behavioural sciences. It is used extensively in undergraduate psychology courses throughout the UK and USA. However psychology students find it notoriously difficult and often impossible to learn and use. Howitt and Cramers' SPSS Statistics in Psychology is an indispensible guide to the software, specially tailored for psychology students at all levels. The new edition is greatly enhanced by a several new features, including chapters on the analysis of moderator variables, statistical power, meta - analysis, and the use of SPSS syntax. It is superbly presented and illustrated with excellent step by step procedures and guides to the interpretation of results which even introductory level students will be able to follow. The supporting datasets and worked examples also provide an excellent resource for students and teachers. It has easily maintained its lead in a competitive field, and together with its companion textbooks, Introduction to Statistics (Fifth Edition) and Introduction to Research Methods (Third Edition), it has everything that apprentice and experienced researchers in psychology need. Professor Ronnie Wilson, University of Ulster

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Author:   Dennis Howitt ,  Duncan Cramer
Publisher:   Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:   Prentice-Hall
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 26.40cm
Weight:   1.060kg
ISBN:  

9780273734260

ISBN 10:   0273734261
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   31 March 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781292000695
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Key differences between SPSS Statistics 19 and earlier versions Part 1 Introduction to SPSS Statistics 1 A brief introduction to statistics 2 Basics of SPSS Statistics data entry and statistical analysis Part 2 Descriptive statistics3 Describing variables: Tables4 Describing variables:Diagrams5 Describing variables numerically: Averages, variation and spread6 Shapes of distributions of scores7 Standard deviation: The standard unit of measurement in statistics8 Relationships between two or more variables: Tables9 Relationships between two or more variables: Diagrams10 Correlation coefficients: Pearson s correlation and Spearman s rho 11 Regression: Prediction with precision Part 3 Significance testing and basic inferential tests 12 Standard error 13 The t-test: Comparing two samples of correlated/related/paired scores14 The t-test: Comparing two groups of unrelated/uncorrelated scores15 Confidence intervals 16 Chi-square: Differences between unrelated samples of frequency data 17 McNemar test: Differences between related samples of frequency data 18 Ranking tests for two groups: Non-parametric statistics 19 Rts for three or more groups: Non-parametric statistics Part 4 Analysis of variance 20 The variance ratio test: Using the F-ratio to compare two variances 21 Analysis of variance (ANOVA): Introduction to the one-way unrelated or uncorrelated ANOVA22 Analysis of variance for correlated scores or repeated measures 23 Two-way analysis of variance for unrelated/uncorrelated scores 24 Multiple comparisons in ANOVA25 Two-way mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) 26 Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)27 Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)28 Discriminant function analysis (for MANOVA)Part 5 More advanced correlational statistics 29 Partial correlation 30 Factor analysis31 Item reliability and inter-rater agreement 32 Stepwise multiple regression33 Simultaneous or standard multiple regression34 Simple mediational analysis &nbnbsp; 35 Hierarchical multiple regression 36 Moderator analysis with continuous predictor variables Part 6 Advanced qualitative or nominal techniques 37 Log-linear analysis38 Multinomial logistic regression 39 Binomial logistic regression Part 7 Data handling procedures 40 Reading ASCII or text files into the Data Editor 41 Missing values 42 Recoding values 43 Computing a scale score with no missing values 44 Computing a scale score with some values missing 45 Computing a new group variable from existing group variables46 Selecting cases 47 Samples and populations: Generating a random sample 48 Inputting a correlation matrix 49 Checking the accuracy of data inputingPart 8 Linear structural relationship (LISREL) analysis 50 Basics of LISREL and LISREL data entry51 Confirmatory factor analysis with LISREL52 Simple path analysis with measurement error uncorrected 53 Simple path analysis with latent variables 54 Simple path analysis controlling for alpha reliabilityPart 9 Other statistical procedures55 Statistical power analysis: Sample size estimation56 Meta-analysisAppendix: Some other statistics in SPSS Statistics

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