Overview
This practical book can be used as a supplementary text or as a self-help guide through which the reader can learn to use SPSS on their own, and at their own pace. The book covers descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and building graphs
Full Product Details
Author: James B. Cunningham ,
James O. Aldrich
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 18.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.420kg
ISBN: 9781412995153
ISBN 10: 1412995159
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 07 September 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By: 9781483383576
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
This primer is an excellent resource for students learning the basic functions of SPSS, the power of statistics, and the basic premises underlying inferential and descriptive statistics. -- Robert J. Eger III I love this book... The structure, content and format are superior in every way to what I have been using, and will make my task easier and the students learning curve shorter. -- G.L. Forward This book provides a tremendous amount of detail and is useful in walking a new user through the steps of using the software. The visuals are helpful and clear, the level of writing is good for beginning students, and the concepts are presented clearly. -- Poco D. Kernsmith The key strength of the text is in the opening chapters, which should help students get a strong and confident beginning in the use of SPSS... The text will also be a valuable reference guide for our students as they conduct research in the two methods courses that follow statistics. -- David S. Malcolm I frequently have graduate students that need [help with] SPSS. This text would bring joy into their lives. -- Darlene A. Thurston
This primer is an excellent resource for students learning the basic functions of SPSS, the power of statistics, and the basic premises underlying inferential and descriptive statistics. -- Robert J. Eger III I love this book!. The structure, content and format are superior in every way to what I have been using, and will make my task easier and the students learning curve shorter. -- G.L. Forward This book provides a tremendous amount of detail and is useful in walking a new user through the steps of using the software. The visuals are helpful and clear, the level of writing is good for beginning students, and the concepts are presented clearly. -- Poco D. Kernsmith The key strength of the text is in the opening chapters, which should help students get a strong and confident beginning in the use of SPSS!. The text will also be a valuable reference guide for our students as they conduct research in the two methods courses that follow statistics. -- David S. Malcolm I frequently have graduate students that need [help with] SPSS. This text would bring joy into their lives. -- Darlene A. Thurston
Author Information
James B. Cunningham (PhD in Science Education, Syracuse University) is Professor Emeritus of Science and Computer Education and former chair of the Department of Secondary Education at California State University, Northridge. Formerly chair of the Departments of Science and Mathematics in Washington State high schools, he is author of Teaching Metrics Simplified and co-author of BASIC for Teachers, Authoring Educational Software, Hands-On Physics Activities With Real-Life Applications, and Hands-On Chemistry Activities With Real-Life Applications. He used SPSS extensively during his tenure as director of the Credential Evaluation Unit in the College of Education. He is currently a Fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning at California State University, Northridge. James O. Aldrich (Doctor of Public Administration, University of Laverne) is a retired lecturer on statistics and research methods at California State University, Northridge. He has also taught graduate level research courses for the University of La Verne. Dr. Aldrich held the appointment of Instructor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Southern California, School of Medicine where he served as the Principal Investigator and codirector of a National Cancer Institute research project. He has served on various committees for the Los Angeles chapter of the American Statistical Association and has also taught biostatistics, epidemiology, social statistics, and research methods courses for 20 years. The primary computer program used for his coursework has been the IBM SPSS Statistics software package. SAGE recently published, in 2013, Building SPSS Graphs to Understand Data, coauthored with Hilda M. Rodriguez.
