SPSS Demystified : A Simple Guide and Reference by Ronald D. Yockey

Without question, statistics is one of the most challenging courses for students in the social and behavioral sciences. Enrolling in their first statistics course, students are often apprehensive or extremely anxious toward the subject matter. And while IBM SPSSr is one of the more easy-to-use statistical software programs available, for anxious students who realize they not only have to learn statistics but also new software, the task can seem insurmountable. Keenly aware of students' anxiety with statistics (and the fact that this anxiety can affect performance), Ronald D. Yockey has written SPSSr Demystified: A Simple Guide and Reference, now in its fourth edition. Through a comprehensive, step-by-step approach, this text is consistently and specifically designed to both alleviate anxiety toward the subject matter and build a successful experience analyzing data in SPSSr. Topics covered in the text are appropriate for most introductory and intermediate statistics and research methods courses. Key features of the text: Step-by-step instruction and screenshots Designed to be hands-on with the user performing the analyses alongside the text on their computer as they read through each chapter Call-out boxes provided, highlighting important information as appropriate SPSSr output explained, with written results provided using the popular, widely recognized APA format End-of-chapter exercises included, allowing for additional practice SPSSr data sets available on the publisher's websiteNew to the Fourth Edition: Fully updated to SPSSr 28 Updated screenshots in full color to reflect changes in the SPSSr software system (version 28) Exercises updated with up-to-date examples Exact p-values provided (consistent with APA recommendations)
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