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SPSS For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

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Author: Arthur Griffith
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9

ISBN: 0470113448
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.55
EAN: 9780470113448
ASIN: 0470113448

Publication Date: April 2, 2007
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
ul liSPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a data management and analysis software that allows users to generate solid, decision-making results by performing statistical analysis liThis book provides just the information needed: installing the software, entering data, setting up calculations, and analyzing data liCovers computing cross tabulation, frequencies, descriptive ratios, means, bivariate and partial correlations, linear regression, and much more liExplains how to output information into striking charts and graphs liFor ambitious users, also covers how to program SPSS to take their statistical analysis to the next level /ul

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1 out of 5 stars

The program CD was not included with the book September 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

The book was fine I wish the writing had stated the book did not come with the Program CD; I would not have purchased it.

1 out of 5 stars

very unhappy - CD Rom was MISSING August 18, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

this book is useless without the CD Rom which was missing. I want a refund. Keven Mosley-Koehlerbr /koehlerk@ewashtenaw.orgbr /br /

3 out of 5 stars

good! June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book is very good for people, who just now have started to work with SPSS and never have done it before: easy to understand how to enter data, make graphs, and other very important things. Almost all is shown by examples of SPSS.

5 out of 5 stars

SPSS for Dummies November 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book is very helpful in becoming acquainted with the rather complex SPSS statistics software program. I recommend the book for others who need assistance in learning how to use this statistical software and need it presented in a practical manner for the lay person.

2 out of 5 stars

Statistics for Dummies - Like Making a Word Salad November 1, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful

The "For Dummies" series are funny books and are sometimes helpful but, much like Sparknotes or Cliffnotes, they are inherently flawed. This is ESPECIALLY true for anything that has to do with computerization; if you really need to earn something then you really need a book that will teach you a solid way to generate results. In the case of SPSS I really thinks this is true and then some - the program gives you all sorts of ways to test and to generate answers BUT the word dummies doesn't really play here. br /If anything, it seems criminal to tell people they can learn something without hammering away at it.br /br /A few of my students have used this book and the truth of the matter is this: they learn the most basic functions of the program but, when asked to perform something a little more difficult, they freeze and their eyes frost. The book doesn't add in the terminology needed, doesn't cover the ideas behind concepts, and doesn't even cover the stuff an introduction class would. br /If you need help and need it badly, this would set you back and confuse you even more. Instead, you could buy a SPSS Basics book to grasp the immediate, look into an Experimental Design class to learn what SPSS is attempting (you can look online and see what classes require, then mirror the class without taking it if you can't afford the time), or you could consult the program and the book that accompanies it. Either way, this is not progression but the illusion of progression and you can tell that by reading exactly what it promises to teach you.br /Very bad primed.

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