Introductory Statistics Using SPSS

The updated**Second Edition**of Herschel Knapp's friendly and practical introduction to statistics shows students how to properly select, process, and interpret statistics without heavy emphasis on theory, formula derivations, or abstract mathematical concepts. Each chapter is structured to answer questions that students most want answered:__What statistical test should I use for this situation? How do I set up the data? How do I run the test? How do I interpret and document the results?__Online tutorial videos, examples, screenshots, and intuitive illustrations help students "get the story" from their data as they learn by doing, completing practice exercises at the end of each chapter using prepared downloadable data sets. Each chapter is structured to answer questions that students most want answered: What statistical test should I use for this situation? How do I set up the data? How do I run the test? How do I interpret and document the results? Using examples, screenshots, and intuitive illustrations, students "get the story" from their data and learn by doing, completing practice exercises at the end of each chapter using prepared downloadable datasets. New to this edition: Test) have been added to Chapters 5 - 9 to facilitate more versatile analyses. New illustrations help to clarify abstract concepts, such as Treatment/Control groups and various forms of probability and non-probability sampling techniques. Pretest Checklist criteria for each statistical test are now presented in easy-to-read dialogue boxes to help ensure robust statistical processing. Multiple downloadable resources on an accompanying website include prepared SPSS data sets for all examples and exercises (eliminating data entry time and errors) and solutions to all odd-numbered exercises. A combined Pretest Checklist/Run Procedure video allows students to navigate directly to the section of interest to make video study more efficient The updated Second Edition of Herschel Knapp’s friendly and practical introduction to statistics shows students how to properly select, process, and interpret statistics without heavy emphasis on theory, formula derivations, or abstract mathematical concepts. Each chapter is structured to answer questions that students most want answered: What statistical test should I use for this situation? How do I set up the data? How do I run the test? How do I interpret and document the results? Online tutorial videos, examples, screenshots, and intuitive illustrations help students "get the story" from their data as they learn by doing, completing practice exercises at the end of each chapter using prepared downloadable data sets. This introductory textbook for the social and behavioural sciences shows students how to properly select, process, and interpret statistics without heavy emphasis on theory, formula derivations, or abstract mathematical concepts.