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Introducing Statistical Methods Ser.: Discovering Statistics Using SPSS for Windows by Andy P. Field (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100761944524
ISBN-139780761944522
eBay Product ID (ePID)103019411
Product Key Features
Number of Pages816 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDiscovering Statistics Using SPSS for Windows
SubjectProbability & Statistics / General, Statistics, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year2005
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics, Education, Psychology
AuthorAndy P. Field
SeriesIntroducing Statistical Methods Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight22.5 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width7.3 in
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Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsField makes concerted efforts to provide statistical tools in a very lighthearted fashion by throwing in humor, with great success... Very useful, valuable, and interesting. Highly recommended., Aimed at a wide student audience, the objectives are to explain statistics theory and practice in a clear, engaging, user-friendly way, and the book does this well. For the purist, some of the phrasing might be loose and the theory light, but the book works well as an introductory text for its intended audience., Field makes concerted efforts to provide statistical tools in a very lighthearted fashion by throwing in humor, with great success...& Very useful, valuable, and interesting.& Highly recommended., This text is notable for the breadth of statistics covered and for seamless meshing this content with SPSS.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal300.285/555
Table Of ContentEVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT STATISTICS (WELL, SORT OF) Building Statistical Models Populations and Samples Simple Statistical Models Frequency Distributions Is My Sample Representative of the Population? Linear Models How Can We Tell If Our Model Represents the Real World? THE SPSS ENVIRONMENT Versions of SPSS Getting Started The Data Editor The Output Viewer The Syntax Window Saving Files Retrieving a File EXPLORING DATA Parametric Data Graphing and Screening Data Exploring Groups of Data Testing Whether a Distribution is Normal Testing for Homogeneity of Variance Graphing Means CORRELATION How Do We Measure Relationships? Data Entry for Correlation Analysis Using SPSS Graphing Relationships The Scatterplot Bivariate Correlation Partial Correlation How To Report Correlation Coefficients REGRESSION An Introduction to Regression Doing Simple Regression on SPSS Interpreting a Simple Regression Multiple Regression The Basics How Accurate Is My Regression Model? How To Do Multiple Regression Using SPSS Interpreting Multiple Regression How To Report Multiple Regression Categorical Predictors and Multiple Regression LOGISTIC REGRESSION Background to Logistic Regression What Are the Principles behind Logistic Regression? Running the Analysis A Research Example Interpreting Logistic Regression How To Report Logistic Regression Another Example Testing for Multicollinearity Things That Can Go Wrong COMPARING TWO MEANS Revision of Experimental Research Inputting Data and Displaying Means with Error Bar Charts Testing Differences between Means The t-Test The Dependent t-Test The Independent t-Test Between Groups or Repeated Measures? The t-Test as a General Linear Model What If Our Data Are Not Normally Distributed? COMPARING SEVERAL MEANS: ANOVA (GLM 1) The Theory behind ANOVA Running One-Way ANOVA on SPSS Output from One-Way ANOVA Calculating the Effect Size Reporting Results from One-Way Independent ANOVA Violations of Assumptions in One-Way Independent ANOVA ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE, ANCOVA (GLM 2) What Is ANCOVA? Conducting ANCOVA on SPSS Interpreting the Output from ANCOVA ANCOVA Run as a Multiple Regression Additional Assumptions in ANCOVA Calculating the Effect Size Reporting Results FACTORIAL ANOVA (GLM 3) Theory of Factorial ANOVA (Between Groups) Factorial ANOVA Using SPSS Output from Factorial ANOVA Interpreting Interaction Graphs Calculating Effect Sizes Reporting the Results of Two-Way ANOVA Factorial ANOVA as Regression REPEATED-MEASURES DESIGNS (GLM 4) Introduction to Repeated-Measures Designs Theory of One-Way Repeated-Measures ANOVA One-Way Repeated-Measures ANOVA Using SPSS Output for One-Way Repeated-Measures ANOVA Effect Sizes for Repeated-Measures ANOVA Reporting One-Way Repeated-Measures ANOVA Repeated-Measures with Several Independent Variables Output for Factorial Repeated-Measures ANOVA Effect Sizes for Factorial Repeated-Measures ANOVA Reporting the Results from Factorial Repeated-Measures ANOVA MIXED DESIGN ANOVA (GLM 5) Mixed ANOVA on SPSS Output for Mixed Factorial ANOVA Main Analysis Calculating Effect Sizes Reporting the Results of Mixed ANOVA NON-PARAMETRIC TESTS Comparing Two Independent Conditions The Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test and Mann-Whitney Test Comparing Two Related Conditions The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test Differences between Several Independent Groups The Kruskal-Wallis Test Differences between Several Related Groups Friedman's ANOVA MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (MANOVA) Introduction Similarities and Differences to ANOVA Theory of MANOVA Assumptions of MANOVA MANOVA on SPSS Output from MANOVA Following Up MANOVA wi
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisGet the Statistics Book That's Sweeping the Nation! Appropriate for All Levels--Undergraduate to Doctorate Programs in Every Discipline! This new edition of Field's bestselling textbook provides students of statistical methods with everything they need to understand, use and report statistics - at every level. Written in Andy Field's vivid and entertaining style, and furnished with playful examples from everyday student life (among other places), the book forms an accessible gateway into the often intimidating world of statistics and a unique opportunity for students to ground their knowledge of statistics through the use of SPSS. The text is fully compliant with the latest release of SPSS (version 13). Key updates in Second Edition: - More coverage with completely new material on non-parametric statistics, loglinear analysis, effect sizes and how to report statistical analysis - Even more student-friendly features, including a glossary of key statistical terms and exercises at the end of chapters for students to work through, with datasets and answers to chapter exercises on the accompanying CD-ROM - A larger and more easy-to-reference format: notation in each section identifies the intended level of study while the new 2-color text design enhances the features in the book and, together with the larger format, provides extra clarity throughout - A companion website is available at www.sagepub.co.uk/field, containing resources for both students and instructors: a testbank of MCQs for students to test their own knowled≥ online glossary in flash card format; multiple choice questions and answers to use for class assessment ? available on restricted access basis to instructors via entry password; and PowerPoint Slides of all fo, Quite simply the only book on statistics that students will need to buy at university. What's new in the Second Edition? 1. Fully compliant with the latest version of SPSS version 12 2. More coverage of advanced statistics including completely new coverage of non-parametric statistics. The book is 50 per cent longer than the First Edition. 3. Each section of each chapter now has a notation - 1,2 or 3 - referring to the intended level of study. This helps students navigate their way through the book and makes it user-friendly for students of ALL levels. 4. Has a 'how to use this book' section at the start of the text. 5. Characters in each chapter have defined roles - summarizing key points, to pose questions etc 6. Each chapter now has several examples for students to work through. Answers provided on the enclosed CD-ROM 7. Many more datasets than in the previous edition on the CD-ROM
LC Classification NumberQA276.4
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