Sage have released a book called  "Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows: A
Beginner's Guide", by Assess member Jeremy Foster (details below).  We have
a copy of this book for review.  If anyone would be willing to write a
short review for the newsletter, please contact me.  (And you get to keep
the book).

Thank you.




   AVAILABLE NOW
     
Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows 
A Beginner's Guide
by Jeremy J Foster, Manchester Metropolitan University
     
Published November 1998
by SAGE Publications, 6 Bonhill Street, London EC2A 4PU 
Tel: 0171 374 0645
http://www.sagepub.co.uk
and http://www.sagepub.com
     
Hb 0-7619-6015-5 _45.00
Pb 0-7619-6016-3 _14.99
     
This book is designed to teach beginners how to use SPSS for Windows for 
statistical analysis - the most widely used computer package for analyzing 
quantitative data. Written in a clear, readable, non-technical style, the
author
explains the basics of SPSS including the input of data, data manipulation, 
descriptive analyses and inferential techniques, including;t-tests,
analysis of 
variance, correlation and regression, nonparametric techniques, and
reliability 
analysis and factor analysis.
     
The introductory section provides an overview of statistical analysis -
starting
from fundamental definitions through to interpretation and significance of
the 
results. The author shows in a simple step-by-step method how to set up an
SPSS 
file in order to run an analysis as well as how to graph and display data. He 
explains how to use SPSS for all the main statistical approaches you would 
expect to find in an introductory statistics course.
     
The book will prove invaluable to all those students and researchers who
need to
leant to use SPSS effectively in their research. 
     
Contents
Aims of this Book / The Basics of Statistical Analysis / Starting Out /
Crucial 
Preliminaries / The Data File / Merging Data Files / Running a Simple
Analysis 
and Obtaining the Output / Syntax Files / Takign a Preliminary Look at the
Data 
/ Graphs / Ranking and Sorting Data / Changing the Way Data is Coded and
Grouped
/ Selecting Subgroups for Analysis / How Many Respondents Gave a Particular 
Answer? Frequency Data / What is the Average Score? Measures of Central
Tendency
and Dispersion / Parametric Statistical Tests Comparing Means /
Correlations and
Multiple Regression / Analyzing Nominal and Ordinal Data / Assessing Test 
Reliability / Factor Analysis / Obtaining Neat Printouts

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Phone: 01332 622222 x2146   Fax: 01332 622287    Mobile: 07971 218172
Inst. of Behavioural Sciences, Derby University, Derby,   DE3 5GX, UK
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