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 ==================================================================== Jeremy Miles [log in to unmask] Phone: 01332 622222 x2146 Fax: 01332 622287 Mobile: 07971 218172 Inst. of Behavioural Sciences, Derby University, Derby, DE3 5GX, UK ================ http://ibs.derby.ac.uk/~jeremym ==================== %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%