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Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (Introducing Statistical Methods series) |  | Author: Andy Field
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Buy New: $157.00
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Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 1062302
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 816
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.6 x 2
ISBN: 0761944516
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.285555
EAN: 9780761944515
ASIN: 0761944516
Publication Date: April 30, 2005
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Product Description
Get 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 knowledge; 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 formatted artwork in the textbook for instructors to include in their own lecture slides.
Andy Field is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at The University of Sussex, U.K. where his success in making statistics accessible was recognized with a teaching award in 2001.
"The Second Edition of Andy Field's Discovering Statistics Using SPSS is an excellent book and a valuable addition to the teaching of statistics in the behavioral sciences. The title of the book accurately reflects the approach taken. This is not simply a primer on how to use SPSS, but is a very good statistics text using SPSS as a vehicle for illustrating and expanding on the statistical content of the book. At the same time it also serves as a manual for SPSS, and has taught me things that I had not known about the software. I find this flexible approach to the blending of content and software to be an effective way of teaching the material. It is impossible to review this book without commenting on Andy's particular style. I enjoyed it immensely and think that it would appeal to both students and their instructors. It is refreshing to see someone who doesn't take himself too seriously."
-- David C Howell, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont
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Great Book! Must buy for any undergrad and grad student November 12, 2009
M. Luse
Discovering Stats is the best Stats book I have ever used! I am a Phd student, so of course I have to take a lot of Stats classes. I can not say enough about the great job Andy Field does in breaking down formulas and explaining each step of the process in a concise, to the point manner and how to use SPSS. I am never confused in reading this book and use at as my main text in replace of the class text book. Every other text I have ever had gets blown out of the water by this one. I wish I had this in undergrad.
Worth Buying November 2, 2009
John Reader (Gainesville, Florida United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book will teach you how to do it but more important why you are doing it and why you should not do it. Skip all the long reviews and just buy it.
great product September 29, 2009
Lori N. Duran (Las Vegas, N.M.)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This product was great, it was in great condition, arrived at a great time, and was exactly what I expeceted. Great
 It is a statistics book August 30, 2009
C. Stewart (Tulsa, OK USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first week of classes are over. I find the text to be helpful so far, but this is just the beginning of the semester. Kind of funny, quite wordy, but I like it so far. After all, it is a statistics book!
Highly Recommended August 21, 2009
classicalmusiclover (manchester, ct)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Field's revision of his text, which may already be considered a classic, is outstanding and certainly the best of the SPSS-oriented texts. He certainly has mastered the art of clearly presenting complex topics. The book is an interesting read, although I personally find his frequent attempts at humor to sometimes be rather infantile and/or odd. The presentation of MANOVA and its relation to discriminant analysis is excellent, but I wish that there had been a discussion of MANCOVA. In spite of these caveats, highly recommended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students.
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