QUICK STATISTICAL APPLICATION WITH SPSS / Jayanthi Arasan

This book provides a quick and efficient guide for anyone interested in statistical data analysis using SPSS. The application of common statistical tools in SPSS are discussed via step by step instructions with diagrams. Simple and appropriate examples are given for each analysis, and interpretations based on the outputs are discussed in every chapter. The gentle treatment of SPSS would help readers to run most analyses with ease. The background materials related to each topic are presented in a straightforward manner, allowing readers to follow through effortlessly and comfortably. The book contains topics that are generally covered in most of the applied statistics courses for beginners, including: • Descriptive Statistics • Statistical Inference • Analysis of Variance • Linear Regression • Quality Control • Categorical Data Analysis The book also has some discussions and examples of SPSS syntax, which is a programming language that gives users the option of running their own customized analyses that are not readily built-in SPSS.