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As a supplemental text for a first statistics course, Wagner (sociology, California State U.-Channel Islands) introduces SPSS tools for transforming variables, selecting and sampling cases, organizing and presenting information, producing charts and graphs, analyzing relationships among variables, and testing hypotheses. The fourth edition covers SPSS Statistics version 20 released in 2011, illustrated with b&w screenshots. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Ideal either as a companion to a traditional statistics or research methods text or as a stand-alone guide, Using SPSS for Research Methods and Social Statistics is a useful reference for those learning to use the SPSS software for the first time or those with only basic knowledge about SPSS. This student-friendly resource shows readers how to use images and directions drawn from SPSS Version 20 and now uses the latest version of the General Social Survey (GSS, 2010) as a secondary data set.
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