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For those who have a basic understanding of statistics and want to learn SPSS on their own, Using IBM SPSS Statistics, Second Edition by James O. Aldrich and James B. Cunningham is a concise, practical guide that can be used in conjunction with another text or as a self-instructional resource. With the assistance of ample screenshots, bullet points, and callouts, readers master SPSS by inputting and analyzing their own data, rather than simply opening existing databases. The Second Edition introduces advanced concepts such as Logistic Regression, Principal Components Factor Analysis, and more complex graphing methods. This edition is compatible with IBM SPSS versions through 23.
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This textbook can be used with an instructor or as a self-instructional guide, say Aldrich and Cunningham, and for the second edition they have added more screenshots to make self-study easier. They focus on version 22 of the SPSS Statistics software, though the material is compatible with versions 18 and 20 of the first edition. They retain the bulleted points, which inform readers in exacting terms what has to be done to accomplish certain statistical operations while using the software. Most textbooks on SPSS use existing data, they say, so students get little or no instruction and practice structuring and entering data, which they must learn if they want to analyze their own data in the future. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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