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Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (Introducing Statistical Methods S.) (2nd Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Andy Field
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 7035
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 816
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0761944524
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.285555
EAN: 9780761944522
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
(20060201)
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Finally, statistics and fun can be used in a single sentence November 2, 2004
Amrit Tiwana (Decatur, Georgia, USA)
50 out of 53 found this review helpful
I use statistics for a living (I'm an empirical researcher). I've had my Ph.D. for several years now and own all of the usual stuff like the Hair book, the array of SPSS manuals, and the Tabachnik and Fidell book. Of all the books and books I've used,read, and owned this is the singly most user friendly book on the topic. If you use SPSS in your work, I promise that this will be the best forty dollars you can spend. I wish more stats books were written in this tone. The book is actually fun to read, which is the highest compliment that a stats book can get. It is also very accurate. The single downside of this book is that it lacks references to research on which its recommendations are based. This book might be too weak for statisticians but it is just perfect for those who use statistical methods, especially SPSS. Very highly recommended.
The best SPSS book on the market November 30, 2000
Mark Gray
48 out of 50 found this review helpful
Field's book is simply the best volume written yet for beginning users of SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Unlike most stats or software books, Field uses humor, wit and quirky real world examples to provide an easy and enjoyable read. The version I purchased came with a CD including all the data used in the book's examples. Chapters 1-4 are great primers for stats and Field does eventually take the reader into some more sophisticated analyses including Logistic Regression and Factor Analysis. Step by step instructions are supplemented by screen captures and graphs. This is an invaluable book for anyone faced with the challenge of learning SPSS for a class or for business. I would recommend it over any of the 15 or so books I've read regarding SPSS -- including the official manuals!
Comprehensive, practical, and funny! November 9, 2006
Daniel Waisberg (Israel)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The title of this book does not reflect its nature; instead of an academic dry exercise book, the reader will find an easy, funny reading (with no lost in substance). Andy Field writes the book just as a good lecturer speaks in a class. He has a simple and special style.
The book helped me a lot in two complicated courses in my M.Sc. in Operations Research and Decisions: "Multi Variate Forecasting and Inference" and "Data Analysis in Marketing". The author presents excellent day-to-day weird examples to explain how to develop statistical analysis in SPSS. He explains meticulously a very wide range of statistical terms and links them to SPSS actions.
The content of the book is very organized: to those who want to read it from beginning to end as well as to those who only wish to consult it for specific subjects. The chapters are graded by difficulty degree and importance, and at the end of each chapter you will find a comprehensive review of the most important topics.
Very useful and well written book.
This book saved my (academic) hide December 21, 2006
Joe Pillera (Northville, MI USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've returned to school for work on a doctorate - after being out of academia for over 15 years. Of course (Murphy's Law) my first course is on statistics and using SPSS - a software package for the PC to do your homework on.
The bookstore was only recommending the SPSS software part - and not a "fundamentals" book like this. You can have all the software in the world, but if you don't know how to use it, it's a waste of time.
Dr Field - thank you for such an excellent book. It's saving my hide; I'd be lost without it.
Bless you, Andy Field! August 14, 2008
Julesagogo (Michigan, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This should be the first book you buy if you need help with stats and SPSS. When I first began doing empirical research I knew almost nothing about statistics or SPSS, and had to learn virtually everything I needed to know about complex multivariate tests on my own. I had suffered through many of the relevant, canonical books before I happened upon Field. It was a V-8 moment. Not only does the book explain everything in engaging, easy to understand, often hilarious terms (a favorite example is the caption of the photo of statistician Bonferroni: "Carlo Bonferroni before the celebrity of his correction lead to drink, drugs and statistics groupies"), but again and again it answered questions I had that other sources didn't address in a practical way. One example out of many is how to calculate and interpret effect sizes, which SPSS doesn't calculate for all multivariate tests, or calculates using a measure that has been widely criticized. Field describes the rationale behind several measures of effect size as well as formulas for calculating them, including clear indicators of where to find the data in SPSS output.
Other reviewers have commented that this book is light on theory. I don't know enough about statistical theory to know if this is a valid criticism. But, I do think the book provides ample and detailed "whys" behind the "hows" that I haven't found elsewhere and that were necessary to help me justify the tests I run and how I interpret them. The level of detail and abstraction, in my opinion, is completely appropriate for most researchers and students.
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