Discovering Statistics Using SPSS

Andy Field

SAGE Publications, Jan 21, 2009 - Psychology - 821 pages

Written in his vivid and entertaining style, Andy Field provides students with everything they need to understand, use and report statistics—at every level—in the Third Edition of Discovering Statistics Using SPSS. Retaining the strong pedagogy from previous editions, he makes statistics meaningful by including playful examples from everyday student life (among other places), creating a gateway into the often intimidating world of statistics. In the process, he presents an opportunity for students to ground their knowledge of statistics through the use of SPSS.

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I am so thankful that my stats class used this book instead of any of the myriad other dry textbooks on the topic. I credit Andy Field with getting me through my PhD coursework and quantitative dissertation, due to his creative teaching style, enjoyable examples, thorough explanations, and probably most of all, the amazingly useful statistic selection tool on the last page of the book. Thank you, Dr. Field, for creating this amazing book. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll! 

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I love this book! I always refer to it when im stuck with something, or have forgotten how to do some calculations. It is so quirky, upbeat, and original - unlike the boring and dry textbooks. It really helps you learn learn, and not learn for an exam.

Contents

• 1 Why is my evil lecturer forcing me to learn statistics?: 1
• 2 Everything you ever wanted to know about statistics well sort of: 31
• 3 The SPSS environment: 61
• 4 Exploring data with graphs: 87
• 5 Exploring assumptions: 131
• 6 Correlation: 166
• 7 Regression: 197
• 8 Logistic regression: 264
• 9 Comparing two means: 316
• ANOVA GLM 1: 347
• 11 Analysis of covariance ANCOVA GLM 2: 395
• 12 Factorial ANOVA GLM 3: 421
• 13 Repeatedmeasures designsGLM 4: 457
• 14 Mixed design ANOVA GLM 5: 506
• 15 Nonparametric tests: 539
• 16 Multivariate analysis of variance MANOVA: 584
• 17 Exploratory factor analysis: 627
• 18 Categorical data: 686
• 19 Multilevel linear models: 725
• Life After Discovering Statistics: 779
• Glossary: 781
• Appendix: 797
• References: 809
• Index: 816

About the author

Andy Field is Professor of Child Psychopathology at the University of Sussex. He has published over 70 research papers, 27 book chapters, and 17 books mostly on child emotional development and statistics. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychopathology and has been an associate editor and editorial board member for the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Cognition and Emotion, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review and Research Synthesis Methods. His ability to make statistics accessible and fun has been recognized with local and national teaching awards (University of Sussex, 2001; the British Psychological Society, 2007), a prestigious UK National Teaching Fellowship (2010), and the British Psychological Society book award (2006). He adores cats, and loves to listen to and play very heavy music. He lives in Brighton with his wonderful wife Zoë and Fuzzy the cat.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Discovering Statistics Using SPSS; ISM (London, England); Introducing Statistical Methods Series
• Author: Andy Field
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2009
• ISBN: 1847879071, 9781847879073
• Length: 821 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Statistics; Psychology / Statistics