Doing Data Analysis with SPSS Version 12 by Robert H. Carver and Jane Gradwohl Nash provieds a practical and useful introduction to SPSS Version 12. It enables studetns to work independeny to lean the software skills outside of class, while comping to understand the underlying statisitdal concepts and technique. This book is an exacellent supplement to any introductory statistics course.l
Highlights:
- The authors present SPSS as a powerful software package with
the capability to make complex comutations quickely and
accurately.
- Each session adresses saistical issue and how 10 approach it
with SPSS rather that highlighting a particular feature of the
software.
- Nearly all of the data sets in the book are real, reflecting a
variety of disciplines.
- As each session teaches the pertinent techniques, it
interweaves thought-provoking questions and challenges that
illustrate the relevance of statistical reasoning.
Session 1 A First Look at STSS 12.0
Session 2 Tables and Graphs for one Variable
Session 3 Tables and Graphs for Two Variables
Session 4 One-Variable Descriptive Statistics
Session 5 Tow-Variable Descriptive Statistics
Session 6 Elementary Probability
Session 7 Discrete Probability Distributions
Session 8 Probability Density Functions
Session 9 Sampling Distributions
Session 10 Confidence Intervals
etc.