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Statistics for Research
With a Guide to SPSS

Third Edition
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February 2011 | 608 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

This fully updated edition of Statistics for Research explains statistical concepts in a straight-forward and accessible way using practical examples from a variety of disciplines. If you're looking for an easy-to-read, comprehensive introduction to statistics with a guide to SPSS, this is the book for you!

    This is the ideal textbook for any course in statistical methods across the health and social sciences and a perfect starter book for students, researchers and professionals alike.


     
    PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
     
    Variables and Their Measurement
     
    Setting up an SPSS Data File
     
    PART TWO: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: GRAPHS AND TABLES
     
    The Graphical Description of Data
     
    The tabular Description of Data
     
    Using Tables to Investigate the Relationship between Variables: Crosstabulations
     
    Measures of Association for Crosstabulations: Nominal Data
     
    Measures of Association for Crosstabulations: Ranked Data
     
    Multivariate Analysis of Crosstabs: Elaboration
     
    PART THREE: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: NUMERICAL MEASURES
     
    Measures of Central Tendency
     
    Measures of Dispersion
     
    The Normal Curve
     
    Correlation and Regression
     
    Multiple Regression
     
    PART FOUR: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: TESTS FOR A MEAN
     
    Sampling Distributions
     
    Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and the One Sample z-Test for a Mean
     
    The One Sample t-Test for a Mean
     
    Inference Using Estimation and Confidence Intervals
     
    The Two Samples t-Test for the Equality of Means
     
    The f-Test for the Equality of More Than Two Means: Analysis of Variance
     
    The Two Dependent Samples t-Test for the Mean Difference
     
    PART FIVE: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: TESTS FOR FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS
     
    One Sample Tests for a Binomial Distribution
     
    One Sample Tests for a Multinomial Distribution
     
    The Chi-Square Test for Independence
     
    Frequency Tests for Two Dependent Samples
     
    PART SIX: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS: OTHER TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE
     
    Rank-Order Tests for Two or More Samples
     
    The t-Test for a Correlation Coefficient
     
    PART SEVEN: ADVANCED TOPICS
     
    Statistical Power
     
    Generating New Variables in SPSS: The Recode, Compute and Multiple Response Commands

    Supplements

    Good book overall, the book was adopted as a recommended research book for the student book list. Additonally recommended to library to get some copies... will check that will happen, Overall accessable book, good resources when using quan. research with SPSS

    Ms Andrea Hasselbusch
    School of Health & Social Care, Bournemouth University
    July 26, 2011

    A good book for those who want to know a little more or practice in Stats.

    Dr Dawn Robins
    Sch, Chichester University
    July 18, 2011

    Plan to use this book in Spring 2012.

    Dr SHOWA OMABEGHO
    Social Work , OKLAHOMA UNIV TULSA
    July 14, 2011

    good book for anyone novice with statistics

    Mr Ali Mohammed
    IT, sur college for applied science
    July 3, 2011

    this book is very clear and easy to read, applicable to anyone doing quantitative research

    Ms Pat Clarke
    Health , Liverpool John Moores University
    June 29, 2011

    A very useful book which includes good examples for my lessons. Texts and cases are to understand for my students.

    Dr Marusya Smokova
    Economics , D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics
    June 12, 2011

    The first five chapters of this book are particularly helpful because they cover areas that many books ignore but which are central to undergraduates getting started with SPSS, e.g. data entry, frequency tables, charts. I will recommend these chapter to my undergraduates; they are very helpfully presented. I will also recommend the book to my postgraduate students because the section on inferential statistics is comprehensive and includes helpful advice as to how to use statistical tests in SPSS.

    Jamie Harding
    Social Sciences, Northumbria University
    May 17, 2011

    This is a very helpful textbook for research students with an excellent balance of concepts and theory and their practical application.
    Examples are extremely helpful and the right level of maths is provided for this student group.

    Professor Matthias Schwannauer
    Please select your department, Please select your institution
    April 29, 2011

    A great advanced statistics book complete with all that is needed to perform all analyses in SPSS.

    Too advance for my classes

    Dr David Gilliam
    Psychology Dept, University of Northern Colorado
    March 23, 2011

    We have not decided on what book we will use for this course. However, this book is still in the running.

    Victor Williams
    School Of Business, Argosy University - Atlanta
    March 21, 2011
    Key features

    NEW TO THIS EDITION:

    • Clear explanations of all the main techniques of statistical analysis
    • A brand new student-friendly, easy-to-navigate design
    • Even more step-by-step screenshots of SPSS commands and outputs
    • An extensive glossary of terms, ideal for those new to statistics
    • End of chapter exercises to help you put your learning into practice
    • A new, fully updated companion website (www.uk.sagepub.com/argyrous3) with comprehensive student and lecturer resources including additional, discipline specific examples and online readings and Blackboard quizzes

    The new edition features:

    • Clear explanations of all the main techniques of statistical analysis

    • A brand new student-friendly, easy-to-navigate design

    • Even more step-by-step screenshots of SPSS commands and outputs

    • An extensive glossary of terms, ideal for those new to statistics

    • End of chapter exercises to help you put your learning into practice

    • A new, fully updated companion website (www.uk.sagepub.com/argyrous3) with comprehensive student and lecturer resources including additional, discipline specific examples and online readings and WebCT/Blackboard quizzes.