SPSS for Applied Sciences: Basic Statistical Testing

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This book offers a quick and basic guide to using SPSS and provides a general approach to solving problems using statistical tests. It is both comprehensive in terms of the tests covered and the applied settings it refers to, and yet is short and easy to understand.Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate level test user, this book will help you to analyse different types of data in applied settings. It will also give you the confidence to use other statistical software and to extend your expertise to more specific scientific settings as required.

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"I feel totally out of my depth whenever someone mentions anything to do with statistics or statistical testing. Cole Davis' book is invaluable to the likes of me and even those at an intermediate level. It will definitely give you confidence and enable you to extend your expertise in scientific surroundings and be of enormous benefit to you."--Kerin Freeman, Scientific Editor
"This book is important particularly to those who wish to use SPSS as an analytical tool from the beginning. Cole Davis contributes significantly to the understanding of statistics; the clarity of his writing, his ability to explain statistical nuances shines through."--Steven Chan, Professor of Surgery
"This is the best statistics book I've ever read! Cole leads learners quickly through everything they need to know in order to get the job done. It is so well written that one can simply do an advanced statistical analysis just by reading it and following the SPSS screenshots."--Ofra Reuven, Statistician and Data Analyst

Author Bio

Trained in industrial psychology at the University of London, Cole Davis, has been a freelance researcher in psychiatry, surgery, careers guidance, education, business and marketing. Creator of the CareerSteer career choice diagnostic test, he works in Russia, where some of his short stories are published.