Statistics Using SPSS: An Integrative Approach

by Sharon Lawner Weinberg , Sarah Knapp Abramowitz

• ISBN13: 9780521676373
• ISBN10: 0521676371
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This is an introductory applied statistics text that can be used for a one- or two-semester course at either the undergraduate or graduate level. Central features are its hands-on approach; the use of real data; the wealth of exercises and illustrated examples using these data; the complete set of detailed answers to exercises in an appendix; the presentation of statistical methods with a clear, conceptual emphasis that includes an historical account of each method; and the integration of SPSS in a way that reflects statistical practice. Step-by-step instructions for using SPSS are provided as each new analytic procedure is introduced. A data CD is included with the text so that students may conduct their own statistical analyses and learn firsthand how statistics is used in practice.

Author Biography

Sarah Knapp Abramowitz is Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drew University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Examining univariate distributions

Measures of location, spread, and skewness

Re-expressing variables

Exploring relationships between two variables

Simple linear regression

Probability fundamentals

Theoretical probability models

The role of sampling in inferential statistics

Inferences involving the mean of a single population when o is known

Inferences involving the mean when o is not known: one and two sample designs

One-way analysis of variance

Two-way analysis of variance

Correlation and simple regression as inferential techniques

An introduction to multiple regression

Nonparametric methods

Data set descriptions

SPSS macro to generate a sampling distribution of means

Statistical tables

References

Solutions to exercises

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