SPSS Explained

Perry R. Hinton is a cultural psychologist and a professor of applied linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK. He has taught in the areas of cognitive, social, and cultural psychology, to a wide range of students in psychology, linguistics, communication and media, education, philosophy, nursing, and social work. He is the author of Statistics Explained, also published by Routledge.Isabella McMurray is a Principal lecturer in psychology at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. She has taught in a range of areas, primarily within psychology, including developmental psychology, and qualitative and quantitative research methods and analysis. She undertakes consultancy, training, and research with local authorities and charities, including working with social workers, probation services, education services, and road safety teams.Charlotte Brownlow is a professor of psychology at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She has taught in a range of areas, primarily within psychology, including developmental and social psychology and qualitative and quantitative research methods.Peter C. Terry is Dean of the Graduate Research School and a professor of psychology at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has taught mainly in the areas of sport and exercise psychology, psychometrics, and statistics. He has provided psychological support at nine Olympic Games and more than 100 other international events.

'Statistical methods are an integral part of teaching and research in almost all disciplines in the age of data revolution. The authors have presented introductory, descriptive, and numerical methods, as well as univariate and multivariate model fitting and inferential statistical procedures in a very clear, simplified, and step-by-step illustrative way. This book will be helpful to college and university students, teachers, and researchers who wish to analyse and interpret observational and experimental data from different disciplines across the world.'Professor Dr Shahjahan Khan, Vice Chancellor, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

• 1. Introduction2. Data entry3. Descriptive statistics4. Illustrative statistics5. Introduction to statistical testing6. t tests7. Introduction to analysis of variance (general linear model)8. One-factor analysis of variance9. Two-factor analysis of variance10. Introduction to multivariate analysis of variance11. Nonparametric two sample tests12. Nonparametric k sample tests13. Chi-square test of independence and goodness of fit test14. Linear correlation and regression15. Multiple regression and multiple correlation16. Moderation and mediation17. Introduction to factor analysis18. Using SPSS to analyse questionnaires: reliability18. Using SPSS to analyse questionnaires: reliability