Understanding Statistics in Psychology with SPSS

Learn to apply statistical concepts using SPSS with confidence

Understanding Statistics in Psychology with SPSS, 8th Edition, by Howitt and Cramer offers students a trusted, straightforward, and engaging way of learning to do statistical analyses confidently using SPSS. Comprehensive and practical, the text is organised into short accessible chapters, making it the ideal text for undergraduate psychology students needing to get to grips with statistics in class or independently.

Clear diagrams and full-colour screenshots from SPSS make the text suitable for beginners, while the broad coverage of topics ensures that students can continue to use it as they progress to more advanced techniques. This book combines coverage of statistics with full guidance on how to use SPSS to analyse data and is suitable for use with all versions of SPSS. Examples from a wide range of real psychological studies illustrate how statistical techniques are used in practice and the book includes clear and detailed guidance on choosing tests, interpreting findings and reporting and writing up research.

New to this edition:

  New chapter on Data Mining and Big Data

  Updated SPSS screenshots throughout the book

  New and updated coverage of how to learn statistics

Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer are with Loughborough University.

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