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SPSS survival manual : a step-by-step guide to data analysis using IBM SPSS / Julie Pallant.

By: Pallant, Julie [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2026Copyright date: ©2026Edition: 8th edition.Description: xvii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781041096535 (paperback).Subject(s): Statistics -- Data processing | Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Computer programsDDC classification: 519.5 PAL
Contents:
Getting started -- Preparing the data file -- Preliminary analyses -- Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables -- Statistical techniques to compare groups.
List(s) this item appears in: MTU Kerry New Books Summer 2026
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 519.5 PAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out Kerry Module QUAN61000 Recommended 20/10/2026 38888000966667
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The SPSS Survival Manual throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with this powerful data analysis software.

In her bestselling manual, Julie Pallant guides you through the entire research process, helping you choose the right data analysis technique for your project. From the formulation of research questions, to the design of the study and analysis of data, to reporting the results, Julie discusses basic through to advanced statistical techniques. She outlines each technique clearly, providing step-by-step procedures for performing your analysis, a detailed guide to interpreting data output, and examples of how to present your results in a report. Illustrated with screen grabs, examples of output, and tips, it is supported by a website with sample data and guidelines on report writing. This eighth edition is fully revised and updated to accommodate changes to IBM SPSS statistics Version 31 procedures, screens, and output.

For both beginners and experienced users in psychology, sociology, health sciences, medicine, education, business, and related disciplines, theSPSS Survival Manualis an essential text.

First published 2002 by Allen & Unwin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Getting started -- Preparing the data file -- Preliminary analyses -- Statistical techniques to explore relationships among variables -- Statistical techniques to compare groups.

MTU Kerry Module QUAN61000 - Recommended reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Julie Pallant has spent the past 25 years helping students overcome 'statistics phobia' in her roles as Director of Research and Graduate Studies in the Department of Rural Health at the University of Melbourne, and Senior Lecturer in Applied Statistics at Swinburne University. She has worked as a counselling psychologist and has taught psychology, statistics and research methods at a number of universities. She now works as a research and statistical consultant.