About the book Designed to help readers analyze and interpret
research data using IBM SPSS, this user-friendly book shows
readers how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the
design, perform intermediate statistics, including multivariate
statistics, interpret output, and write about the results. The
book reviews research designs and how to assess the accuracy and
reliability of data: whether data meet the assumptions of
statistical tests; how to calculate and interpret effect sizes
for intermediate statistics, including odds ratios for logistic
and discriminant analyses; how to compute and interpret post-hoc
power; and an overview of basic statistics for those who need a
review. Unique chapters on multilevel linear modeling,
multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), assessing
reliability of data, and factor analysis are provided. SPSS
syntax, along with the output, is included for those who prefer
this format. The new edition features: - IBM SPSS version 19;
although the book can be used with most