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 brilliant March 20, 2002
Dr Simon Marshall (s.j.marshall@lboro.ac.uk) (Loughborough University)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
this book is a MUST for anyone wishing to 'fast-track' their knowledge of statistics. It teaches via concepts and application rather than bewildering formulae. After reading one page I guarantee you will have an 'aha' moment (as in "Aha, I've always wondered what that meant!"). Great for beginners or advanced strugglers (like me!).
I had to do this when I saw the two-star rating! September 30, 2001
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I had much difficulty with the statistics on my Psychology degree course, and even more difficulty when I was introduced to the SPSS program! That was until I bought this book, which not only made me understand SPSS but also the statistics that I had struggled with. Andy field was a lecturer at my university until quite recently and his refreshing style maintained our interest and made us laugh. I feel that this also comes across in his book. Buy this if you want to understand statistics and SPSS - it is excellent in both respects!
Two books in one March 28, 2001
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
This book fills an important niche: most statistics books do not include all the terminology used in SPSS in the index, so it is often impossible to make informed choices about which of the many options to use without consulting a statistician. SPSS manuals, on the other hand, explain what features are available, but not the theory behind them. This book explains complex statistical techniques in a way that anyone of modest intelligence can understand, whilst also being an excellent manual for SPSS. It also concentrates on the more complex statistical techniques, such as MANOVA and logistic regression, which many books still seem to regard as exotic irrelevances, but which are becoming the first-line tools of most researchers in the social and biomedical sciences.
A great book, one I can't recommend highly enough!!! February 26, 2001
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
A disagree entirely with the above reviewer. I have a BSc. in Psychology and am now completing my PhD in Psychology so I would hope that I know a fair amount of statistics relating to my subject. Even with this knowledge I find this book an invaluable source of reference covering all the topics I need in great detail. However, this is not the best thing about this book, it really is quite fun to read and everything is explained exceptionally well. I recommend it to all the undergraduates I supervise and so now I am recommending it to you. In summary it is excellently written, the statisitcs are well explained and extremely thorough, and the potential maze of SPSS statistics becomes a lot clearer.
A great book if you need to know about SPSS and statistics December 8, 2000
jeremy@jeremymiles.co.uk (Derby, England)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have to disagree with the first reviewer. If you want to know how to use SPSS, it is hard to find a book that covers the statistics you are doing. If you want to know about statistics, you are stuck, unable to analyse your data with SPSS.This book covers both very well. If you can do statistics, and want to know how to use SPSS, this is not the book for you. If you want to know how to use SPSS and learn about statistics, this book does exactly what it says on the cover. And with a humorous approach, missing from many texts.
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