Did you know you can using IBM SPSS statistics for discovering statistics? Unrivalled in the way it makes the teaching of statistics compelling and accessible to even the most anxious of students, the only statistics textbook you and your students will ever need just got better!
Andy Field's comprehensive and bestselling Discovering Statistics Using SPSS 4th Edition takes students from introductory statistical concepts through very advanced concepts, incorporating SPSS throughout. The Fourth Edition focuses on providing essential content updates, better accessibility to key features, more instructor resources, and more content specific to select disciplines.
Review:
Discovering Statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics by Andy Field will be available on WebAssign, allowing instructors to produce and manage assignments with their studnets online using a grade book that allows them to track and monitor students' progress. Students receive unlimited practice using a combination of approximately 2000 multiple choice and algorithmic questions. WebAssign provided students with instant feedback and links directly to the accompanying eBook section where the concept was covered, allowing students to find the correct solution.
Andy Field's Discovering Statistics books are both enjoyable to read and comprehensive in their coverage of topics. Even those who dislike statistics will find this text engaging and intuitive. For the more ambitious, the book is packed full of references to original research and other literature related to the topics discussed.
Andy Field makes what could be a tedious and difficult to understand topic enjoyable to read about. He also found a way to make the book as applicable to the undergrad stats student as it is for the seasoned researcher. If that weren't enough, there's an incredible online resource that doubles the amount of material you get for the purchase price.
The most enjoyable aspect of this book is its balance between the ideas of understanding the statistical concepts and of actually performing the analysis. If you aren't interested in the theory, you can skip it and still get practical steps for conducting the analysis. Likewise, if you don't care about SPSS, the book is still valuable for the theory it provides.
Major Updates to the 4th Edition of Discovering Statistics are:
Andy Field's comprehensive and bestselling Discovering Statistics Using SPSS 4th Edition takes students from introductory statistical concepts through very advanced concepts, incorporating SPSS throughout. The Fourth Edition focuses on providing essential content updates, better accessibility to key features, more instructor resources, and more content specific to select disciplines.
Review:
Discovering Statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics by Andy Field will be available on WebAssign, allowing instructors to produce and manage assignments with their studnets online using a grade book that allows them to track and monitor students' progress. Students receive unlimited practice using a combination of approximately 2000 multiple choice and algorithmic questions. WebAssign provided students with instant feedback and links directly to the accompanying eBook section where the concept was covered, allowing students to find the correct solution.
Andy Field's Discovering Statistics books are both enjoyable to read and comprehensive in their coverage of topics. Even those who dislike statistics will find this text engaging and intuitive. For the more ambitious, the book is packed full of references to original research and other literature related to the topics discussed.
Andy Field makes what could be a tedious and difficult to understand topic enjoyable to read about. He also found a way to make the book as applicable to the undergrad stats student as it is for the seasoned researcher. If that weren't enough, there's an incredible online resource that doubles the amount of material you get for the purchase price.
The most enjoyable aspect of this book is its balance between the ideas of understanding the statistical concepts and of actually performing the analysis. If you aren't interested in the theory, you can skip it and still get practical steps for conducting the analysis. Likewise, if you don't care about SPSS, the book is still valuable for the theory it provides.
Major Updates to the 4th Edition of Discovering Statistics are:
- Fully compatible with recent SPSS releases up to and including version 20.0
- Exciting new characters, including statistical cult leader Oditi, who provides students access to interesting and helpful video clips to illustrate statistical and SPSS concepts, and Confusious, who helps students clarify confusing quantitative terminology
- New discipline specific support matierlas have been added for Education, Sports Sciences, Psychology, Business & Management, and Health Sciences, making the book even more relevant to a wider range of subjects across the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences is taught to an interdisciplinary audience.
- An enhanced Companion Website (visit the publisher's website for more information) offers a wealth of material that can be used in conjunction with the textbook, including:
- PowerPoints
- Testbanks Answers to the Smart Alex tasks at the end of each chapter
- Datafiles for testing problems in SPSS
- Flashcards of key concepts
- Self-assessment multiple-choice questions
- Online videos of key statistical and SPSS procedures
