SPSS Statistics Workbook For Dummies

Introduction

Do you need to use IBM SPSS Statistics for school or work and you feel that you need more practice to become proficient? Maybe you eventually get the results you need when you work in SPSS, but it feels like you aren’t doing so efficiently. Maybe you're about to embark on an important assignment or research project, and you feel like some more practice (with carefully presented solutions) is just what you need.

Not to worry. Help has arrived. SPSS Statistics Workbook For Dummies is a collection of exercises and solutions to move you towards mastery with SPSS. It is a companion book to SPSS Statistics For Dummies, 4th Edition, but you don't need to read both. (You see more about how the books work together later in this introduction.)

We (Keith and Jesus) have trained tens of thousands of students during in-person workshops for SPSS Inc. (before IBM acquired SPSS). That experience, over many years, means we’ve looked over the shoulders of attendees as they’ve attempted exercises just like these. We can anticipate possible mistakes before you make them — and if you practice the examples in this workbook, you won’t make them at all. We’ve used that experience, along with the topics that IBM has identified as important for certification, to keep you focused on the critical skills for using SPSS efficiently.

About This Book

This workbook is designed to develop your ability to perform the most common and important tasks in the efficient use of SPSS Statistics. Like all ...