SPSS for Social Scientists

This book is an ideal resource for new users of SPSS as well as those seeking a deeper understanding of some of the software's capabilities. The book is suitable both as an introductory and an intermediate course book.' - Willis O. Odek, University of Aberdeen, Sociological Research Online.

This clear, student-friendly text offers a step-by-step introduction to the use of SPSS - easily the most widely used data analysis computer package in the social sciences.This clear, student-friendly text offers a step-by-step introduction to the use of SPSS - easily the most widely used data analysis computer package in the social sciences. Supported by four datasets taken from the well-known British Social Attitudes Survey on the topics crime, health, politics and poverty, it offers an eminently practical approach to its subject, while still setting its explanation of statistical procedures within the wider social research context.