Title: Great resource for beginners
Product review: This book, combined with the SPSS 13.0 CD-ROM is a great value.The book actually covers SPSS 11.5, even though this "2nd edition" is bundled with version 13.0. There are only very minor differences anyway, so it is not really a problem. There is a great section on jumping into using SPSS for some practice analysis. Much of the book is very helpful as a general stats resource, in addition to explaining SPSS-specific application. I would highly recommend it for statistics class students, though not advanced statistics. Higher graduate-level topics such as mulivariate stats are not really covered, though foundational subjects like ANOVA and Regression do get explained. The software matches the contents well, since the bundled Student Version of SPSS 13.0 likewise does not allow for multivariate analysis.
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