This book, adapted from the successful textbooks of Howitt and Cramer, is the ultimate guide to Statistics and SPSS for Social Science students. Its range of topics fully covers the needs of students throughout their journey to graduation and beyond.

With simple mathematics and step-by-step explanations of all important statistical concepts, tests, and procedures, the book ensures a proper understanding of data analysis while providing extensive coverage of statistical techniques and how to process all types of data with SPSS. Just follow the screen shots and comments to achieve perfect data analysis.

Key features of the book:
- Guidance on data types and entry methods, the steps required in SPSS to complete the analysis, and how to interpret and summarize the analysis results
- Detailed guidance on the range of statistical techniques, when to use or not use them, the types of data required, and the problems that users encounter
- Step-by-step instructions on how to input, analyze, and interpret data using SPSS
- Special sections such as "Research Design Problem" and "Computation," and tips for organizing the material into manageable sections, as well as chapter summaries and key points lists
- Fully colored, with an extensive glossary explaining terms

The accompanying website provides downloadable datasets used in the book (with full descriptions) as well as answers to the book's questions.