SPSS Survival Manual

First of all, I love you, Julie Pallant. I have read Andy Field's book; I have read Green and Salkind, and this is BY FAR the most user friendly book on SPS out there. It is inviting to read--lots of bullets, numbering and whitespace. It cuts right to the doggone chase if you are a nervous SPSS user. You will need to have solid basic understanding of Stats, but even if you only have a basic understanding, this book will make you feel like you can conquer the UNIVERSE. All those terms you learn get jumbled together during other books and classes--and as you know, if you don't click on the right button in SPSS your graph looks like a pre-K drawing. This holds your hand while you do it.

This book is awesome. From the beginner to the intermediate user of SPSS. The software changes are frustrating and Pallant has been nimble in her ability to help students find their way quickly and easily. Statistical principles don't come naturally to most of my students, so I love that she has broken things down to simple terms. I use her book as a quick reference to coach my students through analyzing research questions. I own the paperback edition of the book and it is beat up so badly (in just a few weeks of traveling back and forth in my bag) that I decided to leave that one in my office and ALSO purchase the kindle edition for home use. The book is just that good!

Excellent book. I originally bought the Kindle version but to my dismay it did not have page numbers making it impossible to follow along with the instructor in my Advanced Stats course. This makes learning how to use SPSS a breeze and even includes examples of how to report test results using APA 6th edition formatting.

Clear illustrations of the concepts using data that can be manipulated step-by-step with the text's instructions. For the most part instructions and explanations are clear.

Truly a superb book for application & use of SPSS! Detail is in other texts like Fields, so an excellent adjunct to a new user of SPSS (or an old user who is new to the PC version of the software)!

Good instructional book I needed for a class. There are others out there.

This book is a life saver, and I only wish it were a bit more comprehensive. Beware the typo in cross-tabulation effect sizes using Cramer V. For R-1, C-1 = 1, the small criterion should be 0.1, not .01. This error keeps getting moved forward through successive editions!

Use this as textbook in applied statistics class for graduate and undergrads. Clear and concise. If you are faculty be sure to ask for the instructor's materials. I DO NOT recommend the eBook version especially for students. Ebooks don't have page numbers and even location numbers change depending on device. While I love my Kindle, not for this book.