Statistical Methods for Practice and Research: A Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS - Softcover

Gaur, Ajai S; Gaur, Sanjaya S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761935029 ISBN 13: 9780761935025

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

This book is designed to help managers and researchers in solving statistical problems using SPSS and to help them understand how they can use various statistical tools for their own research problems.

SPSS is a very powerful and user friendly computer package for data analyses. It can take data from most other file-types and generate tables, charts, plots, and descriptive statistics, and conduct complex statistical analyses. This book will help students, business managers, academics as well as practising researchers to solve statistical problems using the latest version of SPSS (14.0). After providing a brief overview of SPSS and basic statistical concepts, the book covers:

" Descriptive statistics

" t-tests, chi-square tests and ANOVA

" Correlation analysis

" Multiple and logistics regression

" Factor analysis and testing scale reliability

" Advanced data handling

Illustrated with simple, practical problems, and with the help of screen shots, this book outlines the steps for solving statistical problems using SPSS. Even though the illustrations are based on version 14.0 of SPSS, users of the earlier versions (10, 11, 12, 13) will find the book equally useful.

Written in a reader-friendly, non-technical style, the book is illustrated with simple, practical problems and useful screen shots and diagrams.

About this title

About the Author

Ajay S Gaur is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and International Business in the Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School- Newark and New Brunswick since 2009. Prior to this, he was an Assistant professor at the Old Dominion University, VA (2007-2009) and a Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, India (2000-2003). He had obtained a PhD in Business Policy and Strategy from NUS Business School under the supervision of Prof Andrew Delios (2003-2007). Prior to that, he obtained another PhD in Management from the Department of Management Studies at Indian School of Mines (ISM)(2000-2003), while working as a Research Fellow at IIFT. He also obtained an MBA from IIFT (1998-2000) and a B. Tech. (Mining Engineering) from ISM (1994-1998).     His research interests lie at the intersection of strategy and international business. Currently, he is working on understanding the strategic adaptation of emerging economy firms during institutional transition. This line of work focuses on the interplay between internal governance structure and external governance environment and its effect on firm strategies and performance. He has also worked on issues related to institutional distance between different governance environments, MNCs' ownership strategies, staffing strategies and entry mode choice in international investments. Empirically, he had examined firms based in Australia, China, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, UK and USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0761935029
• ISBN 13: 9780761935025
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208