Interpreting Quantitative Data with Ibm Spss Statistics - Softcover

Antonius, Rachad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446207439 ISBN 13: 9781446207437

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

The second edition of Interpreting Quantitative Data with IBM SPSS Statistics is an invaluable resource for students analysing quantitative data for the first time. The book clearly sets out a range of statistical techniques and their common applications, explaining their logic and links to the research process. It also shows how SPSS can be used as a tool to aid analysis.

Key features of the second edition include:

- new chapters on one-way and two-way ANOVA, the Chi-square test and linear regression.

- SPSS lab sessions following each chapter which demonstrate how SPSS can be used in practice

- sets of exercises and ′real-life′ examples to aid teaching and learning

- lists of key terms to aid revision and further reading to enhance students′ understanding

- an improved text design making the book easier to navigate

- a companion website with answers to the labs and exercises, along with additional data sets and powerpoint slides

About this title

About the Author

Rachad Antonius is a Full Professor of Sociology at the Universite du Quebec at Montreal.  Born in Cairo, Egypt, he graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Pure and Applied Mathematics from Cairo University. He completed a M.Sc. degree in Mathematics at the University of Manitoba, then a Ph.D. in Sociology at the Universite du Quebec at Montreal. He teaches quantitative methods and research methodology, and he also specializes in migration studies, and Middle-Eastern studies. He is presently the Deputy-Director of the Research Chair on Immigration, Ethnicity and Citizenship.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1446207439
• ISBN 13: 9781446207437
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376