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SAGE 800.818.7243 OR 805.499.9774 6 A.M. TO 5 P.M. PT FAX: 805.375.5291 64 TEXTBOOKS & HANDBOOKS Statistical Software - Excel EXCEL STATISTICS: A Quick Guide THIRD EDITION Neil J. Salkind, University of Kansas Ideal for those already familiar with basic Excel features, the updated Third Edition shows readers how to utilize Microsoft Excel's functions and Analysis ToolPak to answer simple and complex questions about data. Part I explores 35 Excel functions, while Part II contains 20 Analysis ToolPak tools. To make it easy to see what each function or tool looks like when applied, at-a-glance two-page spreads describe each function and its use with corresponding screenshots. In addition, actual data files used in the examples are readily available online at an open-access Student Study Site. CONTENTS PART I: USING EXCEL FUNCTIONS / 1. Computing Averages / 2. Looking at Variability / 3. Describing Data / 4. Looking at Relationships / 5. Testing Independence / 6. Testing Significance / 7. Looking at Data / PART II: USING THE ANALYSIS TOOLPAK / 8. Describing Data / 9. Comparing Means / 10. Looking at Relationships / 11. Illustrating Data PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-7404-8 • ©2016 • 168 PAGES • online resources • Supplements for SPSS ® NOW WITH COMPANION WEBSITE USING IBM ® SPSS ® STATISTICS: An Interactive Hands-On Approach THIRD EDITION James O. Aldrich, California State University, Northridge Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics: An Interactive Hands-On Approach, Third Edition gives readers an accessible and comprehensive guide to walking through SPSS®, providing them with step-by-step knowledge for effectively analyzing their data. Now with a new companion website that includes datasets! CONTENTS SECTION I. SPSS COMMANDS AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT / 1. First Encounters / 2. Navigating in SPSS / 3. Getting Data In and Out of SPSS / 4. Levels of Measurement / 5. Entering Variables and Data and Validating Data / 6. Working With Data and Variables / 7. Printing Data View, Variable View, and Output Viewer Screens / 8. Using the SPSS Help Menu / SECTION II. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND GRAPHING / 9. Descriptive Statistics / 10. Creating Graphs for Nominal and/or Ordinal Data / 11. Creating Graphs for Continuous Data / SECTION III. BASIC INFERENTIAL STATISTICS / 12. Inferential Statistics / 13. One-Sample T Test and a Binomial Test of Equality / 14. Independent- Samples T Test and the Mann-Whitney U Test / 15. Paired-Samples T Test and the Wilcoxon Test / 16. One-Way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis Test / 17. One-Way ANOVA Repeated Measures Test and Friedman Test / 18. Two-Way ANOVA (Factorial) / 19. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) / 20. Chi- Square Goodness of Fit / 21. Chi-Square Test of Independence / SECTION IV. RELATIONAL STATISTICS – PREDICTION, DESCRIBING AND EXPLORING MULTI-VARIABLE RELATIONSHIPS / 22. Pearson's and Spearman's Correlation Coefficients / 23. Simple Linear Regression / 24. Multiple Linear Regression / 25. Logistic Regression / 26. Factor Analysis PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-1889-9 • ©2019 • 504 PAGES • online resources • • SPSS BUNDLE ISBN: CONTACT YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR BUNDLE ISBN DETAILS • SAGEPUB.COM/FINDMYREP UPDATED EDITION OF BEST SELLER USING IBM® SPSS® STATISTICS FOR RESEARCH METHODS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE STATISTICS SEVENTH EDITION William E. Wagner, III, California State University, Channel Islands Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics for Research Methods and Social Science Statistics supports the use of SPSS for social statistics and research methods classes and is an excellent companion to any undergraduate statistics or research methods textbook. It also serves as a useful reference for those learning to use SPSS for the first time. The book covers a wide range of data analysis topics to help students working on papers, research projects, and proposals, and incorporates the latest results from the General Social Survey (GSS) as a secondary data set. Using examples, tables, and actual SPSS screen captures, it guides users through several different kinds of SPSS files including data files, output files, and syntax files. PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-8900-4 • MAY 2019 • 224 PAGES • online resources NEW EDITION COMING SOON

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