This work is designed to help students learn to analyse and interpret research data using basic statistics. The new edition features SPSS 12.0 for Windows, but can also be used with versions 10 and 11. Access to SPSS and familiarity with Windows is all that is needed to use this book.Content: Preface; 1 Variables, Research Problems and Questions; 2 Data Coding, Entry, and Checking; 3 Measurement and Descriptive Statistics; 4 Understanding Your Data and Checking Assumptions; 5 Data File Management; 6 Selecting and Interpreting Inferential Statistics; 7 Cross Tabulation, Chi-Square, and Nonparametric Measures of Association; 8 Correlation and Regression; 9 Comparing Groups with t Tests and Similar Nonparametric Tests; 10 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); Appendices; For Further Reading; Index;Abstract: This book demonstrates how to produce and interpret a variety of statistics that are usually included in basic statistics courses plus some (e.g., reliability measures) that are useful for doingresearch. The goal is to describe the selection, use, and i