旨在帮助学生使用IBM SPSS分析和解释研究资料，这本书描述了在用户友好的，非技术性的语言统计数据，向读者展示如何选择的基础上，设计了相应的统计，解释输出，并写了结果。作者读者准备为所有在研究过程中的步骤，从设计和数据收集，编写有关结果。写关于输出，数据输入和检查，可靠性评估，测试假设和计算描述性和推论性参数和非参数统计的讨论也包括在内。 SPSS语法，随着输出，是为那些谁喜欢这种格式。

新版特性：

IBM SPSS版本18 ，但是这本书也可以与新老版本中使用

在描述人口和关键变量的新节

在几个章节假设和规模效应的措施扩大讨论

扩张的附录A其他有用的功能SPSS

符合在APA出版手册（2010年）的第6版概述的新格式准则的示例

流程图和表格，以帮助选择合适的统计和解释统计意义和影响大小

两个真实的数据集在www.psypress.com用来解决问题的一章

密码保护教师资源材料PowerPoint幻灯片，答案解释的问题，额外的SPSS软件的问题，多在http://www.psypress.com/ibm-spss-intro-stats发现。

IBM SPSS进行统计学导论，第四版提供了有用的教学工具：

所有执行分析所需的关键的IBM SPSS的窗口

与呼出盒完整输出到突出重点

解释部分和问题，帮助学生更好地理解和解释输出

实验作业组织学生进行的方式，当他们进行一项研究项目

实践中运行和解释SPSS额外的问题

如何有用的附录：开始使用SPSS ;撰写研究问题;并创建表和数字。

一个理想的补充在任一统计，研究方法，或任何课程的课程中， SPSS使用，教心理学，教育和其他社会和健康科学的部门，这本书也赞赏感兴趣的研究人员采用SPSS为他们的数据分析。

Designed to help students analyze and interpret research data using IBM SPSS, this book describes the use of statistics in user-friendly, non-technical language to show readers how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the design, interpret output, and write about the results. The authors prepare readers for all of the steps in the research process, from design and data collection, to writing about the results. Discussions of writing about outputs, data entry and checking, reliability assessment, testing assumptions, and computing descriptive and inferential parametric and nonparametric statistics are included. SPSS syntax, along with the output, is provided for those who prefer this format.

The new edition features:

• IBM SPSS version 18 but the book can also be used with older and newer versions
• New section on describing demographics and key variables
• Expanded discussion of assumptions and effect size measures in several chapters
• Expansion of other useful SPSS functions in Appendix A
• Examples that meet the new formatting guidelines outlined in the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual (2010)
• Flowcharts and tables to help select the appropriate statistic and interpret statistical significance and effect sizes
• Two realistic data sets at www.psypress.com used to solve the chapter problems
• Password protected Instructor's Resource materials with PowerPoint slides, answers to interpretation questions, extra SPSS problems, and more found at http://www.psypress.com/ibm-spss-intro-stats .
  

IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics, Fourth Edition provides helpful teaching tools:

• All of the key IBM SPSS windows needed to perform the analyses
• Complete outputs with call-out boxes to highlight key points
• Interpretation sections and questions to help students better understand and interpret the output
• Lab assignments organized the way students proceed when they conduct a research project
• Extra problems for practice in running and interpreting SPSS
• Helpful appendices on how to: get started with SPSS; write research questions; and create tables and figures.
  

An ideal supplement for courses in either statistics, research methods, or any course in which SPSS is used, taught in departments of psychology, education, and other social and health sciences, this book is also appreciated by researchers interested in using SPSS for their data analysis.