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Resources for Learning SPSS

Manuals
The basic manuals provided by IBM SPSS are: IBM SPSS Statistics 19 Core System Users Guide IBM SPSS Statistics 19 Brief Guide IBM SPSS Statistics 19 Command Syntax Reference IBM SPSS Statistics 19 Algorithms These manuals and other additional reference materials can be found on the website: http://support.spss.com/ProductsExt/Statistics/Documentation/19/clientindex.html#Manuals

Print Books
[HA32 .B67 2005] Boslaugh, S. (2005). An intermediate guide to SPSS programming: Using syntax for data management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [HA32 .C76 2006] Cronk, B.C. (2006). How to use SPSS: A step-by-step guide to analysis and interpretation, 4th edition. Glendale, CA: Pyrczak Pub. [HA32 .F54 2009] Field, A.P. (2009). Discovering statistics using SPSS (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage. [HA32 .G37 2008] Green, S. B. & Salkind, N. J. (2008). Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh: Analyzing and understanding data (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. [HA32 .P35 2007] Paliant, J. (2007). SPSS survival manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows (3rd ed.). Maidenhead, NY: McGraw Hill/Open University Press.

Electronic Books via SearchWorks

To access electronic resources available to Stanford affiliates, search for the book in SearchWorks, the librarys search engine, from an on-campus computer using the link below, then follow the link to the online edition. http://searchworks.stanford.edu Cleophas, T. & Zwinderman, A. H. (2010). SPSS for starters. New York: Springer. Gerber, S. B. & Finn, K. V. (2005). Using SPSS for Windows: Data analysis and graphics (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Science & Business Media, Inc. Greasley, P. (2008). Quantitative data analysis using SPSS: An introduction for health & social sciences. Maidenhead, NY: Open University Press.
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Griffith, A. (2010). SPSS for dummies (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Ho, R. (2006). Handbook of univariate and multivariate data analysis and interpretation with SPSS. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC.

Online Resources & Tutorials

IBM SPSS website: www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/statistics/ A list of courses organized by SPSS is available at: www.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/training/ The UCLA Academic Technology Services has a compilation of on-line sources to help new SPSS users at: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/SPSS/sk/default.htm
Note: All of the print books and manuals are available on a non-circulating basis in the Velma Denning Room (Room 120F in the Bing Wing of Green Library).
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