On-line SPSS textbooks
[Page last updated 18 April 2013]
SPSS in 60 pages
Not really a textbook, but this handy little booklet covers the whole process of designing and running a survey. Although it's a plug for SPSS products, it's a useful prelude to the more detailed approaches in textbooks, and is clearly derived from intensive and prolonged experience of conducting and analysing
surveys.
Using SPSS and PASW
A nice little Wiki-book containing a set of mini-tutorials "by beginners for beginners" using a 2006 survey of genetic counsellors. As the authors themselves state, "This book is a rudimentary introduction to the
use of SPSS for basic statistical analysis. The book is written with a focus on social scientific analysis in
mind (particularly Sociology)."
Part I covers basic operations within SPSS, from installing it to manipulating data.
Part II illustrates how to do a variety of basic statistical tests.
Raynald Levesque and SPSS Inc.
SPSS programming and data management 4th edition: A guide for SPSS and SAS users
(SPSS Inc.,2007)
This is a pdf file and a bit advanced for beginners, but absolutely thorough. See also the Raynald's
SPSS Tools site which is one of the best and full of handy and useful tips and downloads.
Vijay Gupta
SPSS for Beginners, (VJBooks Inc, 1999)
This is a complete 428 page textbook available as a pdf file. Although It relates to earlier releases (7 - 10)
it covers quite a bit more ground than some of the other books listed elsewhere. It uses GUI, not syntax, but contains dozens of full colour screenshots.
Back to SPSS textbooks
SPSS in 60 pages
Not really a textbook, but this handy little booklet covers the whole process of designing and running a survey. Although it's a plug for SPSS products, it's a useful prelude to the more detailed approaches in textbooks, and is clearly derived from intensive and prolonged experience of conducting and analysing
surveys.
Using SPSS and PASW
A nice little Wiki-book containing a set of mini-tutorials "by beginners for beginners" using a 2006 survey of genetic counsellors. As the authors themselves state, "This book is a rudimentary introduction to the
use of SPSS for basic statistical analysis. The book is written with a focus on social scientific analysis in
mind (particularly Sociology)."
Part I covers basic operations within SPSS, from installing it to manipulating data.
Part II illustrates how to do a variety of basic statistical tests.
Raynald Levesque and SPSS Inc.
SPSS programming and data management 4th edition: A guide for SPSS and SAS users
(SPSS Inc.,2007)
This is a pdf file and a bit advanced for beginners, but absolutely thorough. See also the Raynald's
SPSS Tools site which is one of the best and full of handy and useful tips and downloads.
Vijay Gupta
SPSS for Beginners, (VJBooks Inc, 1999)
This is a complete 428 page textbook available as a pdf file. Although It relates to earlier releases (7 - 10)
it covers quite a bit more ground than some of the other books listed elsewhere. It uses GUI, not syntax, but contains dozens of full colour screenshots.
Back to SPSS textbooks