You'll find this no-nonsense, streamlined book teaches you everything you need to know about the new SPSS for Windows, Version 8.0. This guide gives you just enough information and instruction to effectively use SPSS for Windows to perform all of the procedures covered in a typical introductory statistics textbook. In addition, it makes learning the SPSS program simple, whether you need it to do homework problems or to conduct statistical analyses for a research project. The guide's simple, straightforward style frees you to concentrate on learning the basic statistical concepts of your course, while still developing some familiarity with the package.

Helpful features of this guide include:
- A sample problem for each type of analysis. These sample problems are similar to the problems provided at the end of a textbook chapter.
- Instructions for conducting each type of analysis in two ways: the "Syntax Method" (using SPSS command language) and the "Point-and-Click Method" (using pull-down menus and dialog boxes).
- The output is accompanied by simple explanations to help you understand your results.

Part 1 How to Use SPSS for Windows
Chapter 1 Introduction to SPSS for Windows
Chapter 2 Entering Data and Naming Variables
Chapter 3 Specifying Analyses Using the Point-and-
Click Method
,etc.

Part 2 Procedures
Chapter 6 Frequency Distributions and Descriptive
Statistics
Chapter 7 One Sample t-Test
Chapter 8 Independent-Samples t-Test
,etc.