A Step-By-Step Guide to SPSS for Sport and Exercise Studies

• Main Author: Ntoumanis, Nikos 1971-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2001
• Subjects: Sports sciences > Computer programs > Statistical methods; SPSS (Computer file) > Statistical methods > Computer programs
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• Physical Description: xii, 253 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780415249782; 0415249783

Statistical Package for Social Sciences is the most widely used statistical software for data analysis in sport and exercise science departments around the world. This book is the first guide to SPSS that employs examples directly from the field of sport and exercise. Using a variety of screenshots, figures and tables, this book demonstrates how students can open data files from different programmes, transform existing variables, compute new vari ables, split or merge data files, and select specific cases, as well as how to create and edit a variety of different tables and charts. The book uses clear step-by-step demonstrations to show how students can carry out and report a number of statistical tests. Offering a comprehensive guide to SPSS functions, the book also explains the unavoidable jargon that comes with some statistical tests, and gives examples of how different statistical tests can be incorporated in sport and exercise studies. This book will be of great interest to any student wanting to learn about the features of SPSS.