SPSS for Applied Sciences

Basic Statistical Testing

By: Cole Davis

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Paperback | 30 March 2026

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This book offers a quick and basic guide to using SPSS and provides a general approach to solving problems using statistical tests. It is both comprehensive in terms of the tests covered and the applied settings it refers to, yet is short and easy to understand.

Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate level test user, this book will help you to analyze different types of data in applied settings. It will also give you the confidence to use other statistical software and to extend your expertise to more specific scientific settings as required. The author does not use mathematical formulae and leaves out arcane statistical concepts. Instead, he provides a very practical, easy and speedy introduction to data analysis, offering examples from a range of scenarios from applied science, handling both continuous and rough-hewn data sets. Examples are given from agriculture, arboriculture, audiology, biology, computer science, ecology, engineering, epidemiology, farming and farm management, hydrology, medicine, ophthalmology, pharmacology, physiotherapy, spectroscopy and sports science.

Key Features:
* Written for beginners or intermediate users
* Provides an easily read basic guide to SPSS with no mathematical formulae
* Progresses logically, with clear explanations
* Includes useful tests, each accompanied by a worked example, with relevance to a range of interests

Industry Reviews

"I feel totally out of my depth whenever someone mentions anything to do with statistics or statistical testing. Cole Davis' book is invaluable to the likes of me and even those at an intermediate level. It will definitely give you confidence and enable you to extend your expertise in scientific surroundings and be of enormous benefit to you."--Kerin Freeman, Scientific Editor
"This book is important particularly to those who wish to use SPSS as an analytical tool from the beginning. Cole Davis contributes significantly to the understanding of statistics; the clarity of his writing, his ability to explain statistical nuances shines through."--Steven Chan, Professor of Surgery
"This is the best statistics book I've ever read! Cole leads learners quickly through everything they need to know in order to get the job done. It is so well written that one can simply do an advanced statistical analysis just by reading it and following the SPSS screenshots."--Ofra Reuven, Statistician and Data Analyst

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