Synopses & Reviews
This best-selling text is written for those who use, rather than develop, advanced statistical methods. Dr. Stevens focuses on a conceptual understanding of the material rather than proving results. Helpful narrative and numerous examples enhance understanding, and a chapter on matrix algebra serves as a review. Printouts from SPSS and SAS with annotations indicate what the numbers mean and encourage interpretation of the results. In addition to demonstrating how to use the packages effectively, the author stresses the importance of checking the data, assessing the assumptions, and ensuring adequate sample size (by providing guidelines) so that the results can be generalized. The new edition features a CD-ROM with the data sets and many new exercises. Ideal for courses on advanced or multivariate statistics found in psychology, education, and business departments, the book also appeals to practicing researchers with little or no training in multivariate methods. Prerequisites include a course on factorial analysis of variance.
Synopsis
This successful text includes:
*coverage of both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis plus illustrations of LISREL and EQS;
*the EXAMINE procedure from SPSSX--terrific for exploring data;
*a new section on the doubly multivariate problem in which subjects are measured on several dependent outcome variables at each point in time, or for each treatment/condition; and
*added exercises on categorical data analysis and the answers for the more difficult problems.
There is a 3.5 disk (free to those adopting the text) of all data sets in the book, along with several large data sets.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-572) and indexes.