What the book covers: Everything a novice reader needs to know to get up and running with the latest version of the SPSS software. This book starts with the basics of installing the software, entering data, and setting up calculations. It then progresses into statistical and predictive analysis topics like cross tabulation, frequencies, descriptive ratios, means, bivariate and partial correlations, linear regression, group identification with factor, two-step, hierarchical, and discriminant analysis. This book also discusses how to output all of this information into visually appealing charts and graphs. And it even covers how to program SPSS for those who want to take their statistical analysis one step further.