This book is intended for those who want to learn the basics of SPSS (Version 11).Additional information can be found in the SPSS 11.0 Syntax Reference Guide (Prentice Hall, 2002). The book can be used as a text in a class or by those working independently.It was written as a tutorial.Each chapter has instructions that guide you through a series of problems, as well as graphics showing you what your screen should look like at various steps in the process.The data set that accompanies the text, GSS00A, corrections for errors in the textbook, alternative exercises, and other tools and updates can be retrieved from the web by going to: http://www.csub.edu/ssric-trd/SPSS/xtras.html.Click on the data set and follow the instructions for downloading the file.There are also exercises at the end of each chapter for further practice and more exercises and teaching modules at this same web site.
 

In order to use the software that you will need for this book, you will either have to purchase SPSS or to find a computer laboratory in which SPSS has been installed.Most colleges and universities have labs where you can use SPSS.If you purchase SPSS, we suggest you buy the Graduate Pack.
 

The authors would like to thank the faculty and students who have tested each version of these materials (6.0, 7.5, 9.0, and now 11.0).We also want to thank the Social Science Research and Instructional Council of the CaliforniaStateUniversity for their support and encouragement especially Richard Shaffer and John Korey for their critical contributions to the previous edition.Finally, we would like to thank our editor, Jody Campbell of McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing, for help and support.If you would like to make suggestions, correct errors, or give us feedback, please email any of us at the following addresses:
 

Nan Chico (nchico@csuhayward.edu)
Linda Fiddler (fiddlerlinda@yahoo.com)
Laura Hecht (lhecht@csub.edu)
Edward Nelson (ednelson@csufresno.edu)
Elizabeth Nelson (elizn@csufresno.edu)
Jim Ross (jross@csub.edu)