Survey research and design in psychology/Readings/Textbooks
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[edit] Textbooks
Two types of textbooks are required for this unit:
- An introductory SPSS text (to assist you with the tutorial and lab report work).
- An applied statistics text which describes at least: normal distribution, correlation, linear regression, multiple linear regression, t-tests, and ANOVAs (to assist you with the lectures and quizzes/exams).
The recommended "essential" texts for this unit are:
- Introductory SPSS text
At least one of:
- Allen, P. & Bennett, K. (2008). SPSS for the health and behavioural sciences. South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Thomson. | ~AU$53 Companion site
- Francis, G. (2007). Introduction to SPSS for Windows: v. 15.0 and 14.0 with notes for studentware (5th ed.). Sydney: Pearson Education.
- Pallant, J. (2007). SPSS survival manual (3rd ed.). London: Open University Press.
- Applied statistics text
- Howell, D. C. (2007). Statistical methods for psychology (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. ISBN-10: 0495012874 | ISBN-13: 9780495012870. ~AU$120 | Hardbound | Companion site | Instructor site | (or you can use earlier editions)
The price of the two books by Allen and Howell packaged together is ~$160 from the University of Canberra co-op bookshop.
[edit] Software
You will also be required to use the statistical software, SPSS (a stand-alone package) and Excel (part of Microsoft Office). This software can be accessed via University campus computers at no direct cost to you. However you may also wish to purchase licenses to use this software on your personal computers.
You may optionally wish to purchase access to SPSS via either of:
- SPSS Grad pack v17 ~AU$200
- SPSS Student version v16 ~AU$123
[edit] External links
- List of textbooks used in 2008 (ucspace)
