Katie, I used the first edition of Andy Field's book when I did my Ph.D. I also ordered the third edition and recommend it to my students. It's an excellent book. Good luck! Leslie *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki, Ph.D. Associate Professor Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Tsukuba Email: tkach@japan.email.ne.jp *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I don't use SPSS (some coworkers use it regularly for Internet statistics) but my experiences with SAS suggest there are many statistics modeling text books that come with data disks for SPSS, SAS, MiniTab, Stata, etc. and that reading and working through these statistics books with the software will teach you both the software and the statistics. I would recommend statistical literacy be your goal rather than technical software literacy. You can set up really good programs and still be statistically wrong. Peter Timusk B.Math statistics. BA legal studies Legal studies of the Information Age Vice President Computers for Communites School work blog http://notebook.webpagex.org Some papers www.webpagex.org -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of katie vizenor Sent: May-18-11 3:30 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Suggestions for SPSS training Hi. I am entering the research/analyst job market and realize that I need to improve my SPSS skills. I took a graduate level stats class with an SPSS component, but it was not very thorough or practical. Since most of my work is qualitative, I have not had a great need for this software. Could anyone provide suggestions for SPSS training, either online or in-person classroom training in the DC metropolitan area (I live in Northern Virginia). Really, I just need practical software training. Or, if anyone knows how best to go about gaining this skill. I have found that many jobs want proficiency in SPSS, but the only real way to become super proficient in the software is through a job. A catch-22. Also, there seems to be a range of meanings in terms of what "proficiency" means. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated. All my best, Katie Vizenor, MLS, MA Doctoral Candidate, Anthropology, University at Buffalo _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/