Featuring just the right amount of information and instruction, Kirkpatrick and Feeney's no-nonsense, streamlined guide provides a thorough introduction to Version 12.0 of the powerful SPSS software. With this guide, students can learn how to use SPSS to perform all of the statistical procedures covered by a typical introductory statistics text--from histograms and descriptive statistics through correlation, regression, t-tests, and analysis of variance. Writing for students who need to use SPSS to complete homework problems or to conduct statistical analysis for a research project, Kirkpatrick and Feeney keep their explanations as simple and practical as possible.