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Contents<br />

Contents ix<br />

Preface xvii<br />

Acknowledgements xxi<br />

Guided tour of the book and website xxiv<br />

1 Variables and research design 1<br />

Chapter overview 1<br />

1.1 Why teach statistics without mathematical formulae? 1<br />

1.2 Variables 2<br />

1.3 Levels of measurement 7<br />

1.4 Research designs 8<br />

1.5 Between-participants and within-participants designs 16<br />

Summary 20<br />

Multiple choice questions 21<br />

References 24<br />

Answers to multiple choice questions 24<br />

2 Introduction to SPSS 25<br />

Chapter overview 25<br />

2.1 Basics 25<br />

2.2 Starting SPSS 25<br />

2.3 Working with data 28<br />

2.4 Data entry 30<br />

2.5 Saving your data 33<br />

2.6 Inputting data for between-participants and within-participants designs 35<br />

2.7 Within-participants designs 39<br />

Summary 40<br />

SPSS exercises 40<br />

3 Descriptive statistics 41<br />

Chapter overview 41<br />

3.1 Samples and populations 41<br />

3.2 Measures of central tendency 43

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