The present book is designed to make data analysis
more comprehensible and less toxic.
The ultimate goal in all our efforts with the present book
has been to make SPSS procedures, above all else, clear.
As the book started to take shape, a second goal began to emerge. In addition to
making SPSS procedures clear to the beginner, we wanted to create a tool that was an
effective reference for anyone conducting data analysis. This involved the expansion of
the original concept to include most of the major statistical procedures in SPSS Standard. The result of years of effort you now hold in your hands.