Conducting a Literature Review for the Social Sciences

SPSS software is installed in all the lab desktop computers in the Albertsons Library.  
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Library Resources for Statistics

Introduction to Statistics:

• Chapter Six: Statistics for Social Workers, [by] J. Timothy Stocks. In The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods, [ed. by] Bruce A. Thyer. (Sage Publications, Thousand Oak, CA, 2001), pp. 81-[130]
• Understanding Statistics 1: Addressed both qualitative and quantitative research (Evidence-Based Dentistry)
• Understanding Statistics 2: Discuss the different types and nature of data used in quantitative research. (Evidence-Based Dentistry)
• Understanding Statistics 3: Define and examine the relationships between P-values, confidence intervals and sample size. (Evidence-Based Dentistry)
• Introduction to Biostatistics: Part 1: Overview of measurement scales and their summary statistics (ACP Journal Club)
• Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics : Excel 2007 edition

Statistics in the Social Sciences:

• When to Use What Research Design [electronic resource]
• The Good Research Guide [electronic resource]: For Small-Scale Social Research Projects
• Basic Research Methods [electronic resource]: An Entry to Social Science Research
• Investigating Our Experience in the World [electronic resource] : A Primer on Qualitative Inquiry
• Qualitative Strategies for Ethnocultural Research [electronic resource]

Appraising Research Articles:
How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. Part 1: Different types of data need different statistical tests (BMJ)
How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. Part 2: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls (BMJ)

A few more...
The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice: Website dealing with the foundational principles of biostatistics.
Statistics Idiots Guide!: Very basic introduction to statistics. 

Statistics Practice (20 lesson plans, pre and post-tests) via LearningExpressLibrary database (LearningExpress is also available in ID public libraries).

• SPSS Software Training via Atomic Learning (online training software) 
• SPSS 17.0 Tips - videos by Dr. Eric Landrum, BSU Department of Psychology
  
• IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics [electronic resource]: Use and Interpretation
• SPSS for Dummies [electronic resource]
• SPSS for Starters [electronic resource]
• Using SPSS : An Interactive Hands-on Approach (2012)