Here you go Dear

Introductory statitscs for health and nurses. Also, did u try youtube? 

You could search for 'Discovering Statistics using SPSS' by Andy Field. 

I had a copy of Field years ago (until it was stolen!) and think it is more of a student guide rather than a tool for researchers. There simply isn't any engagement with broader issues in understanding and interpreting data.

david, this was the question: "Can anyone recommend a good textbook that provides guidance in using SPSS for quantitative data analysis? "

and I have to agree 100 % with tineke, andy fields textbook perfectly matches in this context.

and there's a lot of deeper content in fields book, so it is an advanced book.

'Using Multivariate Statistics' by Tabachnick & Fidell might be an alternative for you - it is not specifically an SPSS textbook, but there are some examples provided as to how to conduct the analyses using SPSS

Here you go Dear

What type of regression models are you talking about (e.g., linear, logistic, etc)?  You should be able to find lots of good material by Googling , and looking for books on regression of the type that you need.

Re cluster analysis, the chapter at the link below should be good--Norusis has written a lot of good material on SPSS.

HTH.

http://www.norusis.com/pdf/SPC_v13.pdf

Field's book (mentioned above) is also my recommendation - it is good and even funny to read. You'll find some of his presentations on Youtube as well, among a myriad of other alternatives. Good luck!

Hi David,

SPSS generally:

Bryman, Alan; Cramer, Duncan (2011): Quantitative data analysis with IBM SPSS 17, 18 and 19. A guide for social scientists. Hove, New York: Routledge.

Norušis, M. J. (2008): SPSS statistics 17.0 guide to data analysis. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

Look also into SPSS help and tutorials, not bad at all.

For cluster analysis:

Everitt, Brian (2011): Cluster analysis. 5th ed. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley (Wiley series in probability and statistics).

Romesburg, H. Charles (2004): Cluster analysis for researchers. North Carolina: Lulu Press.

My favourite statistics book (I used it in research work as a back up resource and for teaching:

Moore, David S.; McCabe, George P.; Craig, Bruce A.: Introduction to the practice of statistics. Eighth edition.

Contents:

1. Looking at Data - Distributions 2. Looking at Data - Relationships 3. Producing Data 4. Probability: The Study of Randomness 5. Sampling Distributions 6. Introduction to Inference 7. Inference for Distributions 8. Inference for Proportions 9. Analysis of Two-Way Tables 10. Inference for Regression 11. Multiple Regression 12. One-Way Analysis of Variance 13. Two-Way Analysis of Variance Optional Companion Chapters (available at www.whfreeman.com/ips8e) 14. Logistic Regression 15. Nonparametric Tests 16. Bootstrap Methods and Permutation Tests 17. Statistics for Quality: Control and Capability

For the conceptual/mathematical background (very traditional):

McCall, Robert B. (©2001): Fundamental statistics for behavioral sciences. 8th ed. Australia, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. Co.

Best, Charles

No books needed. All in the Internet.

I came across a book on Social Research authored by Earl Babbie.

http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Social-Research-13th-Edition/dp/1133049796

http://books.google.com.ph/books/about/The_Practice_of_Social_Research.html?id=QySynvetGQIC&redir_esc=y

http://www.cengage.com/search/showresults.do?N=16+4294922390+4294967277+4294965363+4294965364

Earl Babbie's book and its resources are a great support for all methodological matters, but it does not go far enough, if you want to deal with special procedures as cluster analysis or multivariate analysis.

Fields is a very nice text, easy to understand. If you need further details on certain procedures, then you should try by searching specific manuals through internet.

'Multivariate Data Analysis' by Hair, Anderson, Tatham & Black

Thank you all for your useful links and guidance.

it also helped me a lot !!

You can get a good starter about statistical analyses with SPSS  using the following :

A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SPSS

S. Landau & B.S. Everitt, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2003

It is based on SPSS11, but proved to be very useful.

If you cannot purchase it, you can find it easily on the World Wide Web ...

Best regards