This student-friendly text offers a step-by-step introduction to the use of SPSS--easily the most widely used data analysis computer package in the social sciences. Supported by four datasets taken from the well-known British Social Attitudes Survey on the topics crime, health, politics and poverty, it offers an eminently practical approach to its subject, while still setting its explanation of statistical procedures within the wider social research context.This student-friendly text offers a step-by-step introduction to the use of SPSS--easily the most widely used data analysis computer package in the social sciences. Supported by four datasets taken from the well-known British Social Attitudes Survey on the topics crime, health, politics and poverty, it offers an eminently practical approach to its subject, while still setting its explanation of statistical procedures within the wider social research context. Robert L. Miller is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Director of the Centre for Social Research, and Ciaran Acton teaches, both at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, Queen’s University of Belfast. Deirdre A. Fullerton is at the School of Social and Community Sciences, University of Ulster. John Maltby is at the School of Social Sciences and Law, Sheffield Hallam University. Robert L. Miller is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Director of the Centre for Social Research, and Ciaran Acton teaches, both at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, Queen’s University of Belfast. Deirdre A. Fullerton is at the School of Social and Community Sciences, University of Ulster. John Maltby is at the School of Social Sciences and Law, Sheffield Hallam University.