So my job is in qual research, but I have enough of a stat background that my boss wants to start bringing me into the quant side, but he says that I need to learn SPSS first. The company can get me a licenses for program, but we have no internal process for training someone into SPSS (we've always hired experienced quant people before this).
He doesn't think a class is really necessary since our clients don't really require anything particularly complicated, but just about any book is fine, provided it's a good one.
Does anyone have any recs?
#2
strawman
I hate to do this to you, but there are so many free courses, including video courses on itunes, usually available from universities, that I don't recommend a book at all:
I've heard that, but the quants here are big fans of SPSS, and I have no basis to argue with them about it.
#6
Bowielee
The manual I use is one that was written by one of my professors for her students with no actual publication. Because of that, I wouldn't feel comfortable sharing it without her permission. It is, however, my bible when it comes to data analysis.
You definitely don't want to use R if you're not already familiar with data analysis software, and/or have a background in programming. It his incredibly robust, but that won't mean anything if you can't learn how to use it.
I am spending my personal development time learning R this year. It is seriously overkill for what I need. Sadly, our license for SPSS is under kill...