Performing Statistical Analysis with IBM SPSS 23 is written to become an aid in the beginning statistical analysis to students or clinical doctors whose mathematical background is limited to basic algebra. The book puts focus on data file formats， operation steps， results' interpretation， and tries to avoid a deep introduction to programming content and statistical method background. Therefore， the book is mainly aimed at medical students， or students from other healthcare related professions such as pharmacy or public health services who need to face with a lot of data from patients monitoring and laboratory tests.
　　There are thirteen chapters. Chapter 1： Overview and basic steps in data analysis， Chapter 2： Data management， Chapter 3： Transform， Chapter 4： Analysis of descriptive statistics， Chapter 5： Compare
　　means， Chapter 6：General linear model， Chapter 7：Correlation & regression ， Chapter 8：Classify， Chapter 9：Reliability analysis， Chapter 10： Nonparametric tests， Chapter 11： Survival analysis， Chapter 12： Graphs，13：Comprehensive data analysis.
　　A number of important features have been made in this book. One of the important features of this book is citing a lot of actual data from medical and biological researches. The examples are close to daily scientific research projects， so this book can work not only as an introductory level textbook， but also as a handbook for clinicians or other healthcare professionals in data analysis. Furthermore， a detailed explanation of the analysis results is another outstanding feature of this book. Detailed and accurate interpretation is particularly helpful for correct understanding and reasonable application of statistical methods for readers. A special section called comprehensive data analysis included in this book is another feature of this book. This new content requires students to work with a dataset to perform various statistical tests， and then summarize the results. We also provide a flow chart to aid readers to choose appropriate analytical method based on the data characters.