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Brian C. Cronk - 254 pages - Language: English - Publisher: Routledge; 12th Edition (January, 2024).

How to Use SPSS is designed with the novice computer user in mind and for people who have no previous experience using SPSS. Each chapter is divided into short sections that describe the statistic being used, important underlying assumptions, and how to interpret the results and express them in a research report.

The book begins with the basics, such as starting SPSS, defining variables, and entering and saving data. It covers all major statistical techniques typically taught in beginning statistics classes, such a descriptive statistics, graphing data, prediction and association, parametric inferential statistics, nonparametric inferential statistics and statistics for test construction.

More than 275 screenshots (including sample output) throughout the book show students exactly what to expect as they follow along using SPSS. The book includes a glossary of statistical terms and practice exercises. A complete set of online resources including video tutorials and output files for students, and PowerPoint slides and test bank questions for instructors, make How to Use SPSS the definitive, field-tested resource for learning SPSS.

New to this edition: Fully updated to the reflect SPSS version 29. Every screen shot has been recaptured. + New video supplements for all practice exercises. + References to significance levels have been updated to reflect the new SPSS output format. + Effect size is now shown in output for many procedures and reference to some effect size has been moved from Appendix A to be more integrated into the chapters. Sample results sections now also include effect size where SPSS directly calculates effect size. + A new section covering the EXPLORE command has been added to Chapter 3.

Bentley GeoStudio 2025.2.1 [702 MB] ... GeoStudio is a product suite for geotechnical and geo-environmental modeling, broad enough to handle all your modeling needs. 

The suite consists of 8 products: SLOPE/W for slope stability; SEEP/W for groundwater seepage; SIGMA/W for stress-deformation; QUAKE/W for dynamic earthquake; TEMP/W for geothermal; CTRAN/W for contaminant transport; AIR/W for air flow; VADOSE/W for vadose zone & covers.

GeoStudio 2D (SLOPE/W) offers the foundational capability to perform Limit Equilibrium slope stability analysis for soil and rock. GeoStudio 2D offers a comprehensive list of features, including: Rigorous formulation of limit equilibria. + 13 analysis methods, including Morgenstern-Price and Spencer. + Various slip surface search techniques including Entry-Exit, Grid and Radius, and Cuckoo. + Rigorous algorithm for solving nonlinear equations to calculate the safety coefficient. + Definition of pore water pressure with piezometric lines, spatial functions, Ru and B-bar. + Probabilistic and sensitivity analysis capabilities. + Partial factor, staged pseudostatic, and staged rapid decay formulations. + Complete library of material models for soil and rock. + Functions of reinforcement, overload and earthquake loads. + Supplier reinforcements library with products from Huesker, Maccaferri, TenCate and Tensar. + Limit state design support according to the Eurocode or for design by load resistance coefficients.

GeoStudio 2D Ultimate (SLOPE/W + SEEP/W + SIGMA/W + QUAKE/W) expands the capability of the GeoStudio 2D with functionality to deal with the most challenging geotechnical projects. It includes features to analyse static and dynamic stress and deformation within soil or rock, coupled consolidation, and finite element stability methods.

PLAXIS 3D 2025.1.2.762024.3 [2.10 GB] ... PLAXIS 3D includes the most essential functionality to perform everyday deformation and safety analysis for soil and rock. This comprehensive software for the design and analysis of soils, rocks, and associated structures makes it easy to model in full 3D.

Reliably solve infrastructure challenges: Easily generate and scale construction sequences for excavations. Facilitate steady-state groundwater flow calculations, including flow-related material parameters, boundary conditions, drains, and wells. Use interfaces and embedded pile elements to model movement between soil and foundation, such as slipping and gapping. Get trustworthy results with realistic soil models and a complete portfolio of visualization abilities.

Get realistic assessments of stresses and displacements: To meet the unique geotechnical challenges of soil structure interactions, PLAXIS 3D offers different calculation types, such as Plastic, consolidation, and safety analysis. A range of material models for predicting the behavior of various soils and rock types, combined with robust calculations, helps ensure reliable results. You can display these forces in various ways and use cross-section applications to inspect certain areas in greater detail.

Drive efficiency with multidiscipline workflows: Create logical geotechnical digital workflows that take projects from subsurface imports through design and analysis to various outputs.

PLAXIS 3D Ultimate extends the capabilities of PLAXIS 3D Advanced so you can analyze the effects of vibrations in the soil, like earthquakes and moving traffic loads. You can also simulate complex hydrological conditions through time-dependent variations of water levels or flow functions on model boundaries, as well as soil boundaries.

3D Geotechnical Dynamic Modeling: PLAXIS 3D Ultimate is an easy-to-use software that is suited for more advanced seismic analysis. When you need something that goes beyond the low-frequency vibrations, this is the choice for you. 

You can: Analyze the effects of human-made or natural seismic vibrations in soil: Perform analyses on the effects of vibrations in the soil from earthquakes, pile driving, vehicle movement, heavy machinery, or train travel + Accurately calculate the effects of vibrations with a dynamics analysis when the frequency of the dynamic load is higher than the natural frequency of the medium + Perform a ground response analysis and liquefaction analysis using the UBCSand model. 3D Geotechnical Groundwater Flow: Go beyond the default options of steady-state groundwater flow analysis of PLAXIS with PLAXIS 3D Ultimate. + Simulate the unsaturated, time-dependent, and anisotropic behavior of soil + Simultaneously calculate changes in pore pressures and deformation by performing a fully-coupled flow-deformation analysis + Use the Flow-only mode to exclude displacements and stresses from the calculation if you are only interested in groundwater flow, making it easier to use.

PLAXIS 2D 2025.1.2.76 [2.03 GB] ... PLAXIS 2D is a powerful and user-friendly finite-element (FE) software for 2D analysis of deformation and stability in geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics. PLAXIS is used worldwide by top engineering companies and institutions in the civil and geotechnical engineering industry.

PLAXIS 2D is ideal for a range of applications from excavations, embankments, and foundations to tunneling, mining, oil and gas, and reservoir geomechanics. PLAXIS 2D includes all the essentials to perform deformation and safety analysis for soil and rock that do not require the consideration of creep, steady state groundwater or thermal flow, consolidation analysis, or any time-dependent effects.

User-friendly, Finite Element Software: PLAXIS capabilities work together to build a powerful and intuitive finite element package for geotechnical analysis of soil, rock, and associated structures. Renowned for sound computation, PLAXIS offers a large range of material models to accurately model the behavior of various soils and rock types, which together provide realistic assessment of stresses and displacements.

Fast and Efficient, Finite Element Model Creation: PLAXIS guides users across several modes to efficiently create models with a logical geotechnical workflow. PLAXIS 2D models geometry via predefined structural element types and loading types using CAD-like drawing capabilities that lead to fast and efficient finite-element model creation. For tunnel solutions, a designer wizard builds off quick creation and can edit tunnel cross-sections, specify reinforcements, tunnel lining, and loading conditions. The Mesh mode features automatic and manual mesh refinements, automatic generation of irregular and regular meshes, and capabilities to inspect the mesh quality.

Drive efficiency with multidiscipline workflows: Create logical geotechnical digital workflows that take projects from subsurface imports through design and analysis to various outputs.

Ying Bai - 653 pages - Language: English - Publisher: Springer; (September, 2025).

This textbook provides fundamentals and practical skills on AI foundations and applications with two MATLAB programming modes. It includes twelve chapters with detailed introductions for the foundation knowledge of AI, structures, key components, and hands-on AI projects implemented in various applications in our world.

Unlike other AI related textbooks, in which the Python is used, the MATLAB is adopted in this textbook. The Python programming mode builds AI projects with functions involving huge blocks of codes, which is a difficult task. However, in MATLAB mode, provides two programming styles, Apps, and function library. The Apps graphical user interface (GUIs) assist users, especially the beginners, to learn and build AI projects with no coding lines quickly and easily. To compensate the possible code-hiding in Apps, MATLAB provides a Converting Codes function to allow users to convert those Apps to the related codes. It enables users to have a clear picture between Apps and detailed coding process. The function library enables users to build AI projects with detailed codes. This textbook also includes homework questions, exercises, lab projects and case studies.

This book is designed as a textbook for advanced-level students in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. Also, AI engineers, who have an interest in learning and developing professional AI applications to solve real problems in the world will want to purchase this book.

Terrasol FoXta Professional v5.0.1 [Size: 449 MB] ... FoXta is a professional geotechnical engineering software package for the analysis and design of foundations and soil-structure interaction problems. It is widely used by geotechnical and civil engineers.

The program is used for: Shallow foundations (footings, mats, rafts) + Deep foundations (piles, drilled shafts) + Pile groups + Piled raft foundations + Rigid inclusions + Settlement analysis + Soil-structure interaction + Lateral and axial pile loading + Embankments on compressible soils.

FoXta consists of multiple interconnected modules, including: FONDSUP: shallow foundation design + FONDPROF: deep foundation design + TASPLAQ+: 3D raft/slab settlement analysis + TASPIE+: axial pile analysis + PIECOEF+: laterally loaded piles (p-y method) + GROUPIE+: pile group analysis + SEMIPROF: semi-deep foundations + TASSELDO+: settlement calculations.

The software follows French and Eurocode geotechnical standards, especially Eurocode 7, NF P 94-261, NF P 94-262, ASIRI recommendations for rigid inclusions.

OPTUM G2 2023 v2.3.19 [165 MB] ... OPTUM G2 is a comprehensive finite element program for geotechnical stability and deformation analysis in plane strain or axisymmetry. Its modern graphical user interface ensures an intuitive and efficient workflow, while the computational core delivers unprecedented efficiency and robustness regardless of model complexity. Whether you're analyzing soil-structure interactions, assessing slope stability, or designing foundations, OPTUM G2 provides the reliable insights you need for informed decision-making.

Foundations: OPTUM G2 is the ideal solution for shallow foundation analysis and design. The unique Optum analysis type of Limit Analysis provides a means for determining bearing capacities in an efficient and convenient manner. Rigorous upper and lower bounds can be computed to bracket the true solution from above and below, thus providing an in-built means of numerical verification. Elastoplastic and consolidation analysis are available for determining settlements.

Retaining Walls: In Retaining walls come in a wide variety of types including mass gravity walls, mechanically stabilized earth walls, gabion walls and sheet pile walls. All of these can be analysed efficiently and accurately using the OPTUM G2. The unique ability to compute rigorous upper and lower bounds on the true factor of safety add confidence in the results. When combined with mesh adaptivity, the result is a superior tool for design of retaining walls.

Slope Stability: In OPTUM G2, factors of safety are computed using Strength Reduction Finite Element Limit Analysis (SR-FELA).Besides short calculation times, SR-FELA also provides the possibility to calculate rigorous upper and lower bounds on the true factor of safety. In practice, this means that the true factor of safety can be determined with within a negligible tolerance in a matter of seconds.

Chieh-Chen Bowen - 520 pages - Language: English - Publisher: ‎SAGE Publications; 2nd Edition (September, 2021).

Written in an accessible and clear manner, Straightforward Statistics with Excel 2nd Edition by Chieh-Chen Bowen helps students across the social and behavioral sciences gradually build their skills to develop a better understanding of the world around them. Each chapter purposefully connects with the previous chapter for a gradual accrual of knowledge from simple to more complex concepts. This effective, cumulative approach to statistics through logical transitions eases students into statistics and prepares them for success in more advanced quantitative coursework and their own research. The second edition now features Excel instructions and exercises throughout so students can use this widely-available and applied software for statistics.

This book is designed to walk the reader through statistics at a steady but gentle pace, providing pop quizzes throughout every chapter so readers can check their knowledge along the way. By gradually stepping up difficulty in each chapter, students generate a solid foundation and are prepared for the next chapters. Straightforward Statistics with Excel looks at the big picture so that the basic statistical concepts connect to everyday and relevant research examples in multiple ways. Throughout the book the reader is reminded of what they need to be able to recall with "You Must Remember This" boxes. A rich source of practical resources are located at the end of chapters beginning with " What You Learned," followed by three sets of exercises so students can immediately apply their knowledge.

The new edition features a reorganized presentation of material, starting with measures of central tendency, separating this from measures of variability so students better understand the differences. A more thorough presentation of one-sample and dependent samples t-tests gives students a stronger foundation in these crucial tests in statistics. New examples and studies complete the update, with a focus on simplicity. Throughout, the book makes use of Excel instructions and screenshots so students can take statistics with them through research projects and into the world beyond academia.

Helmut Vonhoegen - 910 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: Rheinwerk Computing; (Novomber, 2025).

If you’re using Excel, this is the all-in-one manual you need -brimming with solutions for every conceivable task! Learn how to design tables, use formulas to perform calculations, create analyses, graphically present your data, and share your results. With detailed coverage of both basic functions and advanced features, this book provides guidance for beginners and serves as a reliable reference if you’re already familiar with Excel. Up to date for Excel 2024 and Microsoft 365!

Your A-to-Z guide to Microsoft Excel + Master basic features, data analysis, visualizations, and more. + Work with formulas, table functions, and VBA.

Excel Fundamentals: Follow a workflow that guides you through Excel’s user interface, introduces basic concepts, and demonstrates the core features for working with tables, diagrams, and files.

All Your Excel Tasks: Dive into everything Excel has to offer. Master spreadsheet functions, formula usage, and table design. Get step-by-step instructions for analyzing, visualizing, and publishing your data; then see how to automate and customize your tasks with macros and VBA.

Practical Examples: See Excel’s features in action. Detailed examples and annotated screenshots guide you through each and every spreadsheet function, table design and analysis, data model management, and more.