Entry:

Halley, Fred; Zaino, Seanne and Babbie, Earl, Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPPS 11.0/11.5 for Windows. 5th ed., Thousand Oaks, CA, Pine Forge Press, 2003.

Abstract:

Using simulated data sets in teaching statistics avoids complications of poor response rates, coding errors, and sampling errors; simulated data sets permit the presentation of clear examples of statistical concepts and provide statistically significant relationships to analyze with smaller sample sizes.