Computer Literacy: Getting the Most from Your PC

Computer Literacy: Getting the Most from Your PC

by Ira H. Bernstein (Author), Paul Havig (Author)

Synopsis

Want a quick and friendly guide on how to use all the programs on your PC? Computer Literacy will help you get the most from your computer. Written by two social scientists, this book gives academics, researchers and students the information they need on how to analyze data, format a manuscript, get information from the Internet, and do some basic statistical programming. This indispensable guide offers chapters prefaced with learning objectives;`tips' and `steps' to facilitate important operations; and end-of-chapter exercises to put into practice the chapter's lessons.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Edition: 1
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Published: 29 Dec 1998

ISBN 10: 0761911383
ISBN 13: 9780761911388

Media Reviews

Bernstein and Havig provide a wonderful structure, including chapters on computer hardware, software, communication among computers, the internet, word processing, spreadsheets, relational databases, graphics, sound, multimedia, presentations, and chapters on programming essentials, statistical programming, and real-time and batch programming. . . Recommended for new computer users reading information about Microsoft products.

-- H.J. Bender
Author Bio
Prof. Bernstein has a long background in both experimental psychology and the study of individual differences. Much of his work involves medical applications including opthalmology, pain management, and psychiatry. After spending many years at the University of Texas at Arlington, he joined the faculty at UT Southwestern because of his work on a collaborative project with Dr. A. John Rush, former associate chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences and professor of Psychiatry. He also holds an adjoint appointment in the School of Health Professions.