Data Management and Analysis for Quantitative Data using SPSS Course

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Introduction

The training is essential in the development of better understanding of the concepts of statistics. It will provide the participants with a general idea of computer assisted data analysis. Additionally, the training will also focus on developing skills that are crucial to the transformation of data using SPSS.

Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) is one of the most user friendly statistical software for researchers providing visualization and data analytical tools. This course provides the participants with a practical application of the statistical component of IBM® SPSS® Statistics. Participants will review several statistical techniques, gain an understanding of when and why to use these various techniques as well as how to apply them with confidence, interpret their output, and graphically display the results.

Course Objective:

• Perform data analysis tasks with SPSS
• Perform simple to complex data management tasks using SPSS
• Performing operations with data: define variables, recode variables, create dummy variables, select and weight cases, split files

o   Building charts in SPSS: column charts, line charts, scatterplot charts, boxplot diagrams

o   Performing the basic data analysis procedures: Frequencies, Descriptive, Explore, Means, Crosstabs

o   Testing the hypothesis of normality

o   Detecting the outliers in a data series

o   Transform variables

o   Performing the main one-sample analyses: one-sample t test, binomial test, chi square for goodness of fit

o   Performing the tests of association: Pearson and Spearman correlation, partial correlation, chi square test for association, loglinear analysis

Duration

5 days

Who should attend?

The course targets project staff, researchers, managers, decision makers, and development practitioners who are responsible for projects and programs in an organization. Those working in the corporate world, public sector, research institution and NGOs.

Course content

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