Quantitative Data Management and Analysis with SPSS course

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.

Course Objective:

•          Performing operations with data: define variables, recode variables, create dummy variables, select and weight cases, split files
•          Building charts in SPSS: column charts, line charts, scatterplot charts, boxplot diagrams
•          Performing the basic data analysis procedures: Frequencies, Descriptives, Explore, Means, Crosstabs
•          Testing the hypothesis of normality
•          Detecting the outliers in a data series
•          Transform variables
•          Performing the main one-sample analyses: one-sample t test, binomial test, chi square for goodness of fit
•          Performing  the tests of association: Pearson and Spearman correlation, partial correlation, chi square test for association, loglinear analysis

Duration

5days

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.

Course content

•          Introduction
•          Defining Variables
•          Variable Recoding
•          Dummy Variables
•          Selecting Cases
•          File Splitting
•          Data Weighting
•          Creating Charts in SPSS
•          Column Charts
•          Line Charts
•          Scatterplot Charts
•          Boxplot Diagrams
•          Simple Analysis Techniques
•          Frequencies Procedure
•          Descriptive Procedure
•          Explore Procedure
•          Means Procedure
•          Crosstabs Procedure
•          Assumption Checking. Data Transformations
•          Checking for Normality - Numerical Methods
•          Checking for Normality - Graphical Methods
•          Detecting Outliers - Graphical Methods
•          Detecting Outliers - Numerical Methods
•          Detecting Outliers - How to Handle the Outliers
•          Data Transformations
•          One-Sample Tests
•          One-Sample T Test - Introduction
•          One-Sample T Test - Running the Procedure
•          Introduction to Binomial Test
•          Binomial Test with Weighted Data
•          Chi Square for Goodness-of-Fit
•          Chi Square for Goodness-of-Fit with Weighted Data
•          Pearson Correlation - Introduction
•          Pearson Correlation - Assumption Checking
•          Pearson Correlation - Running the Procedure
•          Spearman Correlation - Introduction
•          Spearman Correlation - Running the Procedure
•          Partial Correlation - Introduction
•          Chi Square For Association
•          Chi Square For Association with Weighted Data
•          Loglinear Analysis - Introduction
•          Loglinear Analysis - Hierarchical Loglinear Analysis
•          Loglinear Analysis - General Loglinear Analysis
•          Tests for Mean Difference
•          Independent-Sample T Test - Introduction
•          Independent-Sample T Test - Assumption Testing
•          Independent-Sample T Test - Results Interpretation
•          Paired-Sample T Test - Introduction
•          Paired-Sample T Test - Assumption Testing
•          Paired-Sample T Test - Results Interpretation
•          One-Way ANOVA - Introduction
•          One-Way ANOVA - Assumption Testing
•          One-Way ANOVA - F Test Results
•          One-Way ANOVA - Multiple Comparisons
•          Two-Way ANOVA - Introduction
•          Two-Way ANOVA - Assumption Testing
•          Two-Way ANOVA - Interaction Effect
•          Two-Way ANOVA - Simple Main Effects
•          Three-Way ANOVA - Introduction
•          Three-Way ANOVA - Assumption Testing
•          Three-Way ANOVA - Third Order Interaction
•          Three-Way ANOVA - Simple Second Order Interaction
•          Three-Way ANOVA - Simple Main Effects
•          Three-Way ANOVA - Simple Comparisons
•          Multivariate ANOVA - Introduction
•          Multivariate ANOVA - Assumption Checking
•          Multivariate ANOVA - Result Interpretation