Week 10: Data Analysis and Unit 2-Analysis of Quantitative data through SPSS

Unit –1 Data Analysis

  • Data and its types

Unit –2 Analysis of Quantitative data through SPSS

  • Descriptive statistics
  • Measures of central tendency and  variability
  • Measures of relationship
  • Inferential statistics (correlation + regression)
  • Hypothesis testing ; the null hypothesis; one and two tailed tests ; use of null hypotheses
  • Parametric vs. nonparametric techniques
  • Carrying out parametric statistical tests: t-distribution, z-test, ANOVA and ANCOVA.
  • Carrying out non-parametric statistical tests: Chi Square test
  • The role of statistical analysis
  • Selecting an appropriate statistical analysis
  • Coding and inputting data