Data Analysis Trianing
Data Analysis Trianing
analysis are imperative for informed decision making. The availability of several datasets and
research techniques open the gateway of conducting systematic research which will be helpful
for consumers, businesses and organizations. A sound knowledge about the methodology of
conducting research and use of SPSS as a research, data management and analysis tool is very
beneficial for the researchers.
Upon completion, the participants will develop competence in quantitative techniques through
hands-on practices in study design, data collection, and management, as well as the analysis and
interpretation of data.
Target Participants
The training is designed for participants who intend to learn how to plan, implement effective
research studies including data management analysis. Those who are working in the private
sector, government institutions, research institutions and NGOs.
Course duration
Online 14 Days
Classroom-based 10 Days
Course outline
Introduction to research
Introduction to research
Different types of research
Formulation of research problem statement
Formulation of research hypothesis
Overview of Evaluation
Evaluation Objectives
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Questions
Research Design
Sampling
Sampling Techniques
o Probability
o Non-probability
Sample size determination
Chi-Square test
Pearson's Correlation
Spearman's Rank-Order Correlation
Linear Regression
Multiple Regression
Logistic Regression
Ordinal Regression
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What is R?
2. How does R work?
3. Getting to know the R interface - objects
4. Entering data
5. Importing data into R
6. Creating new variables
7. Accessing specific elements of a dataframe
8. Logical operators and functions
9. Subsetting dataframes
10. Help
11. Saving your work
12. Factors – recoding variables
13. Summarising data
14. Basic plotting
15. Test of Normality
16. Comparing means
17. Regression
18. Comparison of regression models
19. Correlation
20. Confidence Intervals
21. Combining dataframes
22. The powerful “merge” function
1. Introduction
2. Datasets and files to download
3. Part I: Introduction to the SPSS software
o 3.1. What is SPSS?
o 3.2. Opening data - Part 1
o 3.3. Opening data - Part 2
o 3.4. Navigating the SPSS interface
o 3.5. Getting organised
4. Part II: Using Syntax
o 4.1. Using syntax to ... open and name a dataset
o 4.2. Using syntax to ... set your working directory
o 4.3. Using syntax to ... save data
5. Part III: Managing data in SPSS
o 5.1. Importing data from Excel to SPSS
o 5.2. Inspecting your data
o 5.3. Labelling your data
o 5.4. Sorting and merging data
6. Part IV: Describing your data
o 6.1. Procedures: Frequencies and Descriptives
o 6.2. Procedure: Crosstabs (and chi-square)
o 6.3. Procedure: Explore
o 6.4. Procedure: Correlations
7. Part V: Modifying your data
o 7.1. Compute a new variable
o 7.2. Recode an existing variable into a new variable
8. Getting help
9. References
Table of contents
1. What is Stata?
2. Navigating the Stata interface
3. Defining the working folder
4. Opening data
5. Looking at your data
6. Saving data
7. Basic data description
8. Basic variable recoding
9. Using do and log files
10. Getting help
11. References and resources
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SPSSLongerManual/
https://www.uvm.edu/~statdhtx/fundamentals9/DataFiles/DataSets.html