RESEARCH METHODOLOGY THROUGH SPSS

Paper Code: 
ECO 226
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

1.      To acquaint the students with the basics of SPSS and its uses for data representation and tabulation. 

2.      To help the students appraise the use of SPSS for univariate and bivariate data analysis.

3.      To develop an understanding of the applications of hypothesis testing using SPSS.

6.00
Unit I: 
Basics of SPSSand Graphical Representation of Data

Introduction to SPSS

Data entry in SPSS

Graphical Representation of Data

6.00
Unit II: 
Univariate Analysis

Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Skewness and Kurtosis

Normal probability curve

6.00
Unit III: 
Bivariate Analysis

Correlation

Regression Analysis

6.00
Unit IV: 
t-tests

One sample t test

Two independent samples t test

Paired samples t test

6.00
Unit V: 
Analysis of Variance and chi-square test

One-way ANOVA

Two Way  ANOVA

Chi-square test

Essential Readings: 

1.      Lawrence S. Meyers , Glenn C. Gamst and A. J. Guarino, Performing Data Analysis Using IBM SPSS, ‎Wiley, 2013.

2.      Rajathi, A. and Chandran, P., SPSS for You,  MJP Publishers, Chennai, 2010

References: 

Andy Field, Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics,SAGE Publications, 2017

Academic Session: 
2023-24
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