RESEARCH METHODOLOGY THROUGH SPSS (Skill Based Course)

Paper Code: 
SECO 601
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
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

12.00
Unit I: 
Basics of SPSS and Graphical Representation of Data

Introduction to SPSS, Data entry in SPSS, Graphical Representation of Data 

12.00
Unit II: 
Univariate Analysis

Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Skewness and Kurtosis

Normal probability curve

12.00
Unit III: 
Bivariate Analysis

Correlation and Regression Analysis

12.00
Unit IV: 
t-tests

One sample t test, Two independent samples t test and Paired samples t test

12.00
Unit V: 
Analysis of Variance and chi-square test

One-way ANOVA and 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: 

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

Academic Session: 
2023-24
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