RESEARCH METHODOLOGY THROUGH SPSS (Skill Based Course)

Paper Code: 
SECO 411
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

·         Regression Analysis

12.00
Unit IV: 
t-tests

·         One sample t test

·         Two independent samples t test

Paired samples t test

12.00
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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