SPSS and Applied Techniques

DURATION: 5DAYS   SPSS is a Windows based program that is used to perform data entry and analysis and to create tables and graphs. It is a tool for data management, analysis and decision making. SPSS has string data processing capabilities and is used in many fields including Business, Medicine, Information Technology, Education, Manufacturing etc. Students in Tertiary Institutions and Researchers use it for making analysis according to expected research goals and obtain the gained results.   The training aims at equipping participants with knowledge on how to manage data, make analysis and conclusions more accurately when working with complex relationships in data. The use of SPSS offers powerful and sophisticated univariate and multivariate analysis techniques.   LEARNING OUTCOMES   At the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative data analysis and procedures
• Conceptualize, state, test hypotheses and explain the conclusions
• Distinguish between parametric and non-parametric analysis
• Select appropriate statistical techniques for data analysis
• Produce professional quality reports

BROAD TOPICAL AREAS

• Data Analysis in the Research Process
• Quantitative Data management
• SPSS- Data processing and analysis
• SPSS -Inferential statistics
• SPSS – Coding and recording, Transformation – computation, merging files
• Excel MegaStats tools

  TARGET AUDIENCE   Participants expected on this programme include Researchers in various fields of Engineering, Business, Education, Medicine, Science, Information Technology, among others. It will also be beneficial to Social Researchers, Policy Analyst, Data Managers, and Statisticians