Business Research: Introduction to SPSS

Paper Code: 
MED 125
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper will give the introductory knowledge for using SPSS in research. The students will be able to calculate descriptive statistics and draw graphs  and calculate correlation.

                       

15.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to SPSS:

 Data Entry, Data Editor, Basic Calculations, Recoding, Missing values, Split file, Weighted Cases, Using EXCEL Data

15.00
Unit II: 
Managing Data:

Data Entry, Frequencies, Descriptive, Cross Tabs, Exploratory, Custom Tables

20.00
Unit III: 
Visual Statistics using SPSS:

Chart Builder, Histograms, Box Plots, Bar Charts, Cluster Bar, Stacked Bar, Error bar, Line charts, Pie charts, Editing graphs and Axes

20.00
Unit IV: 
Descriptive Statistics using SPSS:

Measures of central tendency, variability, deviation from normality, size and   stability,  chi-square analyses

20.00
Unit V: 
Bi variate Correlation using SPSS:

 Bi variate  Correlation, Partial Correlations  and  the  correlation matrix

Essential Readings: 
  1. James B Cunningham (2011), Using SPSS: An interactive hands- on Approach, Peacock publisher, 3rd Edition.
  2. A. Rajathi& P. Chandran (2012), SPSS for You, mjp publishers.
  3. Seyed Reza HashemianRahaghi, Farnaz Abed Ashtiani (2011), Basic of Statistics & SPSS, create space independent publishing platform.
  4. Robert H. Carver (2013), Doing Data Analysis with SPSS version 18.0, Cengage publishers, 5th edition.
  5. S. Ajai Gaur (2009), Statistical methods for practice & research: A guide to Data Analysis using SPSS, Sage Publishers, 2nd edition.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020
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