SPSS Data Analysis for Beginning Researchers

Thank you for checking in SPSS Data Analysis for Beginning Researchers. Who is this course for. As the title implies, this course is for people working on their very first research projects (i.

e. beginners / newbies), including but not limited to:Students working on their research papers or dissertationsBeginning researchers with a non-technical backgroundAnyone curious about data analysisWhat is so difficult about data analysis. Many people find data analysis difficult, and with good reasons.

Data analysis is difficult because it is not a single discipline. It is multi-disciplinary, which means that it requires integrated knowledge from different fields in order to do it right. Specifically, to conduct data analysis for your research you need:Knowledge in the data analysis software (e.

g. SPSS, Excel, R, etc. )Knowledge in statistics conceptsKnowledge in research methodsExperience and skills working with dataWhat you need is not only knowledge in separate fields, but also experience and skills integrating these knowledge together to deal with real life data.