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SoSe 15: Introduction to Data Analysis with SPSS

Marta Kozlowska

Information for students

Data We will use the data from the European Social Survey (ESS): http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/ and the Companion Material for Andy Field's Discovering Statistics Using SPSS: www.uk.sagepub.com/field4e/study/datasets.htm close

Additional information / Pre-requisites

Basic knowledge in data analysis is strongly recommended.

Comments

This course aims on repetition and advancing the knowledge and usage of methodological principles of quantitative data analysis. This includes: - descriptive statistics, - statistical inference, - choosing the right procedure for specific research questions and for the data type, - statistical analysis. Beside this seminar has the objective to provide a practical introduction to the application of the software package SPSS. At the end of the seminar, students should be able to self-reliantly conduct basic reproducible statistical analyses, i.a.: - data management (dataset and variable modification, index building), - calculating univariate distributions, - running univariate, bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses, - constructing graphs, - output interpretation, and - results reporting. close