RESEARCH METHODOLOGY I- PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
DATG 712
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

             Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO 206: Demonstrate and analyze the data entry and recording of SPSS.

CO207: Examine and demonstrate various data managing function of SPSS

CO 208: Demonstrate and evaluate the graphs and charts through SPSS

CO 209: Determine the measures of central tendency.

CO 210:  Determine research problem for chi-square and interpret through chi-square analysis

Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Workshops and question preparation

Quiz, test, assignments and viva-voce

  

 

6.00
Unit I: 
UNIT 1

   Introduction to SPSS                                                                                               

  • Creating a data file, defining variables, Data Entry, inserting variable, measurement scales, inserting cases, identifying duplicate cases, sorting cases, merging & splitting files, select case.

 

 

6.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

Managing Data                                                                                                    Missing data, compute variable, recode variable, rank cases, Weighted Cases

Frequencies, Descriptive, Cross Tabs, Exploratory, Custom Tables.

 

6.00
Unit III: 
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

 

6.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Descriptive Statistics using SPSS                                                                             Measures of central tendency, variability, deviation from normality, confidence level, Confidence Intervals, Power of the test, Normal Curve, Normality Test, Reliability Analysis

6.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Bi variate Correlation using SPSS                                                                    

  • Bi variate  Correlation, Partial Correlations  and  the  correlation matrix

 

Essential Readings: 

SUGGESTED TEXT BOOKS:

  • Andy Field, Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics,Sage Publications
  • Kiran Pandya, Smruti Bulsari, Sanjay Sinha, SPSS in Simple Steps, Dreamtech Press
  • A. Rajathi & P. Chandran (2012), SPSS for You, MJP publishers.
  • Lawrence M Mayers, Glenn C Gamst, A J Guarind, Performing Data Analysis Using SPSS, Wiley

-RESOURCES:

 

REFERENCE JOURNALS:

  • Business Perspectives and Research
  • FIIB Business Review
  • Harvard Business Review
  • IUP Journal of Accounting Research
  • Jindal Journal of Business Research
  • Nirma University Journal of Business & Management Studies
  • Oorja
  • The Chartered Accountant
  • The ICFAI reader
  • The Indian Journal of Commerce
  • Vikalpa: Journal for Decision Makers

 

 

References: 

SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:

  • S. Ajai Gaur (2009), Statistical methods for practice & research: A guide to Data Analysis using SPSS, Sage Publishers.
  • Seyed Reza Hashemian Rahaghi, Farnaz Abed Ashtiani, Basic of Statistics & SPSS, create space independent publishing platform.
  • Keith Mc Cormick, Jesus Salcedo, Jon Peck, Andrew Wheeler, SPSS Statistics for Data Analysis and Visualization, Wiley
  • James B Cunningham (2011), Using SPSS: An interactive hands- on Approach, Peacock publisher, 3rd Edition.

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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