Research Methodology I- Practical

Paper Code:

25DATG702

Credits:

Contact Hours:

30.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

This course will enable the students to collect and analyze data analysis using software applications, interpretation and reporting of results

Course Outcomes:

Course	Learning outcome (at course level)	Learning and teaching strategies	Assessment Strategies
Course Code	Course title
25DATG702	Research Methodology I- Practical (Practical)	CO187: Demonstrate and analyze the data entry and recording of SPSS. CO188: Examine and demonstrate various data managing function of SPSS CO189: Demonstrate and evaluate the graphs and charts through SPSS CO190: Determine the measures of central tendency, research problem for chi-square and interpret through chi-square analysis CO191: Interpret the results of a research problem using correlation Analysis CO192: Contribute effectively in course-specific Interaction	Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Problem solving sessions, Presentations Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Case Study analysis, Presentations, Group discussions	Continuous Assessment Test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Solving numerical problems, Assignments, Class Presentations, Individual and group projects.

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course title

25DATG702

Research

Methodology I- Practical

(Practical)

CO187: Demonstrate and

analyze the data entry and

recording of SPSS.

CO188: Examine and

demonstrate various data

managing function of SPSS

CO189: Demonstrate and

evaluate the graphs and

charts through SPSS

CO190: Determine the

measures of central tendency, research problem

for chi-square and interpret

through chi-square analysis

CO191: Interpret the

results of a research

problem using correlation

Analysis

CO192: Contribute

effectively in course-specific

Interaction

Approach

teaching:

Interactive

Lectures,

Discussion,

Tutorials,

Problem

solving

sessions,

Presentations

Learning

activities

for the

students:

Self-learning

assignments,

Case Study

analysis,

Presentations,

Group discussions

Continuous

Assessment

Test, Semester

End

Examinations,

Quiz, Solving

numerical

problems,

Assignments,

Class

Presentations, Individual and

group projects.

6.00

Unit I:

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:

Managing Data

● Missing data, compute variable, recode variable,
● Rank cases, Weighted Cases.
● Frequencies, Descriptive, Cross Tabs, Exploratory, Custom Tables.

6.00

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

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

Unit V:

Bi variate Correlation using SPSS:

● Bi variate Correlation, Partial Correlations and the correlation matrix

Essential Readings:

● 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

References:

Suggested Readings:

● 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.

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