Elective Course in Quantitative Analysis

Norwegian
MAN 2628
0 Credits

Introduction

The course is an extension of the compulsory course "Research Methods and Thesis Writing (MAN 2519).

The course covers the process from planning a survey to analysis of survey data.The firs part part focus on the survey planning and development; i.e. study design. The second part is a hands-on workshop in the use of statistical techniques and procedures to analyse survey data with SPSS.

Course content

Part one:

Justification and consequences of quantitative research methods
- research problem and design
- data collection and analysis
Formulation av research problem
From research problem to survey intrument
Design of a survey instrument
Survey-baes data collection

Part two:

Analysis of quantitative data
- procedures and processes
- analytical techniques
- interpretation of results

Using SPSS for data analysis
- Introduction to SPSS and the SPSS simulator
- Validating the survey instrument
- Data reduction
- Standard analysis
- Advanced analysis

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