Week 4 ( Part 1) - SPSS

This week's task is the input for Assignment 5. So basically this week we will eventually be learning by doing Assignment 5 - mini research.

There are several methods that can be used to record and analyse data using simple surveys which can be created using SurveyMonkey and Google doc (spreadsheed & Form).


Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) is a computer aided quantitative data analysis where it is a useful software for various kinds of analysis. IBM, who is experience in software development, is the developer of this SPSS Statistics software. They claim that SPSS is the world’s leading statistical software for business, government, research and academic organizations.

Below are several description about SPSS by IBM from their official website
(http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/)
IBM SPSS Statistics puts the power of advanced statistical analysis in your hands.
With IBM SPSS Modeler, you can quickly discover patterns and trends in your data more easily, using a unique visual interface supported by advanced analytics.
Get an accurate view of people's attitudes, preferences, and opinions with IBM SPSS Data Collection.
Use IBM SPSS Deployment products to drive high-impact decisions by making analytics a vital part of your business.



Before we start our Assignment 5, we are required to study about ~
DIKW: Data-> Information-> knowledge -> wisdom
This DIKW is related to what we are going to do where it serve as a guideline on how should we carry out a survey so that we are able to produce a good quality of qualitative analysis and research.


We are required to:

SPSS:
1. From the printed questionnaire, use pencil for giving code for the variable of each item. Example
Form ID: (give values 1 to 10, 10 -20)
Gender: 1. Female 2. Male
Scale:
1. Strongly disagree
2. Disagree
3. Less agree
4. Agree
5. Strongly Agree

2. Open SPSS and start naming the variable using Variable View. Example
Name: Form ID ; type: Numeric:; width : 8; decimals: 0; Label
Form Identification; values: none
Name: Gender; type: numeric; width: 8; decimals: 0; Label Value (1, Male, etc.)
3. Data Entry (for printed questionnaire) using Data View
4. In data view, Data -> Merge / import data from Online Questionnaire spreadsheet (make sure that the variable is the same)
5. Run the analyze ->descriptive data: Frequencies
6. Output will be displayed in SPSS Viewer
7. The table and graph can be copied from SPSS Viewer to OpenOffice Writer for reporting.

The data that we have created earlier from SurveyMonkey is excluded because it it just a pilot test.

To sum up everything, this week task is based on what we had done the previous week (online questionnaire)using Google Document and Surveymonkey where we have to do a gathered data using Statistical Package For Social Science (SPSS) . SPSS is a computer aided data analysis where it is useful for analysing data. Thus, this is the task for this week and this program had helped me a lot in learning how to gather data in a way which is easy to be viewed and understood by everyone. thank you =)