Three Days Workshop
(Data Analysis and
Interpretation in Psychological Research)
Date:
15-17 February 2013
Proposed to Organize by
Department of Psychology
Psychology is a science and it relies on scientific
research to study behaviors and mental processes. In comparison to personal
observations and experiences, scientific research is systematic and it results
in reliable and objective scientific findings.
Research is central to all the
activities of psychologists. A key assumption of psychology is that a first-rate psychologist –
researcher or practitioner – needs to be familiar with the way in which good
research is carried out. This enables them to determine the adequacy and value
of the findings claimed from a particular study. The scientific method has four major steps to it, which fall in logical
order: conceptualizing the problem, collecting the data, analyzing the data,
and drawing conclusions. After completing the first three steps, the
fourth one is to analyze the data and interpret it to draw conclusions. In
order to analyze the data, psychologists rely on statistical techniques, which
are mathematical methods.
SPSS is a Windows based
program that can be used to perform data entry and analysis and to create
tables and graphs. All of these tasks occupy a pivotal position in extracting
the meaning from raw data in psychological research. SPSS is capable of
handling large amounts of data. It is commonly used in the Social Sciences, so
familiarity with this program is a very important issue for students
undertaking dissertations and research projects. The main purpose of the
workshop is to help students to get trained in data entry, analysis and
interpretation using SPSS software.
Workshop will provide
participants a comprehensive introduction of SPSS software and hands on
experience in entering the data, performing calculations, interpretation of
results and graphical representation of data. As using appropriate statistical
methods, getting precise results and analyzing the data are very important for
conducting quality research work, this workshop would be highly fruitful for
students aspiring to handle the research projects in the future efficiently and
independently.
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