SPSS / STATA

Introduction 

It is a multi-purpose statistical package to help you explore, summarize and analyze datasets.

 A dataset is a collection of several pieces of information called variables (usually arranged by columns). A variable can have one or several values (information for one or several cases).

Other statistical packages are Stata, SAS and R.

 SPSS is widely used in social science research and the most used statistical software in Uganda.

Areas of focus

1. Introduction to data types and variables.
2. Data importation and exportation (SPSS óExcel, CSV).
3. Univariate analysis (descriptive statistics & Infographics).
4. Bivariate analysis (Correlation, Chi-Square and ANOVA tests).
5. Multivariate analysis (Logistic regression and linear models).

1. Time series analysis and Predictive modelling (forecasting models).