Elective Course in Quantitative Analysis

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