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    COMPENDIUM

    OF
    RESEARCH METHODS

    TOPIC 13
    THE RESEARCH PROCESS:
    DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
    (SEKARAN, 2000, PP. 301 - 339)
    After data have been collected from a representative sample of the population,
    the next step is to analyze them to test the research hypotheses. Data analysis is
    routinely done using EXCEL, SPSS, etc. PC Software Programs.

    Getting data ready for analysis:


     Editing data: Information that may have been written down by the
    interviewer, observer, or respondent in a hurry must be clearly deciphered
    so that it may be coded systematically in its entirety.
     Handling blank response:
    ** If 25% have been left unanswered, it may be advisable to throw out the
    questionnaire and not include it in the data set for analysis. However, if two
    or three items have been left blank in a questionnaire of, 30 or more items,
    a decision must be made about how these blank responses are to be
    handled.
    ** Assigning a midpoint in an interval scale missing data as the response to
    that particular item can be done.
    ** Another way is to allow the computer to ignore the blank responses
    when the analyses were done.
    ** Assign the item the mean value of the response of all those who have
    responded to that particular item.
    ** We can also give the item the mean of the responses of this particular
    respondent to all other questions measuring the variable.
    ** You can also give the missing response a random number within the
    range for that scale.
    ** SPSS uses linear interpolation from adjacent points as also a linear trend
    to replace the missing data.
     Coding
     Categorizing It is always useful to set up a scheme for categorizing the
    variables such that the several items measuring a concept are all grouped
    together. Responses to negative items have to be reversed.
     Entering data

    DATA ANALYSIS

    Data analysis have three objectives: getting a feel for the data, testing the
    goodness of fit, and testing the hypotheses developed for the research.
     The feel for the data will give preliminary ideas of how good the scales are,
    how well the coding and entering data have been done, and so on. Check
    the frequency distribution, central tendency, variability will help you have a
    better feel for the data.
     Testing the goodness of fit can be accomplished by submitting the data for
    factor analysis, obtaining Cronbach’s alpha or the split-half reliability of the
    measures.
     HypothesIs testing is achieve by choosing the appropriate menus of the
    software programs to test each of the hypotheses using relevant statistical
    test.

    DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION


     This can best be done through several examples.
     Statistical methods discussed in Quantitative methods can be helpful.
     Data analysis can be done through SPSS, Excel, etc.

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