MAN 2628 Elective Course in Quantitative Analysis
MAN 2628 Elective Course in Quantitative Analysis
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.
Knowledge of how to develop a survey for a research problem and question
- Be capable of survey-based datacollection
- Knowledge of the analysis, analytical procedures ,phases and statistical techniques
- Be capable of undertatking an analysis with their own data
- Be familiar with decisions rules (heuristics)
- Be able to make interpretations of the results in order to build conclusions.
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
Part I is a one day module. Part II is a two-day workshop with focus on hands-on experience.
The course is also avaialble as a self-study unit.
Part I is a one day module. Part II is a two-day workshop with focus on hands-on experience.
The course is also avaialble as a self-study unit.
No exam
Bachelor degree, corresponding to 180 credits from an accredited university, university college or similar educational institution
The applicant must be at least 25 years of age
At least four years of work experience. For applicants who have already completed a master’s degree, three years of work experience are required.
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