Welcome to the webpage for the Value Added Course on SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) at Jyoti Nivas College. The course officially began on 16th December, 2024. This will be the official space for course related resources, announcements, links, classroom related points, etc. shared by the instructor, Mr. Prakat Karki. All the resources you need to learn SPSS are available on this page.

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Day 1- 16th December, 2024 (3-5pm)

• Types of research- Qualitative/ Quantitative; Theoretical/ Applied; Descriptive/ Exploratory/ Causal or Predictive

• Research variables and Operationalization of concepts/ constructs

• Introduction to Inference/ Generalizations

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Day 2- 18th December- 2024 (3-5pm)

• Four types of data/ Units of measurement

• Descriptive and Inferential statistics- Introduction & Types

• Generalizations and significance of the p value

• Introduction to the SPSS software- demos of data entry

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Day 3: 20th December, 2024 (3-5pm)

• Revision of concepts and discussion

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Day 4: 22nd January, 2025 (3:30-5:30pm)

• Introduction to Descriptive & Inferential statistics

• Demonstration of Descriptive statistics on SPSS

• Measures of central tendency and dispersion

• To fill the form for classroom activity, Click here

• Download .sps file from the class activity, Click here

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Day 5: 24th January, 2025 (3:30-5:30pm)

• Revision of descriptive statistics and demos.

• Inferential statistics- p values

• Demonstration of basic inferential statistical test.

• Installing SPSS and first time using SPSS by students

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Day 6: 25th February, 2025

• Take part in the classroom activity, Fill this form 

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Day 7: 27th February, 2025

• Article on Academic Engagement, Click here to download

• Sample dataset (Excel file) from classroom activity, Click here to download

• Sample dataset (SPSS file) from classroom activity, Click here to download

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Day 8: 17th March, 2025

• Demonstration of all Level 1 inferential statistics- Chi square, Independent samples t test, Paired samples t test, correlations, one way ANOVA, Two way ANOVA, Factorial Designs, Repeated measures analysis, etc.

• Sample results chapter with APA tables from class, Click here to download

• Classroom slides from lectures so far, Unit 1 download, Unit 2 download.

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Day 9: 20th March, 2025

• Final class- Revision of inferential statistics from previous class

• Demonstration and lecture on Regression analysis

• Brief demonstration on Reliability and Validity analysis

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Day 10: 24th March, 2025

• CLASS TEST (4-5pm)

• Download Answer Key

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