Many research scholars pursuing their PhD are at a critical stage of analyzing their data and also many faculty members wishing to publish their work in good quality journals need to understand and use various statistical analysis and techniques to improve their chances of publication. Through a comprehensive workshop on statistical data analysis, IMT – Nagpur is committed to bridge this gap and facilitate the scholars to analyze their data on complex problems in different disciplines such as Social Sciences, Biological Sciences and the related fields. The aim of the workshop is to provide a comprehensive understanding of statistical concepts relevant to scientific research and to give hands-on experience in applying SPSS software in solving research problems. Workshop methodology will be followed in imparting relevant theoretical and practical inputs. This Workshop is conducted in collaboration with IBM SPSS.

Take aways

At the end of the program the participants will
• Gain broader understanding of what, when and how to use different statistical techniques
• Gain adequate expertise in handling SPSS software
• Exposed to various research data in different fields of scientific research
• Able to perform data analysis independently using SPSS
• Get opportunity to share and gain knowledge by interacting with scholars from multidisciplinary disciplines.

Program coverage

Statistical concepts (Theory)
• Variables and Measurements
• Sampling and Sampling Distributions
• Introduction to statistical inference
• Parametric Tests
• Non Parametric Tests
• Correlations and Regression Analysis

SPSS usage (Practical)
• Data entry and variable transformations
• Generating tables and graphs
• Frequency distributions and test of statistical assumptions
• Non parametric tests
• T- tests and ANOVA (one-way and two-way)
• Correlations (Bivariate and partial)
• Simple and multiple linear regression
• Factor analysis

• The program is exclusively designed for research scholars (Ph.D & M.Phil) and academicians who are actively engaged in teaching and research
• Even though the program is aimed for research scholars in social science area, the program will also be of great use to scholars from other fields like science and technology
• Corporate executives in the areas of marketing and consumer research will also be benefited from this Workshop
• The program is so designed to keep it jargon free and non mathematical (knowledge of mathematics is not required)

• Albeit basic concepts will be reinforced in the program by way of theoretical inputs it is highly desirables on the part of participants to have enough exposure in basic statistical concepts
• Ability to operate Computer-Windows and MS office package
• Self-motivation to learn through action learning and practice