Module B4 : Basic Data Analysis Techniques

Purposes and learning outcomes

• To gain knowledge of how to prepare household survey data before analysis such as defining data and checking data quality
• To understand basic techniques of data validation
• To understand how to prepare survey data sets for conducting effective data analyses

1. Reports
   1. 1.1 Codebook
   2. 1.2 Case Summaries: Listing Selected Cases
      
   3. 1.3 OLAP Cubes (Online Analytical Processing Cubes)
2. Descriptive Statistics
   1. 2.1 Frequencies
   2. 2.2 Descriptive
      
   3. 2.3 Explore
   4. 2.4 Crosstabs
   5. 2.5 Ratio Statistics
3. Weighting
   1. 3.1 The Need for ‘Weighting’ in Household Surveys
   2. 3.2 Turning On and Off ‘Weight’ in SPSS Statistics
      
4. Tips and Exercises
   1. 4.1 Tips: Do and Don’t
   2. 4.2 Self-evaluation
      
   3. 4.3 Hands-on Exercises

   Annexe: Web Links for Further Study on SPSS (PASW) Statistics
    Tutorial IV: Crosstabs and Transformations
    Tutorial V: Education Indicators