Training: Introduction to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)

SPSS History

Statistical Package for Social Sciences or widely known as SPSS, was initially launched 1968 by SPSS Inc, and was later acquired by IBM Company in July of 2009; and in January 2010 officially become IBM SPSS Statistics.

Course Description

IBM SPSS Statistics or simply referred to as SPSS is considered as one of the most widely used computer package for statistical analysis to organize, interpret, and present results. It is used by different disciplines in Healthcare, Social sciences, Market research, Education research, Data mining, and others. SPSS comes with many features and options mostly organized in pull-down menus and graphical/chart user interfaces. For advance and complex calculations, SPSS provide programming options through built-in syntax editor.

This training course is aim to introduce the fundamentals of SPSS and related features, in particular how to code raw data of a new dataset, perform quantitative analysis, interpret, and reporting the results. The format of the training course is instructor-led with hands-on practice on a set of pre-prepared exercises and group work.

Training Methodology

Our instructors at Shaqo Kaab Solutions have designed the Interview Skills and Techniques Training Course for individuals in recruitment, leadership hiring role, recruitment consultants in any organisation in the Republic of Somaliland. This workshop is an in-class session as participants from different countries and cultures participate and share their own office experiences and challenges.

The delivery of this course involves group discussions, case studies, and role-plays.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of SPSS course, students will be able to;

• Gain proficiency in how to analyze a number of statistical procedures in SPSS.
• Interpret the output of a number of different statistical tests.
• Learn how to generate report and results of SPSS.

Audience

• Full-time workers who are engaged in data analysis; and research students in various disciplines/sectors.
• All workers interested to learning basic statistical skills in analyzing raw data and reporting results for decision-making.
• Workers interested to improving and expanding their statistical analysis skills.
• Anyone who wants to refresh their knowledge and statistical experience.

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with basic statistical concept, such as Microsoft Excel; and have medium proficiency level of English and full proficiency in Somali.

Module 1:         Fundamentals of Using SPSS

1.1 Introduction to SPSS

1.1.1  Descriptive information and statistics

1.1.2  An overview of statistical test in SPSS

1.2 Exploring data with graphics

Module 2:         Reading Raw Data into SPSS

2.1 Inputting raw data into SPSS

2.1.1  Inputting data directly into the SPSS Data Editor

2.2 Reading dates into SPSS and using date variables

Module 3:         Basic Data Management in SPSS 3.1 Creating and recording variables

3.2 Using SPSS functions for making/recording variables

3.3 Sub-setting variables and observations

3.4 How can I analyse a subset of my data?

3.5 Labeling and documenting data

3.6 Sort and split by

3.7 Missing data in SPSS

Module 4:         Intermediate Data Management in SPSS 4.1 Collapsing data across observations

4.2 Concatenating (stacking) SPSS data files

4.3 Merging & match merging SPSS data files

4.4 Reshaping data from wide format to long format

4.5 Reshaping data from long format to wide format

Module 5:         Final Course Exam

Course General Information

Certification: All participants will be awarded with a certificate upon successfully completing the course. Individuals who fail the final exam will be subjected to failed mark/incomplete of course and will not be awarded to a certificate.

Enrollment Deadline: September 5th, 2022

Course Start Date: To be determine at a later date

Course Duration: 5 days (Saturday – Wednesday | 5pm – 7pm)

Venue/Location: Damal Hotel, Hargeisa | Republic of Somaliland

Fees: The course fee is $25.00USD per participant. This price services participants from all sector (Government; INGO; LNGO; Private; and Individual). The course fee is inclusive of training materials, certification, and beverages/snacks. Please note, there will be no refunds, we expect you to attend the course. If however, there is delay or cancellation on our part, you will be refunded or rescheduled for another time.

Fee Submission Process

The course fee is $25.00 which can be deposit to the following electronic payment through Shaqo Kaab Solutions Zaab: 444595 or E-dahab: 14818. For any other payment methods, please contact our office landline or mobile at 570116 | 063 7217576 | 065 7490001.

Registration

Register by submitting an email to [email protected] with the subject title “Introduction to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)”. Please provide us with your full name and contact information.

REGISTRATION IS BASED ON FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.

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