1500-words report on the results obtained from the analysis of data (practice data sets provided by tutors) which includes a 500-words reflective statement of the relevance of research and analytical skills for students’ testing Los 1-5)employability and professional success.

1. MS Excel level standardisation
2. Data coding and entry (in MS Excel)
3. Type of variables; Measures of dispersion and of central tendency
4. Introduction to R & SPSS; Importing data from Excel to SPSS; data transformation
5. Exploratory data analysis in SPSS
6. Presentation and interpretation descriptive statistics (MS Excel, R and SPSS) (formative assessment – group poster)
7. Hypothesis testing (significance, confidence intervals)
8. Inferential statistics
9. Using graphical output to display results and relationships.
10. Integration of output into PPT and MS Word. Results report writing and presentation.
11. and 12. Formative individual presentation of results

1. Develop effective use of computer programs and online resources to solve problems and enhance research
Knowledge and Understanding
Learning
Application
Problem solving

2. Critically appraise and evaluate different statistical analysis methods in order to make an informed choice about which to use
Analysis
Enquiry
Problem solving

3. Competently input, transform, analyse and interpret various forms of quantitative social and business data
Application
Analysis
Problem solving

4. Develop the necessary communication skills (both verbal and written) to effectively interpret and present the results of statistical analysis
Communication

5 .Demonstrate the ability to reflect on the importance of research and analytical skills for personal development and employability
Reflection

Flipped classroom lectures, IT lab-based practical workshops, in-class debates, presentations and discussions, individual and group problem – solving tasks and self-directed learning outside of the classroom.

MS Office suite
SPSS
VLE – Blackboard
Library – online resources and academic Journals
Lynda.com

Hinton, P.R. (2014) SPSS explained 2nd Ed. London: Routledge.
Leech, N. L. (2015) IBM SPSS for intermediate statistics: use and interpretation. New York, NY: Routledge.
Ho, R. (2014) Handbook of univariate and multivariate data analysis with IBM SPSS. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Janssens, W. (2008) Marketing research with SPSS. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall.