Course Content
Topic 1: Introduction
Computers play a significant role in the lives of modern man. Because of their significance, it is important to have knowledge and understanding of computers, their software and uses. This topic will introduce you to computers. You will learn about basic computer terminologies, software and their applications. You will also learn how to prepare a document using MS Word. Learning outcomes Upon completion of the topic you should: i. Be conversant with basic computer terminologies ii. Have a general overview of software iii. Demonstrate an understanding of computer applications iv. Be able to create and save a document using Microsoft Word
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Basic Computer terminologies
Application Software
Microsoft Word
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Topic 2: Presentation of Research Documents
This topic provides you with helpful guidelines on effective ways to present a research document. It will also help you acquire the skills of preparing and making a presentation using PowerPoint. It will also discuss the various types of presentation and the modes of presenting research documents.
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PowerPoint Presentations
Topic 2: Summary
Topic 3: Introduction to Database Systems
Business organizations, learning institutions and research bodies in today’s world, manage large volumes of data during the course of their work. Most of these organizations use databases to manage their data because of the many benefits associated with them. It is therefore important to have basic knowledge of databases to be an effective player in such information driven organizations. This topic will introduce you to database systems
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File based and database data management approaches
Assignments
Topic 3: Summary
Topic 4: Managing Data Files
In this topic, you will be exposed to a variety of procedures that are used to manipulate data files. The procedures include; insert/delete case, variable, sort cases, merger files, select cases and split files. Data files Data a, data b and Data 1 which you created in the topic 3 will be used to demonstrate these procedures
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Insert/delete case, variable
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Topic 5: Transforming a Data File
Sometimes it is required that existing data is transformed into new variables to make it closer to our needs before analysis is done. For example, you may need to calculate the total scale scores of a variable before conducting a statistical a test on it. Two procedures; the compute and recode functions will be used to transform data in this topic. The procedures will be demonstrated using the Data 1file.
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Computing a new variable
Recoding data
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Topic 6: Normal distribution Test
Determining the frequency distribution of a variable is an important univariate procedure as it informs the selection of statistical tools that are used during data analysis. For example, before conducting a t-test one has to confirm that the parametric conditions are met. The nature of the distribution of continuous variables can be determined in using a histogram, Q-Q plots, P-P Plots and the one sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests. In this topic we will go through the steps that are followed when conducting these procedures in SPSS
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A Histogram Normal Distribution Test
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Topic 7: Reliability Estimation
It is important to pilot research instruments as a way of ensuring their reliability. Some of the methods used to estimate the reliability coefficient of an instrument include the Cronbach alpha, Split-half, Kuder Richardson (KR) 21 and Kuder Richardson (KR) 20 formulae. These will demonstrate.
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Cronbach Alpha method
Kuder Richardson (KR) 21
Kuder Richardson (KR) 20
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Topic 8: Hypothesis Testing with SPSS
Learning Outcomes By the end of the topic the learner should be able to: i. Describe the standard error of the difference ii. Apply one sample t test in hypothesis testing iii. Distinguish between independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test iv. Evaluate power and effect size for test of differences. v. Explain how to use SPSS to undertake test of significance
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Levels of Measurement
Hypothesis Testing for Differences between Means
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Assignments
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Getting to know SPSS
There are a few key things to know about SPSS before you start. First, SPSS operates using a number of different screens, or ‘windows’, designed to do different things. Before you can access these windows, you need to either open an existing data file or create one of your own. So, in this chapter, we will cover how to open and close SPSS; how to open and close existing data files; and how to create a data file from scratch. We will then go on to look at the different windows SPSS uses.
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SPSS
LEARN DATA MANAGEMENT
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Computers play a significant role in the lives of modern man. Because of their significance, it is important to have knowledge and understanding of computers, their software and uses. This topic will introduce you to computers. You will learn about basic computer terminologies, software and their applications. You will also learn how to prepare a document using MS Word.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the topic you should:
i. Be conversant with basic computer terminologies
ii. Have a general overview of software
iii. Demonstrate an understanding of computer applications
iv. Be able to create and save a document using Microsoft Word

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