Past Events

Data Analysis with SPSS

A series of training workshops on data analysis was organized by CRRC in December. The workshops were delivered by Anar Veliyev, who got his master in Public Policy at School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington and Ph.D. in Urban and Public Affairs from University of Louisville in Kentucky, and is currently a research fellow at Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy.

Workshops were attended by the participants from academia, NGO sector, as well students and junior researchers. Participants were introduced to the basic concepts of statistics and data analysis and instructed to apply the acquired skills on CRRC Data Initiative database. CRRC’s Data Initiative is among very few independent household surveys conducted in the region that covers a wide range of issues. The training started with data input and data coding and continued with the sessions on data exploration (frequency distributions, descriptive statistic, and graphic representation of the distribution of variables), cross-tabulations, correlation and regression analysis. Participants chose variables for analysis that were closely related to their work and educational background. Due to the growing interest of participants in further aspects of data analysis, the trainer provided a few additional sessions to cover the issues of data interpretation and model building using SPSS. Several concepts were explained on the example of the research methodology that the trainer used in his PhD dissertation. Participants had a chance to discuss papers authored by the trainer that contained analysis models constructed via SPSS.

Course evaluations reflected a very positive feedback on the training. Taking into consideration a great number of applicants, CRRC plans to continue trainings on data analysis in future.

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