Write Up of 4th Seven days SPSS workshop 09th – 15th Dec 2013

Search for knowledge or any systematic investigation to establish facts is research. It is about searching systematically for solutions to problems. For this statistical device is required. Statistical device not only provides a way of summarizing the data into quicker and manageable information but also helps the researcher to make decisions about whether relationships between two or more variables are actually real ones. Statistics today have become indispensible in all field of human endeavor including not only natural physical and social science but also in the field of management science.

To address challenges and opportunities in the field of research a new software product SPSS now known as IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 has enabled academicians andresearchers to obtain valuable information from the data. Basic knowledge on SPSS is vital for all users before they proceeded to survey and data analysis. But very often people have inadequate knowledge about the basic operation of SPSS programme. The objective of the workshop was to enable the participants to define research problem and develop a suitable methodology for addressing the key issues. .

Faculty members and research scholars from different cities like Mumbai, Akola, Amaravati, Surat, Varoda, Nagpur, Bathinda , Allahabad, Hariyana, Bhopal, Agra, Sagar and Patiala participated in this workshop to acquire the skills and knowledge of getting started in to this software. The programme simply aims at developing the pedagogical and research skills participants.

This seven days workshop was for the beginners with little or no experiences in SPSS software who wanted to acquire the skills and knowledge of getting started in to this software. The programme simply helped them to develop the pedagogical and research skills and develop a holistic view on the statistical tools to do an excellent research. SPSS software training is intended to instill confidence in data analysis and its interpretation.