Daniel’s post reflects on his SPSS installation process

Daniel’s post reflects on his SPSS installation process

Daniel’s post reflects on his SPSS installation process, the problems which he faced and his experience with research. Daniel has studied previously studied types of data during his time at university. Daniel identifies the role of research in decision making. To help in the analysis, which is part of the study, Daniel installs SPSS software by IBM on his Apple computer. Daniel makes use of instructions provided by his school to install the software. Using these instructions, Daniel dos did not run into errors. Daniel, however, experiences confusion where a blue folder containing an extracted file of SPSS are stored and files open just like the original SPSS software. Daniel aims to research on similar changes that are influential to all employees. Daniel suggests the implementation of findings from the study by Grinnell, Gabor & Unrau (2016), which states,” in accountability, evaluations should be viewed at the case level and program level.”

I would suggest the use of open-ended questionnaires to acquire the data from respondents. I also support the classification of employees according to their position in their organization represented by the program level. I would also suggest Daniel gain some skills in data cleaning. Data cleaning is an important procedure used to remove anomalies in data and adjust it to make it easier for analysis. Interpretation of results from the analysis is a field that I think Daniel should consider learning. Interpretation is a sub-branch of data science. To collect data, I think Daniel should make use of both questionnaires and interviews. Interviews and questionnaires will give more data and create insight for Daniel. The best method for this research is qualitative since the data obtained is on a nominal scale. Weights can also be established for some variables making it necessary to use mixed methods.

References

Aldrich, J. (2013). Using IBM SPSS Statistics. Retrieved from capella.vitalsouce com.

Grinnell, R. M., Jr., Gabor, P. A., & Unrau, Y. A. (2016). Program evaluation for social workers: Foundations of evidence-based programs (7th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.