I believe in empowerment. If you can teach others a skill, you don’t only give them a completed project, but the potential for many more.
We offer a series of workshops aimed at postgraduate students undertaking quantitative research, where a questionnaire will be used as the data collection tool. The workshops provide an introduction to the statistical concepts and tests used in quantitative research.
The materials deal with the practicalities of quantitative research rather than a string of theoretical ideas and frameworks that people find difficult to integrate into reallife research. Many of those I've worked with have taken some kind of statistics course in the past but lacked the know-how of how to take the skills they had and transfer that into tangible methods they could use for their own research.
The workshops aim to bridge the gap between the theoretical training often provided and the practical applications required for successful quantitative research.
In these workshops, you will find:
• No formulas
• No complicated statistical jargon and terminology
• Step by step guides that walk you through everything you need to know
• Intuitive explanations of statistical concepts
• A newfound appreciation for how magical statistics can be
Each topic covered is divided into four parts;
Part 1: What and why? Each section begins with a description of the topic and why it is important. None of these sections will contain complex formulas and unfamiliar jargon.
Part 2: How? A case study is provided that will be used throughout the course to demonstrate how to go about performing the technique. These illustrations will be done using a step by step approach.
Part 3: Apply your skills This is where you will reap the benefits of the course in relation to your own research. You can apply the step by step procedure demonstrated in the illustration example to your own data.
Part 4: Useful links Recommended reading and links to free resources that deliver deeper insight into these topics will be shared as part of the workshops.
WORKSHOPS ON OFFER
Our workshop series covers all aspects of your quantitative research journey, from conceptualizing
the research plan and data collection methods through to the data analysis and the writing up of the results.
To cater for everyone at different stages of their research, each topic can be presented as a standalone workshop.
However, if you are at the beginning stages of your research and would like to get the most out of what's on offer,
we recommend you participate in the entire workshop series.
List of the five workshops:
1. Introduction to Quantitative Research
2. Questionnaire Design and Considerations
3. Data Capturing and Cleaning
4. Descriptive Statistics
5. Inferential Statistics and Concepts
WORKSHOP 1
INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Who is this for? Ideal for those at the planning stages of their research.
Outline:
Importance of understanding the statistics used in research
Quantitative research methods
Understanding data types
Sampling size and techniques
Duration: 3 hours
Minimum of 8 participants
WORKSHOP 2
QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN AND CONSIDERATIONS
Who is this for? Ideal for those who are drafting their questionnaires.
Outline:
Questionnaire structure
Open-ended vs closed-ended questions
Validated vs self-validated scales
Where and how to source questions
Reliability and validity
Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) vs Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
Duration: 3 hours
Minimum of 8 participants
WORKSHOP 3
DATA CAPTURING AND CLEANING
Who is this for? Ideal for those who are nearing the end of their data collection.
Outline:
Data capturing
Data cleaning
Statistics software (IBM SPSS Statistics)
Data preparation in IBM SPSS Statistics
Duration: 3 hours
Minimum of 8 participants
WORKSHOP 4
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Who is this for? Ideal for those who have collected and captured their data and are ready to start
with their data analysis
Outline:
Numerical descriptive statistics
Frequency tables
Crosstabulations
Central tendencies
Variability
Graphical descriptive statistics
Histograms and boxplots
Bar and pie charts
Scatterplots
Describing sample characteristics
Item frequencies
Duration: 3 hours
Minimum of 8 participants
WORKSHOP 5
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS AND CONCEPTS
Who is this for? Ideal for those who have done the basic descriptive analysis of their data and are ready to
dive deeper into their data.
Outline:
Inferential statistics
Correlations
Understanding p-values
Confidence intervals
Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)
Factor scores and Cronbach alpha
Parametric versus non-parametric methods
Chi-square tests
Odds ratios
T-tests
Mann-Whitney U Test
Wilcoxon Test (Signed Rank Test)
One-way ANOVAs and post-hoc tests
Kruskal-Wallis Test
Simple Linear regression
Practical Significance vs Statistical Significance
Statistical reporting and writing up your results
Duration: 6 hours
Minimum of 8 participants
NEED SOMETHING ELSE?
Not using a questionnaire as your data collection tool? Need something more advanced, or more specific?
Although our workshop series covers the most commonly used quantitative research methods, we also offer customized workshops to suit your needs.
Some examples of additional topics:
Experimental design and analysis
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Multiple regression
Logistic and/or ordinal regression
Using Excel for data analysis
Get in touch and we can discuss your specific requirements.