Basics of SPSS Training for Residents and Fellows

Africa/Nairobi
Hall 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Hall 1 (SRHR CoE Building)

Hall 1/3rd floor/SRHR CoE Building - Hall 1

SRHR CoE Building

50
Description

Learning approach

  • Methodology: Interactive demonstrations followed by hands-on exercises using example datasets.

  • Software: IBM SPSS Statistics (version 26 or above)

  • Materials provided: Practice datasets, slides, and e-book

  • Expected output: Each participant should be able to prepare and perform univariate and bivariate analysis using IBM SPSS independently for their research.

    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Registration & opening 30m
    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      Overview of Data Analysis Plan 30m
      • Understanding terms used in data analysis planning
      • Linking research questions to type of analysis / statistical test
      Speaker: Mekitie Wondafrash (SPIRHR)
    • 9:30 AM 10:30 AM
      Getting acquainted with the IBM SPSS environment 1h

      SPSS interface: Data View, Variable View, Output, Syntax Window
      Menu navigation and useful features

    • 10:30 AM 10:45 AM
      Coffee break 15m
    • 10:45 AM 12:30 PM
      Data Management in SPSS (Part I) 1h 45m

      Opening and importing datasets
      Naming, labeling, defining, recoding variables
      Generating variables
      Missing data

    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Data management in SPSS (part II) 1h 30m

      Sorting, selecting, splitting, merging, and aggregating data
      Creating and recoding variables (string, numeric, date)

    • 3:00 PM 3:15 PM
      Coffee break 15m
    • 3:15 PM 4:30 PM
      Univariate analysis and basic graphics 1h 15m

      Descriptive statistics
      Visualizing data: bar charts, histograms, boxplots, scatter plot, Box plot, etc.
      One-sample t-test and non-parametric alternatives (Wilcoxon Signed Ranked Test (1 sample)

    • 4:30 PM 4:45 PM
      Days evaluation 15m

      Participant feedback

    • 9:00 AM 9:10 AM
      Recap and questions 10m

      Summary of Day 1, troubleshooting

    • 9:10 AM 10:40 AM
      Bivariate analysis: two categorical variables 1h 30m

      Cross-tabulation and Chi-square tests
      Fisher’s exact test
      Clustered bar charts

    • 10:40 AM 10:55 AM
      Coffee break 15m
    • 10:55 AM 12:40 PM
      Bivariate Analysis: comparing means with parametric tests 1h 45m

      Scatter plots
      Paired t-test
      Independent-sample t-test
      One-way ANOVA
      Repeated measures ANOVA

    • 12:40 PM 1:40 PM
      Lunch break 1h
    • 1:40 PM 3:10 PM
      Bivariate analysis: comparing means with non-parametric tests 1h 30m

      Mann–Whitney test
      Kruskal–Wallis tests
      Wilcoxon Signed Ranked Test (2 sample)
      Friedman’s ANOVA

    • 3:10 PM 3:25 PM
      Coffee break 15m
    • 3:25 PM 4:40 PM
      Introduction to multivariate regression analysis 1h 15m

      Concepts of multivariate analysis
      Model diagnostics
      Introduction to logistic and linear regressions

    • 4:40 PM 4:55 PM
      Wrap-up and evaluation 15m

      Summary, participant feedback