Statistical Support

Consultations

The Stats Support office provides a statistical consultation service to all registered postgraduate students. The service provides guidance on the selection and utilisation of appropriate designs and methods for the collection and statistical analysis of data. The sessions are held through MS Teams.

The support provided covers all phases of the research:
Research design phase

Support provided:

  • Guidance on appropriate research design to address the research questions of the study. 
  • Sample selection strategy and sample size estimation to ensure that the sample is sufficient to address the objectives project/study
  • Guidance on appropriate data collection strategy
  • Questionnaire and data analysis plan review

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Data collection phase

Support provided:

  • Questionnaire review if not already done at the research design phase
  • Check that all the variables of interest in the study are correctly measured
  • Ensure that the data collection instrument is designed to enhance data management

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Data capturing

Support provided:

  • Practical data capture demonstration in SPSS to ensure that data is captured in a manner that facilitates data analysis

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Data analysis

Support provided

  • Practical SPSS data analysis session(s) on implementation of appropriate data analysis methods in line with the research objectives
  • Assistance with correct interpretation and presentation of results

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Platform: MS Teams

 It is recommended that the statistician is consulted from the research design stage of a project.

“To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post-mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of”. Ronald Fisher

Statistical consultation

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Last modified: 2023/11/08