Importance and uses of SPSS in research The role of data analysis in research is not hidden, but what if the scholar does not have adequate calculative skills? Well! Earlier it was a problem, when no hand holding where there and one have to solve all the problems on their own. However, SPSS has made the path easier for all. Now all your demanded efforts have to be only in the direction of doing research, because the calculative part is anyways undertaken by SPSS. SPSS (Statistical package for the social sciences) is an advance software meant to manipulate and interpret highly complex data in a simpler form. It has eased the task of picking data from any sort of sources or files and presents them into tables, charts, and graphs of the different descriptive distribution and trends, which was otherwise done manually. Also, SPSS is user friendly software that helps in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Preferable above all other software’s available in the market, SPSS holds the most common and upheld position. It gives equal weightage to both qualitative and quantitative research. Therefore, along with the main function of solving intricate data’s, it serves in many other ways and is of great importance in research, let’s see how? – ●
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Helps in data collection and organization – SPSS on the screen looks like a spreadsheet with the number of rows and columns in it. You can enter your specific data’s in the sheet and can set your variables in it to save. Your data no matter how big it is, but will remain saved in SPSS and easily accessible for further use. Helps in preparing the data output file – After collecting and organizing data in SPSS, you can prepare an output file where you can arrange the organized data’s in any form. For example, you can create and save frequency distribution of your data in the output file. It will help you in adding the frequency distribution in your thesis directly from the output file, rather than re-forming it. Helps in forming statistical tests – Major use of SPSS is done for statistical testing, therefore, you just have to run a statistical test and the software will automatically fetch the data’s from the output file. Otherwise, this one has to do manually through tedious mathematical calculation. Furthermore, any software can only run if one has good knowledge of it, therefore, be ready to learn these technical yet tranquil expect of great importance for your research.