Technology? How is rapidly advancing technology managed? And what is the level of Information Technology Technical Assistance obtained within the State? What are the limitations/challenges to the effective application of ICT to business enterprises in the state? In analyzing the data, I used descriptive statistics particularly the frequencies analysis. The frequencies procedure is primarily used for discrete data (e.g., nominal and ordinal data), although there are a number of options that are useful for scale level data (http://my.ilstu.edu/~mshesso/SPSS/analyze1.html, 2014). Generally a frequency is used for looking at detailed information on nominal (category) data and describing the results. Frequencies options include a table showing counts and percentages, statistics including percentile values, central tendency, dispersion and distribution, and charts including bar charts and histograms (http://www.csub.edu/ssric-trd/spss/SPSS11-4/11-4.htm, 2014). Descriptive statistics provides simple summaries about the sample and about the observations that have been made. Such summaries may be either quantitative, i.e. summary statistics, or visual, i.e. simple-to-understand graphs. These summaries may either form the basis of the initial description of the data as part of a more extensive statistical analysis, or they may be sufficient
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_statistics, 2014). Therefore, the tables and charts developed from the data obtained where used by the researcher to answer questions as related to this research work.
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