LSBU Library: Dissertation and Final Project Support: Data analysis and findings

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Data analysis and findings
Analysis tools
SPSS
NVivo

Data analysis and findings

Some academic subjects require data analysis in dissertations and final projects. There are two types of data that you might be collecting depending on your work.

Primary Data

This is usually the data collected by the researcher. If you are doing a dissertation, you are likely to be developing your data collection tool (see the previous section) and collecting your own data from a sample population or through an experiment.
Secondary Data

This is the data that is already collected and available to the researcher. This might be the data from previous research or institutions/companies or industry data from specialist databases.

Analysis Tools

The data analysis tools below are available to all students and staff at LSBU. If you need to install these programs to your computer follow the instructions down the page.

Excel
SPSS
NVivo

To learn how to use these analysis tools and improve your skills, you can take the LinkedIn Learning courses below:

The power of data analysis using Excel from Learning Excel: Data Analysis by Curt Frye

All about NVivo from NVivo 2018 Essential Training by David Rivers

Welcome from SPSS Statistics Essential Training by Barton Poulson

Welcome from SPSS for Academic Research by Yash Patel

SPSS

The SPSS® software platform offers advanced statistical analysis, a vast library of machine learning algorithms, text analysis, open source extensibility, integration with big data and seamless deployment into applications.

SPSS version 27

If you are unable to download SPSS using the left-hand link below, try the alternative link on the right:
Download SPSS 27 for Windows	Alternative access to SPSS 27 for Windows
Download SPSS 27 for Mac	Alternative access to SPSS 27 for Mac