Course Description : Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
M.Phil. Program (Session: 2020-2021)
Syllabus and Lesson Plan
Second Semester: July-December, 2021
Course Title: Statistical Packages for Advanced
Data Analysis (SPADA)
Course Number: PH-1202
Course Teacher : Dr. Md. Abdus Salam Akanda
Professor
Department of Statistics
University of Dhaka
Contact Address : Mobile: 01620-964148
Email: akanda@du.ac.bd
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to prepare participants for a possible future role as a practicing
expert statistician and to develop advanced expertise in formulating and implementing
statistical approaches to practical problems in a wide variety of subject areas.
Learning objectives:
The objective of this course is to train participants in using statistical packages to analyze
data - as data summaries, as predictive instruments, and as tools for scientific inference. The
participants of this course of Statistical Packages for Advanced Data Analysis are expected-
to develop advanced expertise in formulating and implementing statistical approaches
to practical problems in a wide variety of subject areas
to integrate material covered in various lecture courses with skills developed through
practical work in order to solve real-world problems
to train students in more advanced aspects of statistical computing through the
statistical packages SPSS and STATA
to further develop written skills of presentation and communication
to provide the opportunity for critical thinking and independent learning
Intended learning outcomes:
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
formulate questions of interest and identify relevant informal and formal statistical
methodology for a wide variety of practical contexts
implement the various stages of advanced statistical analysis appropriately in SPSS
and/or STATA interpret the output of SPSS and STATA procedures
critically collate results and conclusions
present the main results and conclusions in the form of concise summaries
present results of analyses in the form of written reports
critically assess published applications of statistical analysis
work independently on practical data analysis problems
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Format of course:
Course instructor: Dr. Md. Abdus Salam Akanda, Professor, Department of
Statistics, University of Dhaka (akanda@du.ac.bd, Mobile: 01620-964148).
Semester: July – December, 2020
16 laboratory sessions of 3 hours each
All assessments based on course work (continuous assessment and assignment) and
final examination
Format of assessment
The assessment sessions will focus on material that has been covered in the practical classes
associated with this course. The assessments will examine your ability to analyze data and
interpret results in SPSS and STATA (mainly) and any of the methods that you meet in the
course may be covered in the in-class assessments. Practice test questions (with solutions)
will be handed out occasionally (or put on module), throughout the course. You should also
aim to develop an understanding of using the help files in SPSS and STATA for commands
that are less familiar to you.
Methods of Assessment:
The distribution of marks for assessment in a course will be as under:
Criteria Marks Date of Distribution Date of Submission or Exam.
Class Attendance 10%
Continuous Assessment 10%
Assignment 20% 5th Class 13thClass
Final Exam. 60% TBA
Total 100%
Course outlines (lab sessions):
Package: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
The following topics will be discussed and practice under SPSS package:
Introduction to statistics, brief knowledge in SPSS and data entry in SPSS
Data management
Data manipulation
Data transformation
Computing descriptive statistics
Creating graphs and cross tables
Test of hypothesis
Correlation analysis
Simple correlation
Rank Correlation/Spearman rho
Partial correlation
Multiple correlation
Regression analysis
Simple linear regression
Multiple linear regression
Logistic regression
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Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
Completely randomized design (CRD)
Randomized block design (RBD)
Non-parametric tests
Chi-square tests
Sign test
Wilcoxon signed rank test
Wilcoxon rank sum test
Mann-Whitney U test
Kruskal-Wallis test
Package: STATA
The following topics will be discussed and practice under STATA package:
Getting to know STATA and getting started
Data entry, reading and writing in STATA
Data management in STATA
Summary Statistics and tables
Test of hypothesis
Statistical graphics in STATA
Correlation, linear regression and logistic regression
Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
Text Book:
M. A. Salam Akanda (2018). RESEARCH METHODOLOGY- A Complete Direction
for Learners, 2nd Edition, Akanda & Sons Publications, Dhaka.
Suggested Reference Books:
1) Andy Field (2013). Discovering Statistics using IBM SPSS, Fourth Edition. SAGE
Publications Ltd, Washington DC.
2) Lawrence C. Hamilton (2012). Statistics with STATA Updated for Version 12.
Boston, MA 02210, USA.
