Data Analysis

Tools

  • As a Western resident you have remote access to SPSS through MyVLab.  You will need your Western log-in and password.
  • Free statistical tools

Resources

  • Pallant P. SPSS survival manual: a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill: 2010.  You can access the book content on-line with your Western user name and password.
  • Spiers N, Manktelow B, Hewitt MJ. The NIHR RDS / YH for Reserach and Development in Primary Health Care: Using SPSS The NIHR RDS EM / YH, 2007.
  • Walters SJ. Using Statistics in Research. The NIHR RDS / YH for the East Midlands / Yorkshire and the Humber, 2007.
  • Fox N, Hunn A, Mathers N. Sampling and sample size calculation The NIHR RDS for the East Midlands / Yorkshire and the Humber 2007.
  • Lacey A, Luff D. Qualitative Data Analysis. The NIHR RDS for the East Midlands / Yorkshire and the Humber, 2007.

Software

  • SPSS - free access as Western resident through MyVLab (read more under "Tools").
  • SAS
  • Stata
  • RevMan
  • NVivo - software that supports qualitative and mixed methods research.