
I'd like to start this course with introducing basic ideas about conducting a research, aiming to give you a clear picture about how to apply questionnaire survey and data analysis in the research process.
In this lesson, I will offer some general guidelines about how to identify a research question.
In this lesson, I'd like to introduce how to find the relevant concepts and theories, and further develop the hyptheses and theoretical model for a study.
This lesson offers some instructions on how to design a questionnaire and the types of questions often used in a questionnaire.
This lesson will help you to understand the Likert-scale instrcuments that are widely used in social science, and show you how to find the relevant instruments for your study.
In this lesson, I will introduce some basic concepts of sampling as well as the methods and procedure of sampling.
This lesson will introduce methods regarding data collection, data coding, and data cleaning, which are essential for preparing the data for analysis.
Principles about simple linear regression are introduced in this lesson, based on an analysis case of the relationship between people's height and weight. The analysis operations in SPSS are introduced in the following lecture.
This lesson introduces the analysis procedure of simple linear regression analysis SPSS, as well as the interpretation of the results. The SPSS data file can be downloaded in the attachment.
This lesson introduces the general principles of multiple linear regression and show how to run the analysis in SPSS. The data file can be downloaded in the attachment.
An analysis method for data dimension reduction, called exploratory factor analysis (EFA), is introduced in this lesson. The operational procedure in SPSS is also illustrated, followed by the interpretation of the results.
In this lesson I will show how to test the reliability of the measurements in SPSS.
In this lession, the concepts and principles of structural equation modeling (SEM) are introduced based on the research case.
In this lesson, I will show how to run SEM analysis in AMOS and interpret the results in the analysis outputs. The data file can be downloaded in the attachment.
This lecture continues to show the analysis procedure of SEM in AMOS, as well as the interpretation of the results in the outputs.
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) method is introduced in this lesson, which is used to test the validity of the measurement models. The data file can be downloaded in the attachment.
In this lesson I will introduce how to conduct model modification in AMOS, and remind the cautions you need to pay attention to when modifying the model.
In this lesson I will give you some tips about how to write a research paper and the main sections included in a research paper particularly in social science.
Hi, welcome to Questionnaire Design and Data Analysis with SPSS and AMOS. This course is to introduce how to design a questionnaire and analyze the data based on survey methods. The course mainly includes three sections:
1. Questionnaire Design
The topics of this section are based on the different aspects of survey research, including research question identification, theoretical foundation, measurements design, sampling, data collection, and data preparation, aiming to illustrate how to design a reliable and valid questionnaire and collect data for further analysis;
2. Data analysis with SPSS
Different methods regarding linear regression are introduced in this section, such as simple and multiple linear regression, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), reliability test, as well as results interpretation. The analysis procedure of each method is illustrated step by step with IBM SPSS;
3. Data analysis with AMOS
The principles of structural equation modeling (SEM) methods are introduced in this section, such as measurement and structural models, path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), model modification, etc. The operation procedures are also shown by using IBM Amos.
As an introductory course for questionnaire design and data analysis, this course mainly focuses on the applications of different analysis techniques. Thus statistical foundations are desirable but not required. Basic statistical knowledge will be introduced accordingly in different lectures.
During the learning process, you are encouraged to ask any questions concerned with questionnaire design and data analysis, as well as any problems from your own research, and I am willing to help and try to respond as soon as possible.