Need Help with Your Data Analysis?
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List of Data Analysis Service ProvidersThe Research Data Management Service Group has an excellent list of Cornell units that provide help with data analysis software, hardware, labs, training, and consulting.
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Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit"The Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU) is a professional service group that aims to strengthen research on campus by assisting scholars with using statistical methods in their research in the most optimal way. Our services are coordinated to provide statistical expertise to the entire Cornell community through consulting, teaching, and contract services." Check out their workshops at http://www.cscu.cornell.edu/workshops/about.php and they offer walk-in hours at Savage and Mann.
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CISER Support"Consultants are available to help with data access, data manipulation, program logic, program syntax and de-bugging, as well as database conversions, and file transfers across computing platforms. Our policy is to help you learn to do your own computing, rather than do it for you." They also have walk-in help hours at Mann, workshops and downloadable training modules.
Survey resources
Survey tips
Research survey questionnaire development. Crafting your survey questions carefully to help you collect measurable data will save you and your client valuable time. Consider consulting with on-campus statistical and survey offices.
Decide on a survey application. There are hundreds of free, on line survey tools to choose from; make sure you pick one that will provide you with a data output mechanism that you can work with! Here are a few popular choices
Survey resources
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Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research by ISBN: 9781118634486Publication Date: 2014-01-09 -
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Sampling statistics by Publication Date: 2009
Other Methods
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SAGE Research MethodsSAGE Research Methods (SRM) is a research tool supported by a newly devised taxonomy that links content and methods terms. It provides the most comprehensive picture available today of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioural sciences. It includes more than 100,000 pages of SAGE book and reference material on research methods as well as editorially selected material from SAGE journals. In addition, SRMO contains content from more than 640 books, including the complete Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences "Little Green Books" series from SAGE.
Interview resources
Resources for SPSS
Cornell students have access to SPSS training through Lynda.com (see SPSS Statistics Essentials) and in-person training via CISER. Also the books below maybe useful.
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Doing Quantitative Research in Education with SPSS by ISBN: 9781446210147Publication Date: 2010-12-30
