Workshop on “Use of Statistics in Research” at Amity University

Amity University conducted a workshop on “Use of Statistic in Research” on August 29-30, 2013.

Statistics is the science of collecting, analyzing and making inference from data. Statistics is a particularly useful branch of mathematics that is not only studied theoretically by advanced mathematicians but one that is used by researchers in many fields to organize, analyze, and summarize data.

Statistical methods and analyses are often used to communicate research findings and to support hypotheses and give credibility to research methodology and conclusions. It is important for researchers and also consumers of research to understand statistics so that they can be informed, evaluate the credibility and usefulness of information, and make appropriate decisions.

Focus area of the workshop -

• Operation philosophy of statistical use in research.

• Developing research tool on the basis of statistical method.

• Editing and processing of data in accordance with requirement of SPSS.

• The SPSS software and its operation

The workshop was addressed by:

• Dr. Rajeev Pandey (Lucknow University)

• Dr. Surinder Kaushal (Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Dept. of Statistics)

Around 40 students including the faculty took part in the workshop. They were also provided certificates.

Source: Shivani Jaiswal, click4college Specialist