Research For Finance-PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
DFSG 704
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (Cos):

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO166 Demonstrate the entry and record of data files using SPSS.

CO167 Demonstrate and evaluate the graphs and charts through SPSS

CO168 Determine the measures of central tendency.

CO169 Examine and Appraise different parametric and non-parametric tests using SPSS

CO170 Hypothesize a research problem and interpret for correlation and regression analysis using SPSS

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Practical cases Demonstration, Power point presentation.     

 Learning activities for the students:                              Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Live practical problems analysis

Quiz, test, assignments and viva-voce

 

6.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to SPSS

Creating a data file, defining variables, Data Entry, inserting variable, measurement scales, inserting cases, identifying duplicate cases, sorting cases, merging & splitting files, select case.
Managing Data
Missing data, compute variable, recode variable, rank cases, Weighted Cases.
Frequencies, Descriptive, Cross Tabs, Exploratory, Custom Tables.

6.00
Unit II: 
Visual Statistics using SPSS

Visual Statistics using SPSS
Chart Builder, Histograms, Box Plots, Bar Charts, Cluster Bar, Stacked Bar, Error bar, Line charts, Pie charts, Editing graphs and Axes
Descriptive Statistics using SPSS
Measures of central tendency, variabiability, Normality Test, Reliability Analysis.

6.00
Unit III: 
Parametric Tests- t-test

Parametric Tests- t-test
One Sample, Independent Sample, Paired t test.
Analysis of variance
Assumptions of One Way ANOVA, Testing for differences in mean between the group, Measure of Association, Assumption of Two way ANOVA, Procedure for Testing Two Way ANOVA.

6.00
Unit IV: 
Non Parametric Tests:

Non Parametric Tests: Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon Signed ranks test, Kruskal Wallis Test, Friedman Test.
Chi square Test: Test of Independence, 2x2 Cross tabulation, Layered cross tab, Goodness of fit.

6.00
Unit V: 
Bi variate Correlation using SPSS

Bi variate Correlation using SPSS
Bi variate Correlation, Partial Correlations and the correlation matrix
Regression: Assumptions
Linear Regression, Multiple Regression

Essential Readings: 

Andy Field, Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics,Sage Publications
Kiran Pandya, Smruti Bulsari, Sanjay Sinha, SPSS in Simple Steps, Dreamtech Press
A. Rajathi & P. Chandran (2012), SPSS for You, MJP publishers.
Lawrence M Mayers, Glenn C Gamst, A J Guarind, Performing Data Analysis Using SPSS, Wiley

References: 

SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS
S. Ajai Gaur (2009), Statistical methods for practice & research: A guide to Data Analysis using SPSS, Sage Publishers.
Seyed Reza Hashemian Rahaghi, Farnaz Abed Ashtiani, Basic of Statistics & SPSS, create space independent publishing platform.
Keith Mc Cormick, Jesus Salcedo, Jon Peck, Andrew Wheeler, SPSS Statistics for Data Analysis and Visualization, Wiley
James B Cunningham (2011), Using SPSS: An interactive hands- on Approach, Peacock publisher, 3rd Edition.

e-RESOURCES:
https://web.s.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/basic?vid=0&sid=0c7f189a-083f-4...
http://ww1.shodhganga.com/
https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/
https://www.scopus.com/home.uri
http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
https://www.doaj.org/

REFERENCE JOURNALS:
Business Perspectives and Research
FIIB Business Review
Harvard Business Review
IUP Journal of Accounting Research
Jindal Journal of Business Research

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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