What is necessity of a statistical analysis in a research paper ?
Is simple calculations like (%age etc) are not sufficient ?
What about statistical formulae used in MS Excel ?
Is MS Excel is not enough for statistical analysis in research work ?
It depends on the area of the study; if the study is descriptive, frequencies, percentage, crosstab tables, … are enough but if the study is analytic – for example testing a determined hypothesis – ANOVA, t-test, … should be used.
It is better to use professional software for analyzing such as SPSS,R,…
Dear Sajjad Ahmed Memon, There is a good electronic statistical book on the favourite links page of my website and the MS Excel help file is OK. I have an Excel manual also and that explains it fairly well. I can help if you have queries about Excel. Can you explain a bit more your research project - sample size, what variables to you have. what are you trying to determine ? Thanks, Deborah Hilton Statistics Online
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