{"id":9886,"date":"2009-10-26T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T18:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=9886"},"modified":"2010-04-22T08:46:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T12:46:24","slug":"analyzing-your-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/people\/forms\/surveys\/analyzing-your-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyzing Your Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you have collected data, you can import your tab-delimited data file       into many popular software packages for analysis. Microsoft Excel, Microsoft       Access, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/distribution\/papercut\/statistics\/\">SPSS<\/a> and SAS are examples of programs into which you can import a tab-delimited       file.<\/p>\n<p>You can import your data into different types of software for analysis, depending       on your needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Spreadsheet<\/strong> (e.g., Microsoft Excel)<br \/>\nSpreadsheets are useful for simple mathematical       tabulations such as percentages and averages. Many spreadsheets also allow you       to create custom graphs and charts from data you have imported.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Database<\/strong> (e.g., Microsoft Access, FileMaker)<br \/>\nDatabases are ideal for storing       large amounts of structured data. They are suitable for creating complex reports       and have powerful data querying capabilities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Statistical analysis programs<\/strong> (e.g., SPSS, SAS)<br \/>\nThese are programs for conducting       complex statistical analysis of data. If you are interested in t-scores, confidence       intervals, and standard deviations, you should use this software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you have collected data, you can import your tab-delimited data file into many popular software packages for analysis. Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, SPSS and SAS are examples of programs into which you can import a tab-delimited file. You can import your data into different types of software for analysis, depending on your needs:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1685,"featured_media":0,"parent":9873,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9886"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30348,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9886\/revisions\/30348"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}