Five-Day National Workshop on Data Analysis for Social Sciences 05-09 December 2022

 

A five-day national workshop on data analysis for the social sciences was conducted at the department from December 5th through December 9th, 2022. The programme was inaugurated by honourable vice chancellor Prof. Dr. MK Jayaraj. HOD Dr. Muhammed Haneefa presided over the function. A welcome address was given by Professor T. M. Vasudevan. Dr. M. Manoharan felicitated the program. Dr. T. Muhammed Nishad, Associate Professor, Farook College, and retired Professor Somashekaran Pillai, University College, Thiruvanthapuram, were the resource persons. Dr. Syamili C extended the vote of thanks for the inaugural program.

                                            

                                                        

                                                    

                                                    

                            The first two days were handled by Prof. Somashekaran Pillai, who covered the theory of statistics and a practical section in Excel. There were 40 participants, comprising PG students and research scholars. The class was really helpful to understand the basics of statistics and the tools in Excel to do different statistical calculations.             

The following three days were handled by Dr. Nishad Sir, who covered the fundamentals of statistics as well as how to upload data in SPSS, perform analysis, conduct research, and come to conclusions.