Using SPSS I (descriptive and inferential)

Using the SPSS file that was supplied think of some other analyses you can do and try to do them.

Item response theory (Mokken scaling)

Try to understand the following terms from item response theory: item response function (also known as the ‘item characteristic curve’); monotone homogeneity; double monotonicity/invariant item ordering.

Factor analysis

Make sure that you know the difference between exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.

Quantitative analysis II (inferential)

Make sure you know what the following tests are used for: t-test; One-way ANOVA; Pearson’s correlation; Chi-squared test.

Quantitative analysis I (descriptive)

If anything was new to you here or you did not understand it then please take this opportunity to make sure that you do by reading more, searching online or asking your colleagues.

Quantitative design II (surveys)

Take a look at TheBaltimore Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the Lothian Birth Cohorts studies and see what kind of phenomena they are studying and what we are learning from them.

Quantitative design I (experiments)

Find the CONSORT guidance online and familiarise yourself with the various aspects of the checklist and also find a few examples of articles which report clinical trials where the CONSORT guidelines—especially the inclusion of the CONSORT flow diagram—have been followed.