Lesson 66 has taken us through the instruments that we use to collect data for quantitative and qualitative research. We have also discussed the data collection procedures.

In this lesson, we are going to discuss section 3.8 of Chapter three of the research proposal. This section deals with data analysis technique.

In Lesson 46-50, we have discussed Data Analysis Techniques in details.

A research can collect numerical and narrative data. This lesson will concentrate on how to analyze numerical data.

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

1. Explain the meaning of data analysis;
2. State the types of data analysis & statistical tests;
3. Identify statistical tools to use under descriptive & inferential statistics;
4. Explain the requirements of section 3.8