3.8.1 Data Analysis

Site navigation:

Home
Help
Glossary
Activities
Examples
Unit selection

3.8.1 Data Analysis

Once you understand the data and have organised it ready for analysis the rest is straightforward and not that much different to analysis in a single country context. The same tools and methods you would use in analysis of a domestic survey can be applied. The ESS has a helpful glossary of statistical terms ESS EduNet Methodological glossary .

top

nextprevious

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Learning objectives
3.3 Preparation
3.4 Things to look for in assessing micro data
3.5 Getting started
- 3.5.1 What happens when the results are questioned: Three different examples
- 3.5.2 Choosing your analysis platform
3.6 Applying weights
- 3.6.1 Example - the European Social Survey has two weights
- 3.6.2 Working with weights - practical issues
3.7. Preparing the data ready for analysis
- 3.7.1 Organising and documenting your analysis
- 3.7.2 Some do's and don't in managing your analysis
3.8. Documenting your analysis
3.9. Presenting your results
3.10 Further Exploration
3.11 Suggested reading

The University of Manchester; Mimas; ESRC; RDI

Countries and Citizens: Unit 3 Making cross-national comparisons using micro data by Siobhan Carey, Department for International Development is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.