Quantitative Methods Portfolio Custom Essay

You must write an introduction as you can see of the sample.You must invent questions related with tourism…for example hotel,journeys… and answer them…it must be 20 questions.You must use SPSS.In the questions it must have some questons about some personal characteristics which will be needed for the T-test.You must describe every answer of the question and it must have tables,statistics based on answers.And after that it must have reference list.

1.questionnaire design

introduction

2.Descriptive statistics

description

questeston 1

description….

3.Cross-tabulation

description

tables

4.T-test analysis
reference list
I WILL SEND YOU A SAMPLE..I want to be similar as my sample with graphics.The questions must be 20.You must use SPSS to get this tables and statistics.
The quantitative portfolio is to consist of four individual items. A hand out for each item will be distributed in class. The four items are:
Questionnaire Design
Data Entry
Statistical testing: Descriptive analysis
Statistical Testing: T-Test
Quantitative methodologies offer the possibility to measure the current tendencies and peoples’ behaviour in a geographical area, making possible to quantify the reality, generalise the results and to replicate the study. The majority of the studies based on quantitative techniques use questionnaires to obtain the data. Each type of questionnaire has different needs. The typology and the measure of the answer can be different as well and this will affect the type of statistical procedures applied in order to analyse the obtained results.
This practical activity is about questionnaires and has three parts: design, codification and
data entry for SPSS.

Part 1: Identifying Types of Data Used in the Research.

Identify for the following cases, the type of data (nominal, ordinal and interval) collected and justify why.
Data = Colour:

Data = Temperature:

Data= Job:

Data= Age:

Data = Perceived motivations (scale):

Data = Income:

Data = Agreement / disagreement on a topic (scale):

Part 2: Codifying the Questionnaire. Preparing the Data for SPSS.

For the second part of the activity, you need to code the following questionnaire. Inorder to analyze the data in SPSS, the data collected must be converted into numerical codes

and organized in a systematic “machine readable” manner, that is to say, codes.

Example Questionnaire:

General Information

1. Where do you live? (you can choose only one option)

Newcastle/Gateshead wider area Scotland

Another area in the North East Wales/North Ireland

Another area of England Outside the UK

2. Which football team do you support? (only tick one)

Newcastle United Darlington Hartlepool

Middlesbrough Sunderland AFC Other

3. Do you regularly go to the Stadium to see the match? (only tick one)

Very rarely Rarely Often Very often

4. And, is the football match the main reason for you to be here today?

Yes No

5. Have you done or are you going to do any other activities? (you can choose more than one option)

Shopping Outdoor activities

Culture and arts Gastronomy (food, drink,…)

Historical sites and heritage Sightseeing

Going to a restaurant Going to a pub before or after the match

Other sport events Other (specify):____________________

Socioeconomic information

6. Age

18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44

45 – 54 55 – 64 65 +

7. Gender

Male Female

8. Please, could you indicate what is your highest level of education?

Primary School Secondary School Vocational education

Bachelor degree Master or doctoral degree Other (specify):_____________

9. To which interval your annual household income belongs to? (optional)

Less than £5000 £5001 – £10,000 £10,001 – £20,000

£20,001 – £30,000 £30,001 – £40,000

£40,001 – £50,000 £50,001 – £70,000 £70,001 and above

Part 3: Designing a Questionnaire.

For the third part of the activity you need to design a questionnaire of up to 20 questions for a

project measuring tourism /hospitality/event satisfaction. First you must think about what information you want to collect and what kind of questionnaire you want to develop. You also need to decide the size of the sample. The questionnaire survey is always the culmination of a careful process of thought and discussion.

Steps to design the research:

§ Define the problem and the type of information required.

§ Design the questionnaire.

§ Include a range of question types within the questionnaire

Remember to include the following in your portfolio:

§ An individual questionnaire

§ Include a range of question types

Part 1: Getting to know SPSS. Exploring the data in SPSS.

The first step is to understand how SPSS is used as well as the characteristics of the dataset.

For this part you need to:

§ Explore the Travel Data which has already been inserted into SPSS.

Part 2: Descriptive statistics

The second step is to describe the data you are using. For this part you need to complete the

following tasks:

1) Provide a frequency analysis for the variables.

Using 6 examples from the variables within the data set provided show the frequencies of data:

§ Using tables

§ Using charts and graphs

2) Explain the results

The final step is to present the results obtained in the frequency analysis. You should present

them together with a short commentary of 250 words explaining the results.

Remember to include the following in your portfolio:

§ Statistical sample table from SPSS

§ Demonstrate the frequency analysis table for each variable

§ Show how the frequency data can be shown in a word document (table)

§ Present the data using graphics (charts/graphs)

§ Explain what the frequency data is showing

Part 1: Cross-tabulation

First of all you need to analyse the relationship between the variables in the database. You need to complete the following cross-tabulation analysis, and justify in each case whether the relationship is statistically significant.

Cross Tabulation:

§ Tourism attractions Sunderland Stadium of Light*Gender

§ Tourism attractions Sunderland Stadium of Light * Age groups

Part 2: Presenting Descriptive Data

In the second part, you need to present the results graphically using Excel. Excel is more effective than SPSS to create and display charts and figures.

First of all you need to make a column chart in Excel using the tables from you cross-tabulations:

§ Tourism attractions Sunderland Stadium of Light*Gender

§ Tourism attractions Sunderland Stadium of Light * Age groups

Remember to include the following in your portfolio:

§ Sample statistical data tables for:

§ Stadium of Light*Gender

§ Stadium of Light*Age Groups

§ Cross tabulation tables

§ Produce individual graphical charts to present data

§ Explain the patterns within the data

§ Present a chi square to show if there are any significant differences between the variables

§ Explain and justify your reasons if there are or are not any significant differences in the

data

There are other several statistical tests that you can perform including a t-test (sample comp