ABSTRACT
Once you have collected the data, you will be ready to analyse the results to determine the direction of the study.You will be gathering a lot of information which makes it difficult to present every bit of it. Therefore, it is expected that you give a summary of the data which highlights main trends and differences in the most appropriate manner. At this stage of your research study you will ask yourself a number of questions. For example, will I use a frequency distribution table or a bar chart to analyse each question in the questionnaire? Will I use a total score or should I analyse the data separately for each item in the questionnaire or rating scale? Which is the most appropriate test to use with these data, the t-test or the chi-square test? Should I compute some rank order correlation? Once you and your supervisor are satisfied with the answers to these questions, you can apply the statistics to find out if there were significant results.
