To create awareness regarding current trends, issues and researches related to various aspects of International Business.
Content: Each student will choose a topic in the beginning of the semester. They will be required to prepare a primary research report. 30 hours lab sessions are provided for hands on training on SPSS and systematic review of literature to the students as follows for covering the following:
Testing assumptions of MNOVA, Running MNOVA with SPSS, Multiple comparisons in MNOVA, Output from MNOVA
Regression- Simple Linear Model, Linear Model with several Predictors, Model estimation, Assessing Goodness of Fit, R and R square, Assessing individual Predictors
Bias in Regression Model- Unusual cases, Generalizing the Model, Sample size in Regression, Assumptions, What if assumptions are violated
Interpreting Regression Model – Descriptives, Summary of Model, Model Parameters, Excluded variables, Assessing Multicollinearity
Discovering Factors, Running the analysis, Interpreting output from SPSS, Reliability Analysis, How to report Factor analysis.
Apart from the 30 hrs. lab sessions, students are required to devote 2 hrs. per week under the supervision of their respective supervisors on regular basis for guidance on report.
• IBM SPSS Statistics 20 Core System User’s Guide
• IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0 User's Guide
• G N Prabhakara, Synopsis Dissertation And Research To Pg Students, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers; second edition (2016)