- All currently registered UNISA Hons, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters and Doctoral students
- Guidance on the selection and utilisation of appropriate methods for collection and statistical analysis of data.
- The support provided covers the following phases; research design, data collection, data capturing and data analysis. A detailed outline of the service provided is available on the Stats Support website.
- The documents required depend on the nature of support required. See Table 1 for details
Table 1: Documents\files required for consultation
Research Phase |
Required Documents\Files |
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Proof of registration |
Completed consultation form |
Draft/Approved Proposal |
Draft/Approved questionnaire |
Ethical Clearance Certificate |
Dataset |
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Study Design |
X |
X |
X |
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Questionnaire Review |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Data Capturing |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Data Analysis |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Click here to download the consultation form
- Due to Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, consultations are held online via MS Teams
- The beginning of the study is the best time to seek statistical guidance
- Data analysis support will be provided given that the data meets the minimum required standard for data analysis i.e., the office reserves the right to refuse to analyze data collected without their involvement, should the data not meet the minimum standard required for data analysis.
- The turnaround time is dependent on the workload of the office, the type of support required and the complexity of the project/study.
- Basic to advanced statistics workshops
- Practical SPSS workshops to equip students with practical skills to perform statistical data analysis on their own
Click here for a complete list of workshops for the year
- The student must have SPSS loaded on their computer before the training workshop
- The student must either be busy with data collection or have completed data collection.
- The student must complete an RSVP form to secure their attendance
Click here to RSVP for a workshop
- The student must provide ethical clearance certificate before the training workshop
- The student must provide proof of registration before the training workshop
- We only assist with quantitative research
- SPSS
- AMOS
Click here to download the software request form
- The university does not have a license for any online data collection tools
- For assistance with software installation you can contact Mr TN Matjila at tmatjit@unisa.ac.za
- We don’t act as supervisors
- We don’t write the data analysis or methodology section for students
- We only review examples/extracts of writeups
Last modified: Mon Aug 07 18:01:22 SAST 2023