Relationship between income-level and tobacco consumption in Saudi male line-staff at the registration, appointments & admission services department at KFSH (Riyadh Branch)
Dependent variable staff smoking more often (at work, home or anywhere)
Independent variable staff getting more money (income) thru work by promotion, bonus or any form. Or thru other sources of income (other job, business or activity).
Must ask the right questions. closed and open questions.
full two pages questions that are related to topic above to help prepare good study and statistical analysis.
2- Data management: Data entry to SPSS. Data cleaning.
3- statistical methods: Descriptive statistics for the whole data and for each variable.
Inferential statistics for answering the main objectives of the research including: Estimation,
Hypothesis testing, Non-parametric methods if it is needed. Modeling (Regression and
Correlation..etc.)
4- Presentation of data and results:
Quality and appropriateness of tables
Quality and appropriateness of graphs
5- Interpretation of results:
Demonstrate understanding of statistical principles.
Correct summaries of results
Discussion of limitations
Conclusions consistence with results
6- Writing: Clear, concise, correct English. Organized report.
