Word Count: 1500 words (without
the Appendix and tables)
This assignment makes
use of the European Social Survey (ESS). Description is available on the
following page: https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/
Data: ESS data for
any country and wave of your choice.
https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/data/country_index.html
Description:
Develop and analyse a conceptual model based on the available variables in ESS.
Task:
Develop a conceptual model, choose the relevant variables based on your
conceptual model and utilise various analytics tools and techniques
(univariate, bivariate and multivariate) to provide insights about the data.
Guidance Notes:
The purpose of this
assignment is to equip you with the ability to selectively analyse different
sets of data for insight, and to report the findings in effective manner. This
assignment consists of five tasks, but the report should flow as a single whole
document.
(1)
Provide an overview of the
research topic
(2)
Develop the conceptual model and
generate hypotheses. You can refer to relevant theory and literature within
this subtask
(3)
Discuss your selected data/variables
from ESS
(4)
Analyse the data using appropriate
data analysis tools:
Univariate
analysis-Descriptive statistics, graphics and arithmetic measures
Bivariate
analysis-Correlation, Anova, t-test
Multivariate
analysis
(5)
Describe if the findings are consistent with the conceptual model.
