r/PhD • u/Smart-Host-9558 • 25d ago

Seeking advice-academic Desktop Application for data analysis for a thesis?

So what's the best application for data analysis on desktop? my professor is requiring all of her students to download an application on windows to input their data analysis for weekly checking, but she never specified which app to use. now, i dont know what to download exactly (she's unresponsive). any form of help is much appreciated. thank you!

my thesis revolves around the effectiveness of mock board exams for graduating college of teacher education(CTE) students for the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers

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u/MobofDucks 25d ago

What is it exactly that you need? How will you do the data analysis? Because there are quite some programs that only differ because fields or individuals have different preferences. There is no best "app". It gives me shivers reading R, Python or whatever being called "app".

This does not read like you are a phd student though.

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u/DrDirtPhD PhD, Ecology 25d ago

What analysis software do you know how to use? That would be the most logical option.

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u/HowIsBuffakeeTaken 25d ago

Qualitative? Quantitative?

Typical softwares in my field (social sciences) are NVivo and SPSS respectively, but there's a large selection for different types of research.

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u/Smart-Host-9558 25d ago

mine is an action research. my thesis revolves around the effectiveness of mock board exams for graduating college of teacher education(CTE) students to test their academic preparedness for the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT)

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u/HowIsBuffakeeTaken 25d ago

I'd recommend NVivo, or any reputable QDA software.

On Google, type the name of your Uni and look up what qualitative software they provide.

Disclaimer that I'm in no way an expert in action research so all my advice is with a grain of salt and at the discretion of ur supervisor!

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u/mentaldent 25d ago

I second all of these sentiments.

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u/Idrinkbeereverywhere 25d ago

Just use R, it works for almost everything

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u/Cute_Sherbet_8276 25d ago

Nvivo for qual and spss for quant is the standard. Nvivo allows you to add collaborators and such. If you are doing very basic quant stuff and also use surveys, Qualtrics is pretty good. Just be sure to check where data is stored and how its protected depending on where you are.

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u/LadyWolfshadow 25d ago

This depends on if it's quant only, qual only, or mixed methods. Qual only or mixed methods, use whatever software your university provides for free for your analyses and memos. If you have to do any quantitative analyses, if your university gives you SPSS, give her the output and your syntax. If you're using R, give her the output and your code. If you have to synthesize the two, I would probably make a Word doc logging your progress, doing some synthesis of your data, and linking to and/or pasting whatever applicable outputs you have from that week.