Pakistan Scientific and Technological Information Centre (PASTIC) is a premier organization in the country for the collection and dissemination of scientific & technological information for catering for the information needs of scientists, researchers, academicians, industrialists, entrepreneurs, planners, and policymakers, etc.

PASTIC organized three days training workshop on “Research Tools and Techniques (SPSS)” held from February 22-24, 2023 at I.T lab of PASTIC National Centre, Islamabad. The objective to organize this workshop was to enhance the research capabilities of research scholars and students. Dr Maryam Ibrar was the Resource Person and twenty-two (22) research scholars/ students from PIDE, Comsats and Quaid e Azam University attended the training workshop

SPSS Statistics is the world’s leading statistical software. It enables you to quickly dig deeper into your data, making it a much more effective tool than spreadsheets, databases or standard multi-dimensional tools for analysis. SPSS Statistics excels at making sense of complex patterns and associations— enabling users to draw conclusions and make predictions professionally.

At the end of the training workshop, participants were equipped to have basic knowledge regarding the significance of statistical software, its importance for the research, and to identify how to analyze and interpret data professionally.

Director General PASTIC Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram Shaikh attended the closing session as Chief Guest. He briefly introduced the different PASTIC services and explained the objective to organize such training workshops. At the end of the session, Chief Guest, Director General, PASTIC Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram Shaikh distributed the training certificates amongst the participants.

Group photo of the research scholars/students of SPSS training workshop with Director General PASTIC, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram Shaikh.