In order to derive meaningful results from the statistical tables the researcher may use one or more of the followings four steps:
a.The first step is to calculate relevant measures of central tendency as also of dispersion highlighting the major four steps:
b.The second step is to cross tabulate the data to ascertain some useful relationship.
c.The third step is to calculate ten correlation coefficient and undertake a regression analysis between variables.
d. The fourth step is to undertake a multivariate analysis. Such an analysis used a variety of techniques to determine important relationship amongst several variables.