Hi, I'm Jacob Mays.

I created this 5 day challenge because if you're anything like I was, you are frustrated with trying to find the right dissertation topic.

Back when I was a graduate student 25 years ago, I had major trouble figuring out what topic I wanted to study for my thesis. Then once I finally figured it out, I also had difficulty interpreting the results and writing it in APA format. I wasn’t doing well in my statistics class at all. The only thing that saved me from failing the class was the passing of my mother in the middle of the semester. The professor gave me an incomplete and I would have to retake the class in the spring.

I was given a second chance. I was panicking. I couldn’t rely on the professor for help because his office hours were taken up by scores of other students. So, I read a couple of step-by-step books I found on SPSS. I studied these books at least 10 hours a day during my 3 week winter break. I would do the exercises repeatedly until I knew them like the back of my hand. My hard work paid off. I got an A in my statistics class that spring. In fact, I became so good in SPSS and statistics, that a year later, my statistics professor made me the project manager of his 1.3 million dollar research grant. This grant paid for my tuition and provided me with a $15,000 stipend!

Sixteen years later, I leveraged my skills in SPSS and research to become the head of market research in the B2B division of a fortune 500 company. I receive questions about analyzing and interpreting data from both of students and professionals. However, it’s difficult to help people with analyzing their data when you are not at the same location. So, I decided to create a web site containing video tutorials on how to use SPSS.

Results have been phenomenal: SPSSVideoTutor.com has trained over 60,000 students and professionals on how to analyze their data and interpret their results. SPSSVideoTutor also licensed our video tutorials to Walden University, one of the largest online universities in the world. 

I personally invite you to join me and other graduate students and professional for my FREE 5 Day Data Analysis Challenge where you’ll begin to analyze data with my guidance and support.