"the impact of women entrepreneurs on economic development of rwanda" case study of women entrepreneur in expo 2010 organized by rwanda private sector federation.

3.4 Data processing

Data from 60 questionnaires were entered in an SPSS database that enabled the researcher to summarize correct errors, analyze or otherwise  convert data into usable  information. The SPSS data entry form contains all collected on variables like monthly savings, monthly expenditures, and working capital at the start both at the start of the business and currently in the business.

3.5 Data analysis

Data analysis is defined in business dictionary (2009) as the  process of evaluating  data using analytical and logical reasoning to  examine each  component of the data provided.

After data processing data from 60 women entrepreneurs were analyzed using SPSS 16, and excel 2007.Descriptive statistics were used where bar chart, cross tabulation table and frequencies tables were used to present the findings. In descriptive statistics also the researcher calculated the mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum, sum for some numerical variables.

Inferential statistics has been used especially to test the relationship between some dependent variables and independents variables using linear regression to test the relationship between the increase in family size and monthly expenses of women after becoming entrepreneurs. Paired- sample T test were used to test the differences between mean monthly savings, expenditure, and working capital both at the start and currently in the business.

3.6 Limitation to the study

During the research process, the researcher encountered some limitations that delayed the work. Among the limitations encountered include the following:

Access to statistics on women entrepreneurs, during this research, the researcher had to gather scarce statistics from different places the access to such statistics were a problem so the researcher decided to design a questionnaire since most of the statistical data on women entrepreneurs needed were not available.

Another limitation was to reach all the population of women entrepreneurs in expo it were costly and time consuming.

The last limitation encountered it was to ask women entrepreneurs while dealing with the clients. Women entrepreneurs some did not have time to answer the researcher because they were busy dealing with the clients and sometimes the customers interrupted the researcher so the researcher had to wait until the customers are gone.