Course Title 3: Research Methods for the Academia

Date: 30 April – 11 May 2012

Venue: EASTC Campus – Dar es Salaam

Learning Objectives:

The participants would be able to;

• Plan and conduct researches that meets the need of academic awards (for academic excellence);
• Conceptualise research problem areas;
• Develop a research topic;
• Stages in developing a research;
• Prepare instruments for data collection and collect data;
• Use the PASW Statistics/SPSS package in preparing data capture forms and run tables they wish by using the PASW Statistics/SPSS Syntax;
• Process raw data, present, interpret results and write reports.

  Contents

• The need for academic research;
• Difference between academic research and other researches;
• Rules/Regulations in an academic research;
• Format of an academic research;
• Type of data/information sought in an academic research;
• Preparation of data/information collection instruments;
• Collecting data/information and possible errors during this process;
• The use of PASW Statistics/SPSS package in data capture and processing;
• Preparation of PASW Statistics/SPSS structure for capturing research data;
• Running frequency;
• Preparation of Tables (both frequency and crosstabs) for analysis;
• Presentation of data and interpretation of results;
• Report writing procedures and dissemination.

Target Group: The course is intended for people in academics, especially researchers and research students

Course Fee: Tsh.900,000.00 Tanzanian

USD 2,000 Non Tanzanian

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