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How to Develop a Questionnaire for Research

A questionnaire is a technique for collecting data in which a respondent provides answers to a series of questions.  To develop a questionnaire that will collect the data you want takes effort and time. However, by taking a step-by-step approach to questionnaire development, you can come up with an effective means to collect data that will answer your unique research question. More

A STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON RESEARCH PROJECT WRITING FOR UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND POLYTECHNICS IN NIGERIA

Undergraduate research project is an independent effort required of students in tertiary institutions. The students, though supervised by an academic staff, are to carry out a pre-determined research within the constraints of their study. The supervisor is primarily to receive proposals of the research interest, approve it, provide guidance and assess the work at the end. An external supervisor is usual, to provide an external and independent assessment of their research work. The proposal for the topic is to include the intended subject of study, a brief description, justification for the work, aims and milestones, software and hardware to be employed, assumptions to be made, the methodologies involved and the references. There are standards in the research build-up, actual research, presentation and print submissions. These put the students in shape for the strict rules they are to face after-school. In developing the content, there are certain guidelines that would be ...

UNILAG female medical students’ hostel goes up in flame

This has left many of the female students living in the hostel in panic, many of who are seeing running helter-skelter. Many female students in adjoining the burning hostel were seen shouting telling others to go and carry their belongings. Read more:  https://www.naija.ng/1189805-breaking-unilag-female-medical-students-hostel-flame.html#1189805

Software developer reveals how JAMB candidates score above 300

A software developer, Oluwakoyejo Oluwatosin, has given an insight into why many JAMB candidates allegedly scored above 300 marks during the last 2018 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation and Board examinations (JAMB). Read more:  https://www.naija.ng/1190594-software-developer-reveals-jamb-candidates-score-300.html#1190594

ENTREPRENEURS GUIDE TO COMBINING EDUCATION WITH BUSINESS

Education is not a means to an end but a process to acquiring the right tools to be a financial pillar. Although many would-be entrepreneurs may think it is best to wait on their budding business idea until they graduate, some savvy entrepreneurs are jumping into business while still in school. How do they manage both?  1.  Get to know yourself.

How to Write a Good Table of Content for Your Project or Seminar

Writing an excellent project work (whether for your degree or diploma programme) starts with creating a very straight forward and easy table of content. The table of content serves as a map for the project work as it helps you streamline your search for materials. A well written project Table of Content makes it easier for the student to write his or her project work. It also guides the reviewer or supervisor in going through the project work. What a Good Table of Content Should Contain; For project works there is no hard and fast rule to creating a good table of content. In fact table of contents vary for various courses. The format for table of content for a project work in engineering will vary from a table of content for project topic in accounting. Aside from these variances in table of content based on the discipline or course there are generally tips that will help every student or scholar develop a formidable table of content. Tips to Creating a Good Table of Conten...

What is a Literature Review?

Tips on Conducting a Review of Literature A literature review or a review of literature is a text of a scholarly paper, which includes the current knowledge including substantive findings, as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. Literature reviews use secondary sources, and do not report new or original experimental work. A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. Occasionally you will be asked to write one as a separate assignment (sometimes in the form of an annotated bibliography—see the bottom of the next page), but more often it is part of the introduction to an essay, research report, or thesis. In writing the literature review, your purpose is to convey to your reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. As a piece of writing, the literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (e.g., your res...