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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: The study is designed to investigate Postgraduate students’ proficiencies in application of research knowledge in data analysis using the computer and interpretation of analysed research data to make inferences on research outcomes in Universities in the South-West, Nigeria, and the challenges they face. The sample consisted of 746 participants selected from six departments in three faculties from three federal, three states and two private universities in the zone. A valid and reliable instrument ‘Application of the knowledge of Research and Computer Processed Data in Research’ (? = 0.86) was used. Postgraduate students in Science and Technology faculties between (43.0% and 76.0%) possessed computer skills; hold a computer literacy certificate, can operate computer data processes and can run simple research data analyses. Postgraduate students from Agricultural – related faculties, between (40.4% and 76.0%) and Arts and Humanities Faculties between (39.0% and 61.0%), do not have all the computer literacy skills. Between 30.0% and 43% of the students were not skilful in applying research knowledge in research analyses. Majority of the respondents between 22.0% and 35.5% encountered challenges such as: hardly understand the ‘information in computer printed data,’ ‘nature of data obtained’, cannot ‘relate one aspect of the data printout to other aspects of the results’, ‘locate the aspects that are significant and why they are significant’. To mitigate these, faculty courses in research methodology and statistical methods at postgraduate level should be reviewed and designed with better approaches for developing adequate and sustainable research skills in postgraduate students for enhanced and timely research completion process. |
| Keywords: Computer Knowledge, Computer Analysis, Research Data, Inferences, Challenges of Research |
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