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Exploring Postgraduate Students’ Research Knowledge and Skills in Normality Tests and Verifications
Author(s)
Clement Ayarebilla Ali, Peter Akayuure
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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2016.01.005
Affiliation(s)
University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
ABSTRACT
The study explored research knowledge and skills of
postgraduate students in testing and verifying normality of data in order to
boost their confidence and credibility of educational research findings. This
exploratory survey randomly sampled 66 postgraduate students, out of about 150
postgraduate students in five faculties of the University of Education,
Winneba, Ghana. The results of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version
16 revealed that the postgraduate students require these innovative skills in
order to test and verify their educational research data. We therefore
recommended continuous
inter-faculty collaborations and regular research conferences participations by
teaching staff and postgraduate students to beef up their knowledge and skills
in research analyses.
KEYWORDS
descriptive statistics, normality tests and verifications, parametric tests, research knowledge and skills
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