This document discusses the need to foster statistical consulting among young statisticians in African universities. It argues that statistical consulting should be included in university curriculums to train students on both statistical and soft skills needed for consulting. Currently, statistical consulting is not formally taught in most African universities. The document recommends establishing statistical consulting units in all African universities to provide research support and training opportunities for students. Integrating statistical consulting into curriculums would help produce better trained statisticians equipped with both technical and client-facing skills.
ASEAN benchmarking in terms of science, technology, and innovation from 1999 ...ndbaf03
This article provides an empirical assessment of the performance of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in terms of science, tech- nology, and innovation. This study is relevant because it employs a larger data set, examines more countries, and covers more years than previous studies. The results indicate that these countries had differing patterns of performance, and the pattern of growth among them was asymmetrical. Additional findings suggest that these countries performed idio- syncratically with respect to the six quantitative dimensions we examined. Our research includes a form of comparative policy evaluation that might assist the monitoring of the implementation of ‘‘Vision 2020’’. The results simplify how we determine the relative strengths and weaknesses of national innovation systems and are relevant to policy dis- cussions. In relation to transferability, the findings demonstrate similarities to the European Union with regard to performance and governance.
Research on the field of using social media has gained more importance in the recent days due to the rapid development of social media technologies. Looking at the behavioral intention and attitude of using social media for collaborative learning within Malaysian higher educational institutions and the influencing factors in this regard has received little attention by researchers. The study aims at examining the determinants that affect learners’ attitude and behavior intention regarding their use social media to achieve collaborative learning. Such examination is carried out by using the Theory Acceptance Model (TAM) and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Usage of Technology (UTAUT). A total of 243 participants were recruited for this study. The findings indicated that students’ attitudes and behavior are strong indicators of their intentions in terms of using social media in collaborative learning.
Trends in Education and Information Technology in 2020 - IJMITIJMIT JOURNAL
The International Journal of Managing Information Technology (IJMIT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in all areas of the strategic application of information technology (IT) in organizations.
ASEAN benchmarking in terms of science, technology, and innovation from 1999 ...ndbaf03
This article provides an empirical assessment of the performance of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in terms of science, tech- nology, and innovation. This study is relevant because it employs a larger data set, examines more countries, and covers more years than previous studies. The results indicate that these countries had differing patterns of performance, and the pattern of growth among them was asymmetrical. Additional findings suggest that these countries performed idio- syncratically with respect to the six quantitative dimensions we examined. Our research includes a form of comparative policy evaluation that might assist the monitoring of the implementation of ‘‘Vision 2020’’. The results simplify how we determine the relative strengths and weaknesses of national innovation systems and are relevant to policy dis- cussions. In relation to transferability, the findings demonstrate similarities to the European Union with regard to performance and governance.
Research on the field of using social media has gained more importance in the recent days due to the rapid development of social media technologies. Looking at the behavioral intention and attitude of using social media for collaborative learning within Malaysian higher educational institutions and the influencing factors in this regard has received little attention by researchers. The study aims at examining the determinants that affect learners’ attitude and behavior intention regarding their use social media to achieve collaborative learning. Such examination is carried out by using the Theory Acceptance Model (TAM) and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Usage of Technology (UTAUT). A total of 243 participants were recruited for this study. The findings indicated that students’ attitudes and behavior are strong indicators of their intentions in terms of using social media in collaborative learning.
Trends in Education and Information Technology in 2020 - IJMITIJMIT JOURNAL
The International Journal of Managing Information Technology (IJMIT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in all areas of the strategic application of information technology (IT) in organizations.
Assessment and Evaluation System in Engineering Education of UG Programmes at...ijtsrd
Assessment is one of the most critical dimensions in engineering education process it focuses not only on identifying how many of the predefined education goals and objectives outcomes have been achieved but also works as a feedback component for educators to upgrade their teaching practices. The assessment can be seen as a link that it forms with other education processes. Lamprianou et al. 2009 point out that assessment is associated with the educational objectives of "evaluation, diagnosis, guidance, selection, placement, administration, prediction or grading. Assessment is one main factors that contribute to a high quality teaching and learning environment and student's performance as whole. It also makes clearer what teachers expect from students Biggs et al., 1999 . The perceived difficulty in this process is how assessment system, approaches and schemes can be standardized and adapted across the premier institutes NITs of in the country. Credit system has been used widely by many HEIs in India for over 20 years but no nationally agreed and rationalized framework of credit and Credit Transfer and Accumulation System is developed. The purpose of the literature review is to outline research studies in the assessment and evaluation systems being practicedand to highlight the studies that can be used in the research project undertaken. Specifically, the literature review attempts to address the following research questions What researches are undertaken nationally and internationally into the assessment system in higher education, especially engineering education What are the key findings from these researches What are the limits delimitations of these researches Are there research findings could be applied to engineering education at UG in NITs in India Are there any prime concern for future research in this area From this literature review, it is apparent that a very few number of studies have been conducted in higher education institutions but no research was found in the context of Engineering Education specific to UG programmes and NITs. However, many innovations are on the way to improvise the assessment and evaluation mechanisms in the engineering education especially in the context of Outcome Based Education OBE . J. P. Tegar | Shreya Gupta "Assessment and Evaluation System in Engineering Education of UG Programmes at Premier Institutes (NITs) in India - A Review of Literature" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30921.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/30921/assessment-and-evaluation-system-in-engineering-education-of-ug-programmes-at-premier-institutes-nits-in-india--a-review-of-literature/j-p-tegar
INVESTIGATING TANZANIA GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF SOCIAL MED...IJMIT JOURNAL
The aim of this paper was to present factors which influence work-related adoption of social media among
government employees. The study adapted the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology
(UTAUT) and integrated it with three constructs namely Hedonic Motivation (HM), Perceived Personal
Image (PI) and Attitude (AT). The sample of study consisted of 600 usable responses collected using survey
questionnaire from employees based in Tanzania Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) employing
convenience sampling technique. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. The results
showed that, PI and HM influence attitude (AT), while PI, Social Influence (SI) and AT influence Behavior
Intention (BI). Moreover, SI, PI, AT and BI showed significant effect on actual Use Behavior. Furthermore,
the results showed that PI is affected positively by HM and SI. The added constructs proved to be important
modifications to the UTAUT model as suggested by the increase in explained variance by UTAUT from
70% to 73% on BI and from 53% to 73% on actual use behavior.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Exploring the behavioral intention to use e-government services: Validating t...Mark Anthony Camilleri
This study explores the online users’ behavioral intention to utilize the governments’ websites and their electronic services. The research methodology validates the measuring items from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to better understand the participants’ attitudes toward their performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social norms, facilitating condition and behavioral intention to use the electronic government (e-gov) services. The findings from the structural equations modeling approach reported a satisfactory fit for this study’s research model. The results suggest that there were highly significant, direct effects from the UTAUT constructs, where the utilitarian motives predicted the online users’ behavioral intentions to use e-gov. Moreover, there were significant moderating influences from the demographic variables, including age, gender and experiences that effected the individuals’ usage of the governments’ online services. In conclusion, this contribution identifies its limitations and suggests possible research avenues to academia.
ow-a-days data volumes are growing rapidly in several domains. Many factors have contributed to this growth, including inter alia proliferation of observational devices, miniaturization of various sensors ,improved logging and tracking of systems, and improvements in the quality and capacity of both disk storage and networks .Analyzing such data provides insights that can be used to guide decision making. To be effective, analysis must be timely and cope with data scales. The scale of the data and the rates at which they arrive make manual inspection infeasible. As an educational management tool, predictive analytics can help and improve the quality of education by letting decision makers address critical issues such as enrollment management and curriculum Development. This paper presents an analytical study of this approach’s prospects for education planning. The goals of predictive analytics are to produce relevant information, actionable insight, better outcomes, and smarter decisions, and to predict future events by analyzing the volume, veracity, velocity, variety, value of large amounts of data and interactive exploration.
Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Adoption of Smart Buildings Using the Tec...Eswar Publications
Objective: This study aimed to find a solution to the acceptance of smart buildings in Iran using the technology
acceptance model (TAM). The main research question is the significance of this model relationships, as well as the
anticipated adoption of smart buildings in Iran using variables included in the model.
Methods: This descriptive study, is based on survey data collection methods and the way of analyzing data is correlational and casual study. Measurement tool was designed based on the standardized questionnaire presented by Davis. The reliability coefficient was 0.88. Statistical population is unlimited and included citizens of Iran in 1395. The sample consisted of 388 individuals. Given the infinity of society and Cochran formula, 384 individual is sufficient for
this research. This study is a random sampling one that was done in the period of 30 days.
Findings and conclusions: The results revealed that all relationships in the model are significant. And among the
variables of the model, perceived usefulness, the attitude toward using, and features of smart buildings had the most
intense relationship in acceptance this technology. Using regression equations, each of the dependent variables in the
model, is predictable by the independent variables.
Innovation of research: The intensity of relationship between variables in technology acceptance model and impact of each variable in explaining the criterion factor was analyzed.
Research limitations: Many people tend not to complete the questionnaire and some ones answer questions unrealistic. Despite all the explanations to justify the respondents, still there are possible directions in responses.
Practical consequences: Using regression equations obtained in this study, we can predict the criterion variables in the
model of technology adoption.
The research aims to investigate a highly debatable business aspect of modern time i.e.
global employment opportunities and challenges to human resource (HR).
Employment opportunities and challenges in the accounting industry of Australia for Indian migrant students are the subject covered in this research (Reis & Baruch, 2013)..
The study examines which factors predict academic performance at university and compares the predictive values of subject-related entrance exams and indicators of past school performance. The results show that in the fields of engineering and social sciences entrance exams predict both graduation and the number of study credits better than past performance. In education past school performance is a better predictor of graduation. Changing the admission rule to school grades would affect the average student performance negatively in engineering and social sciences but positively in education. Using only entrance exams would not significantly change the average performance in any field.
This study is aiming to investigate influencing factor of entrepreneurship collaborative learning performances by using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling approach (PLS-SEM). A hypothetical conceptual model for improving entrepreneurship learning performance develop based on the previous study, which composed of four enablers called university’s vision and mission, entrepreneurial background lecturer, strong culture and rewards system.The methodology used to test the conceptual model was delivering the questionnaire survey to 72 (seventy two) lecturers in business field. The unit analysis of this study is the universities, both public and private universities in South of Tangerang. Sample was selected using simple random sampling. The questionnaires were developed from the past studies in similar area of entrepreneurship in higher education, before distributed to the respondents. The findings from this study provide insight to construction that the relationships of variable vision and mission to effectiveness have path coefficient value 0.195 and the lecture background is 0.040. Meanwhile, reward and culture shows stronger influence to Entrepreneurship collaborative Learning Effectiveness with the patch coefficient values are 0.296 and 0.335.
FACTORS AFFECTING ACCEPTANCE OF WEB-BASED TRAINING SYSTEM: USING EXTENDED UTA...IJCSEIT Journal
Advancement in information system leads organizations to apply e-learning system to train their employees
in order to enhance its performance. In this respect, applying web based training will enable the
organization to train their employees quickly, efficiently and effectively anywhere at any time. This
research aims to extend Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use Technology (UTAUT) using some factors
such flexibility of web based training system, system interactivity and system enjoyment, in order to explain
the employees’ intention to use web based training system. A total of 290 employees have participated in
this study. The findings of the study revealed that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, social
influence and system flexibility have direct effect on the employees’ intention to use web based training
system, while effort expectancy, system enjoyment and system interactivity have indirect effect on
employees’ intention to use the system.
Insights on Problems and Prospects of Data Collection and Distribution in Nig...GBENROAYODEJI
The impact of data in the actualization of higher education goals in Nigeria cannot be understated because data is the management tools for planning and implementing decisions for effective administration. Data generation, collection and dissemination has over the time being faced with manipulation and corruption in higher institutions in Nigeria. However, this study focuses on tackling the challenges that prevent the effective use of data in Nigerian higher institutions.
Assessment and Evaluation System in Engineering Education of UG Programmes at...ijtsrd
Assessment is one of the most critical dimensions in engineering education process it focuses not only on identifying how many of the predefined education goals and objectives outcomes have been achieved but also works as a feedback component for educators to upgrade their teaching practices. The assessment can be seen as a link that it forms with other education processes. Lamprianou et al. 2009 point out that assessment is associated with the educational objectives of "evaluation, diagnosis, guidance, selection, placement, administration, prediction or grading. Assessment is one main factors that contribute to a high quality teaching and learning environment and student's performance as whole. It also makes clearer what teachers expect from students Biggs et al., 1999 . The perceived difficulty in this process is how assessment system, approaches and schemes can be standardized and adapted across the premier institutes NITs of in the country. Credit system has been used widely by many HEIs in India for over 20 years but no nationally agreed and rationalized framework of credit and Credit Transfer and Accumulation System is developed. The purpose of the literature review is to outline research studies in the assessment and evaluation systems being practicedand to highlight the studies that can be used in the research project undertaken. Specifically, the literature review attempts to address the following research questions What researches are undertaken nationally and internationally into the assessment system in higher education, especially engineering education What are the key findings from these researches What are the limits delimitations of these researches Are there research findings could be applied to engineering education at UG in NITs in India Are there any prime concern for future research in this area From this literature review, it is apparent that a very few number of studies have been conducted in higher education institutions but no research was found in the context of Engineering Education specific to UG programmes and NITs. However, many innovations are on the way to improvise the assessment and evaluation mechanisms in the engineering education especially in the context of Outcome Based Education OBE . J. P. Tegar | Shreya Gupta "Assessment and Evaluation System in Engineering Education of UG Programmes at Premier Institutes (NITs) in India - A Review of Literature" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30921.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/30921/assessment-and-evaluation-system-in-engineering-education-of-ug-programmes-at-premier-institutes-nits-in-india--a-review-of-literature/j-p-tegar
INVESTIGATING TANZANIA GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF SOCIAL MED...IJMIT JOURNAL
The aim of this paper was to present factors which influence work-related adoption of social media among
government employees. The study adapted the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology
(UTAUT) and integrated it with three constructs namely Hedonic Motivation (HM), Perceived Personal
Image (PI) and Attitude (AT). The sample of study consisted of 600 usable responses collected using survey
questionnaire from employees based in Tanzania Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) employing
convenience sampling technique. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. The results
showed that, PI and HM influence attitude (AT), while PI, Social Influence (SI) and AT influence Behavior
Intention (BI). Moreover, SI, PI, AT and BI showed significant effect on actual Use Behavior. Furthermore,
the results showed that PI is affected positively by HM and SI. The added constructs proved to be important
modifications to the UTAUT model as suggested by the increase in explained variance by UTAUT from
70% to 73% on BI and from 53% to 73% on actual use behavior.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Exploring the behavioral intention to use e-government services: Validating t...Mark Anthony Camilleri
This study explores the online users’ behavioral intention to utilize the governments’ websites and their electronic services. The research methodology validates the measuring items from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to better understand the participants’ attitudes toward their performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social norms, facilitating condition and behavioral intention to use the electronic government (e-gov) services. The findings from the structural equations modeling approach reported a satisfactory fit for this study’s research model. The results suggest that there were highly significant, direct effects from the UTAUT constructs, where the utilitarian motives predicted the online users’ behavioral intentions to use e-gov. Moreover, there were significant moderating influences from the demographic variables, including age, gender and experiences that effected the individuals’ usage of the governments’ online services. In conclusion, this contribution identifies its limitations and suggests possible research avenues to academia.
ow-a-days data volumes are growing rapidly in several domains. Many factors have contributed to this growth, including inter alia proliferation of observational devices, miniaturization of various sensors ,improved logging and tracking of systems, and improvements in the quality and capacity of both disk storage and networks .Analyzing such data provides insights that can be used to guide decision making. To be effective, analysis must be timely and cope with data scales. The scale of the data and the rates at which they arrive make manual inspection infeasible. As an educational management tool, predictive analytics can help and improve the quality of education by letting decision makers address critical issues such as enrollment management and curriculum Development. This paper presents an analytical study of this approach’s prospects for education planning. The goals of predictive analytics are to produce relevant information, actionable insight, better outcomes, and smarter decisions, and to predict future events by analyzing the volume, veracity, velocity, variety, value of large amounts of data and interactive exploration.
Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Adoption of Smart Buildings Using the Tec...Eswar Publications
Objective: This study aimed to find a solution to the acceptance of smart buildings in Iran using the technology
acceptance model (TAM). The main research question is the significance of this model relationships, as well as the
anticipated adoption of smart buildings in Iran using variables included in the model.
Methods: This descriptive study, is based on survey data collection methods and the way of analyzing data is correlational and casual study. Measurement tool was designed based on the standardized questionnaire presented by Davis. The reliability coefficient was 0.88. Statistical population is unlimited and included citizens of Iran in 1395. The sample consisted of 388 individuals. Given the infinity of society and Cochran formula, 384 individual is sufficient for
this research. This study is a random sampling one that was done in the period of 30 days.
Findings and conclusions: The results revealed that all relationships in the model are significant. And among the
variables of the model, perceived usefulness, the attitude toward using, and features of smart buildings had the most
intense relationship in acceptance this technology. Using regression equations, each of the dependent variables in the
model, is predictable by the independent variables.
Innovation of research: The intensity of relationship between variables in technology acceptance model and impact of each variable in explaining the criterion factor was analyzed.
Research limitations: Many people tend not to complete the questionnaire and some ones answer questions unrealistic. Despite all the explanations to justify the respondents, still there are possible directions in responses.
Practical consequences: Using regression equations obtained in this study, we can predict the criterion variables in the
model of technology adoption.
The research aims to investigate a highly debatable business aspect of modern time i.e.
global employment opportunities and challenges to human resource (HR).
Employment opportunities and challenges in the accounting industry of Australia for Indian migrant students are the subject covered in this research (Reis & Baruch, 2013)..
The study examines which factors predict academic performance at university and compares the predictive values of subject-related entrance exams and indicators of past school performance. The results show that in the fields of engineering and social sciences entrance exams predict both graduation and the number of study credits better than past performance. In education past school performance is a better predictor of graduation. Changing the admission rule to school grades would affect the average student performance negatively in engineering and social sciences but positively in education. Using only entrance exams would not significantly change the average performance in any field.
This study is aiming to investigate influencing factor of entrepreneurship collaborative learning performances by using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling approach (PLS-SEM). A hypothetical conceptual model for improving entrepreneurship learning performance develop based on the previous study, which composed of four enablers called university’s vision and mission, entrepreneurial background lecturer, strong culture and rewards system.The methodology used to test the conceptual model was delivering the questionnaire survey to 72 (seventy two) lecturers in business field. The unit analysis of this study is the universities, both public and private universities in South of Tangerang. Sample was selected using simple random sampling. The questionnaires were developed from the past studies in similar area of entrepreneurship in higher education, before distributed to the respondents. The findings from this study provide insight to construction that the relationships of variable vision and mission to effectiveness have path coefficient value 0.195 and the lecture background is 0.040. Meanwhile, reward and culture shows stronger influence to Entrepreneurship collaborative Learning Effectiveness with the patch coefficient values are 0.296 and 0.335.
FACTORS AFFECTING ACCEPTANCE OF WEB-BASED TRAINING SYSTEM: USING EXTENDED UTA...IJCSEIT Journal
Advancement in information system leads organizations to apply e-learning system to train their employees
in order to enhance its performance. In this respect, applying web based training will enable the
organization to train their employees quickly, efficiently and effectively anywhere at any time. This
research aims to extend Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use Technology (UTAUT) using some factors
such flexibility of web based training system, system interactivity and system enjoyment, in order to explain
the employees’ intention to use web based training system. A total of 290 employees have participated in
this study. The findings of the study revealed that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, social
influence and system flexibility have direct effect on the employees’ intention to use web based training
system, while effort expectancy, system enjoyment and system interactivity have indirect effect on
employees’ intention to use the system.
Insights on Problems and Prospects of Data Collection and Distribution in Nig...GBENROAYODEJI
The impact of data in the actualization of higher education goals in Nigeria cannot be understated because data is the management tools for planning and implementing decisions for effective administration. Data generation, collection and dissemination has over the time being faced with manipulation and corruption in higher institutions in Nigeria. However, this study focuses on tackling the challenges that prevent the effective use of data in Nigerian higher institutions.
Influence of Strategic Communication on Growth of Students’ Population in Sel...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The study sought to investigate the influence of
strategic communication on the growth of students’
population in selected private universities in Kenya. The study
was guided by resource-based theory. The study utilized
descriptive research design. Random sampling technique was
used to select research respondents. The study targeted
private universities in north rift, south rift and Nyanza region
of Kenya. The unit of observations was staff and students in
various departments and faculties existing in the institutions.
The study used purposive sampling to select research
respondents. Questionnaire was the main instrument for data
collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of
SPSS version 23.0 were used to analyze collected data and
presented using frequency distribution tables and bar graphs.
The findings indicated that if strategic communication is
changed by one unit, the growth of student population will
increase by a margin of 0.440. The study concludes that
strategic communication plays a critical role in growing
students’ population in private universities. It is also
recommended that private universities should consider using
professional bloggers to build the publicity of the institution.
Top management of the private universities will get insight on
various strategic issues with regard to student population
through the recommendations of the study. Scholars in the
field of strategic management will find the study useful as it
will form basis of future references.
Predictive and Statistical Analyses for Academic Advisory Supportijcsit
The ability to recognize students’ weakness and solving any problem may confront them in timely fashion is
always a target of all educational institutions. This study was designed to explore how can predictive and
statistical analysis support the academic advisor’s work mainly in analysis students’ progress. The sample
consisted of a total of 249 undergraduate students; 46% of them were Female and 54% Male. A one-way
analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-test were conducted to analysis if there was different behaviour in
registering courses. Predictive data mining is used for support advisor in decision making. Several
classification techniques with 10-fold Cross-validation were applied. Among of them, C4.5 constitutes the
best agreement among the finding results.
There are still many prevalent problems surrounding the high school curriculum. This can be seen with
many teachers still struggling with students’ retention on subjects being taught, as well as students having
difficulty with test taking. A focal point with the matter is the subjects themselves that are taught, as both teachers
and students complain about how many of the school subjects do not object towards practical skill sets needed
towards real life. In several countries, students are taught subjects related to vocation, career, finances, and even
investment. A main reason as to why these countries suffer less from economic distress, as well as having more
successful outputs for students, is because financial education is well implemented into the high school curriculum.
The purpose for this paper is to show case studies of various countries showing success due to financial education
taught in schools, and to therefore prove the point that financial education is needed all around for the youth.
A complete guide to know the uses & importance of statisticsSophiaWilson22
An important branch of applied mathematics that deals with collecting, storing, presenting, and systematically analyzing data is regarded as statistics. It is said that statistics is a broad and popular area of study that thousands of scholars in the world are studying to improve their skills, knowledge, and career opportunities. In today’s world, statistics play a vital role in many different areas. According to statistics assignment help experts, the following are some of the uses and importance of statistics-
It helps in finding the relationship between the stored variables.
It easies the comparison of the two groups.
It helps environmental scientists to analyze and find appropriate solutions to the problems.
It helps in sorting and representing analytical data.
American Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development is indexed, refereed and peer-reviewed journal, which is designed to publish research articles.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
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3.[13 18]fostering the practice and teaching of statistical consulting among young statisticians in africa
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Fostering the Practice and Teaching of Statistical Consulting
among Young Statisticians in Africa
Awe Olushina Olawale
Department of Mathematics,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
E-mail:olawaleawe@yahoo.co.uk
Abstract:
Statistical Consulting is unarguably one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of statistics. It is
both an art and a science because it involves both statistical and non-statistical skills. This article considers
the usefulness of statistics, importance of statistical consulting and stresses the need to improve the practice
of statistical consulting among young statisticians in Africa by including it in the curriculum of statistics
programs in all African Universities and institutions of higher learning.
The need to establish a statistical consulting unit in all the universities in Africa, whose activities will
include providing advice for researchers on a full range of topics including statistical procedures for
experiments, statistical and bio-mathematical modeling, statistical computing, and interpretation of results,
is also proposed.
Key Words: Empirical data, African Universities, Analysis, Curriculum, Teaching, Skills, Statistician.
1. Introduction
A flurry of papers has been written on the teaching of statistics and training of young statisticians; (see
Boen,1982;Barnett,1987;Hogg,1991;Bishop,1964;Federer,1978 and Kirk,1991). Cox (1968) made some
observations on the teaching of statistical consulting in a University environment, while Olaomi (2007)
made an extensive attempt to relate statistical consulting with the econometrician . Boen (1982), Gibbons
and Freund,(1980) wrote extensively on the role and importance of university-based statistical consulting
centers. However, not many have emphasized the need to involve statistical consulting in the curriculum of
all undergraduate and graduate programs in African Universities (and higher institutions of learning), to
train young statisticians on the art and practice of statistical consulting.
According to a recent survey conducted by Thabane et al (2008), there are 53 countries in Africa, including
the islands of Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome and Principe. The study
revealed that there are 50 countries with a total of 826 universities or post secondary institutions. There are
249 universities with a web address out of which 97 have statistics or related programs. Many other
universities and private institutions of higher learning have since been established in Nigeria and other parts
of Africa after that survey. However, Statistical consulting is not taught separately in the curriculum of
most of these universities or post secondary institutions. This paper draws the attention of educators,
administrators and students to move rapidly to raise the awareness level and fill this wide gap of knowledge
in statistical consulting. According to Boen and Zahn (1982), the perspectives of Statistics are so
diversified and few statisticians are knowledgeable about all designs. Statistical consultants are expected to
be knowledgeable in their respective disciplines and familiar with relevant methodologies.
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Decisions in many areas of modern societies are based on the collection and analysis of empirical data.
Examples are experiments in research, market analysis, business or quality control in the industries.
Statistics offers a variety of powerful methods and tools to collect, analyze and interpret such data. Without
the proper application of statistical methods, the risk increases that data collection suffers from additional
costs and efforts, the analysis gives suboptimal results and eventually wrong decisions are taken.
Therefore, statistical consulting provides various services including giving support in forming research
questions, planning of studies, data collection, data management, statistical programming and scientific
writing. The goal of teaching statistical consulting to young statisticians is to make them more proficient in
applying statistical techniques and to be good communicators of statistical information. The rest of the
paper looks at the description and content of statistical consulting in section 2, section 3 considers the need
for teaching statistical consulting in African institutions of higher learning, section 4 looks at the
advantages of developing statistical consulting skills in Africa while section 5 concludes the paper by
suggesting ways to foster the learning, teaching and practice of statistical consulting in Africa.
2. Description and Content of Statistical Consulting
Statistical consulting can be described as the process of providing statistical advice and guidance to clients
interested in making decisions through the analysis, collation or interpretation of empirical data. Such
clients include students, researchers, administrators and so on, in statistics and non- statistics area. Also,
Kirk (1991) defined Statistical consulting as the collaboration of a statistician with another professional for
the purpose of devising solutions to research problems. Russell (2001) pointed out that effective
communication is a crucial aspect of the successful collaboration between the client and the statistical
consultant. Usually, in a consulting relationship, the person requiring help (the client) brings a problem and
explains it to the statistician(consultant) who is expected to express the problem in a form where statistical
methods can be applied to solve it (Moolman,2010).In times past, many authors have written on the issues
involved in conducting statistical consulting services within a university (see for instance:
Boen,1972;Gibbons and Freund,1980;Kirk,1991; Minton and Freund,1977).
Good consulting requires a strong technical background in statistics, good people skills and business sense.
Boen and Zhan (1982), in their paper,(Boen et al,1982) pointed out the skills needed to work with people in
a consultation relationship. Strickland (1996) opined that Time, patience, understanding, and empathy are
all essential skills for collaboration between the client and the consultant but none can substitute technical
competence. The consultant is armed with scientific, statistical, computing and communication skills
(which includes verbal and written skills).Cabrera and McDougall (2002).
There is a growing recognition that statistics is a subject whose goal is to solve real-world problems. This
is reflected in its link to other academic subjects, and in the opportunity for non-academic employments for
those who study statistics. Almost all statisticians get requests for help with problems that involve
statistical data analysis and application of statistical methods. In a consulting relationship, Moolman (2010)
identified three ways the clients’ questions should be asked and the contents of the information that should
be supplied to the consultant. He noted that ‘’The client should (a) be precise about the objectives of the
analysis and give a brief background to the problem(b)Give a description of the variables and data that are
being studied and possible relationships that might have to be investigated and (c) List some
questions/hypotheses to be answered/tested…’’ Statistical consulting is indeed a multifaceted operation
which requires sound logic, insightful analytical training and client centered interpersonal communication
skills.(Clayton,1996).
3. The Need for Teaching Statistical Consulting in African Universities
Statistics departments in major universities in developed countries have long operated consulting services
that both serve their campuses and train graduate students. Statistical consulting has been included as part
of the curriculum of some advanced countries’ universities for more than two decades and this has resulted
in the production of better statisticians.(Olaomi,2007).Research in statistical methods is carried out by
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statistical consultants within major universities in developed countries like universities of Florida, North
Carolina, York, Yale, Cambridge, Virginia, Purdue, etc. and within government agencies, research
institutes and private industries. Statistical consultants employed in these activities develop new ways to
collect, analyze and interpret data and experimental studies encountered in practical settings. Many of these
skills are learned earlier as a young statistician under training at the undergraduate and graduate levels in
the university. Olaomi (2007) also noted that ‘’the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides a
dual training that includes classroom work, but also involves a ‘real’ practicum (1 credit course on the
principles of statistical consulting in second year and a classroom oriented 2 credit course on practice in
statistical consulting).This is required of all students and has been part of the curricula of graduate degree
programs under supervision of a faculty member.’’
Also, The Department of Statistics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, United States, has a
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (LISA) which serves as a statistical consulting unit
where there are statistical collaborators who are trained to help design experiments, analyze and plot data,
run statistical software, interpret results and communicate statistical concepts in ways non-statisticians can
understand. Their areas of expertise include: Multivariate Methods, Biostatistics, Time Series, Bayesian
Statistics, Quality Control, Response Surface Models, Publication Preparation, Grant Proposals and various
Statistical Packages. A statistical consultant is available at a specified time of the week in the department to
answer quick questions or to help with research projects requiring less than thirty minutes. A team of
statistical collaborators is assigned to work with the client if the problem requires more than thirty minutes
of attention. Although, many of the universities in southern part of Africa has similar units operating on
their campuses, there is need for other institutions of higher learning across the continent to follow the
same pattern. Recently, a scientific computing laboratory was commissioned in the Department of
Mathematics, Obafemi Awolowo University to train and help solve clients’ problems from across various
faculties and research groups across the campus. This Laboratory is being managed by expert faculty
members who are vast in the use of various software like R, SAS, MINITAB, STATA, S-PLUS,
MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, SPSS etc. Also, a new group called Young Statisticians’ Association of
Nigeria (YSAN) of which the author of this article is the chair, has been inaugurated. YSAN is a club of
young and vibrant intellectuals (Undergraduates and Graduate Students) from various fields across the
university like:
Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Demography and Social Statistics, Computer Science, Health
Sciences, Actuarial Science, Natural Sciences, Biostatistics etc whose aims and activities include but are
not limited to the following:
• Regular discussions and training on modern areas of research in Statistics and its applications.
• Various in-house training on current Statistical/Mathematical software and related packages.
• Conducting various developmental seminars and workshops to train Young Statisticians.
• Cross fertilization and breeding of new academic ideas, knowledge and mentorship leading to
cutting-edge research and scholarship.
• Participating in quiz competitions, trips and academic excursions in liaisons with other schools
and organizations home and abroad.
• Posting of various E-books, research and tutorial materials on our proposed website and
• Engaging in Statistical consulting services, etc.
Obviously, statisticians and statistical methods play an important role in scientific studies to seek
knowledge and to improve our lives generally. Therefore, for a young statistician or mathematician in
Africa, the learning and practice of statistical consulting offers a wide variety of professional opportunities
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which give solution to several life issues. Teaching Statistical consulting at the undergraduate and graduate
levels aims to develop the next generation of statisticians armed with the necessary skills for jobs in
government, industry or in academics. Therefore, we suggest in this article that the age long practice of
teaching and offering statistical consulting services on campus done in advanced countries as pointed out
above should be done likewise in all African Universities, especially in West Africa.
4. Advantages of Developing Statistical Consulting Skills in Africa
The key point in this paper is the contextual training of young statisticians in Africa. It is believed that if
the training and teaching of statistical consulting skills is upheld in African Universities(and other
institutions of higher learning), the following advantages will be achieved as also opined by Thabane et al
(2008):
• Producing graduates who have a sound knowledge of the major areas of statistical methodology,
founded on rigorous theoretical principles which equip the graduate to acquire further knowledge
for the benefit of Africa.
• Enhancing the practical use of statistics by contributing to the body of fundamental statistical
science through research.
• Promoting the use and knowledge of statistics in all fields in which statistics can contribute to a
better understanding of scientific and social phenomena.
• Enhancing the quality of decisions and conclusions made on the strength of the statistical
approach to research and broader issues.
• Making statistics a more rewarding profession by increasing its utility and value to society.
• Improving the educational experience for students and enhancing their career decision making
process and outcomes.
• Boosting the self image of statisticians and ensuring that statistics continues to grow as a field.
5. Concluding Remarks and Suggestions
If the opinion of Tulya-Muhika (1990) who posited that: ’’ the statistician of the future will have to be
a multi-faceted, knowledgeable, public relations officer. He (or she)will need the capacity to do
statistical work; be knowledgeable in data processing and conversant with development issues; be able
to work with policy makers, data processors, and other groups…form an effective bridge between
statistical information and users of statistics, including the general public’’ as also quoted by Thabane
et al(2008) will be fulfilled in Africa, frantic efforts must then be made to develop key skills and
promote the practice of statistical consulting among young statisticians in African Universities and
other institutions of higher learning.
Finally, we hereby suggest the following in order to foster the practice, teaching and learning of
statistical consulting among young statisticians in Africa:
• All African Universities (and other higher institutions) should include statistical consulting as
a course in their teaching curriculum.
• More mentors should arise within and outside Africa to tutor young statisticians in Africa on
the art and practice of statistical consulting.
• Funds should be made available by governments and agencies for authorities in all African
Universities, research institutes and higher institutions of learning to establish statistical
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laboratories, and equip the already available ones. Also, young statisticians should be
sponsored on short courses abroad to learn fundamental statistical consulting skills.
• Students, educators, administrators, academicians and consultants in Africa should organize,
promote and embrace seminars, conferences, training sessions and workshops in order to
enhance statistical consulting skills among young statisticians in Africa.
• Collaborative studies should be encouraged among young statisticians in some Southern
African Universities and beyond (where statistical consulting is more prominent) and other
institutions of higher learning in Africa in order to improve statistical consulting skills all over
Africa.
• Finally, a statutory statistical consulting service office should be established in all the
institutions of higher learning in Africa. The functions of this office should include providing
advice to researchers on a full range of topics like choice of experimental design, management
of data, statistical procedures for analyzing data, bio-mathematical modeling, statistical
computing and interpretation of research results, among others.
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