Africa Researcher Development (ARD)

Level Up Your Research Skills

Quantitative Research

  • Quantitative research proposal
  • Constructing questionnaire
  • Capturing questionnaire in SPSS
  • Data screening and cleaning: Frequences, Descriptives, and Explore
  • Normality Test: Q-Q Plots / P-P; Shapiro-Wilk or Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test 
  • Homogeneity Test: Levene’s Test Tests whether the variances of dependent variables are equal across groups, which is a requirement for parametric tests like t-tests and ANOVA.
  • Internal Consistency/Reliability
    • Cronbach’s Alpha. Checks if items within a survey or scale are reliable and measure the same construct.
  • Relationship & Structure Checks. Bivariate Correlations. Examine preliminary relationships between numerical variables. Crosstabs. Explore the relationship between two categorical variables.
  • Data TransformationRecode Variables Cleaning data, such as changing raw scores into age groups or reversing negatively phrased items.       Compute Variable. Creating composite scores (e.g., averaging 5 Likert items to create one total score).
  • Inferential Statistics: Tests hypotheses and draws conclusions about a population from a sample, including t-tests, z-tests, and ANOVA (analysis of variance).
  • Regression Analysis: Evaluates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables to predict future outcomes.
  • Correlation Analysis: Measures the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.
  • Time Series Analysis: Analyzes a series of data points collected over time to forecast trends.
  • Factor Analysis: Reduces a large set of variables into fewer, underlying factors.
  • Cluster Analysis: Groups data points with similar characteristics.
  • Structural Equation Modelling (SEM): Models complex relationships between observed and latent variables.
  • Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Identifies patterns, trends, and outliers in data without specific hypotheses

Level Up Your Research Skills

Qualitative Research

  • Ethnography
  • Narrative
  • Phenomenology
  • Case Study
  • Grounded Theory
  • Qualitative Research Proposal
  • Constructive an interview protocol
  • Qualitative analysis

Level Up Your Consultancy Skills

Management Consultant Tool Kit

  • Strategic Management
  • Change Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Risk Management
  • Project Management
  • Management Consultancy
  • Corporate Governance
  • People Management
  • Operations Management

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call For Papers

Authors are invited to submit empirical, theoretical papers or even short insights on entrepreneurship theory and practice as understod and practiced in Africa. Check our aims and scope for guidance regarding topics.

Call For Editorial Board Members

If you hold a PhD in Management, Business Administration or related business specialization, and are interested in advancing knowledge, you are cordially invited to join our editorial board. There are reviewer and associate editor positions. Send email to the Chief Editor, Dr Charlie via drcharle@sbgazim.com 

Manager Leadership Life Stories

Are you an African manager or leader? Cement your legacy by having your manager – leader life story professionally recorded and published. Contact our Chief Editor for details about how you can participate. Email Dr Charlie via drcharlie@sbgazim.com 

Workshops

We hold workshops on an ongoing basis. Check our events calendar and book your participarion

Conferences

Further, we run several annual conferences under our different brands: ASME, AMER, EIZ, SFS, and SBGA. 

Our Services At A Glance

  • Research
  • Project management support: Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation.
  • Academic writting coaching
  • Academic articles publication
  • Business life stories
  • Academic workshops
  • Academic conferences
  • SME business growth support
  • Family business growth support
  • Family business conference
  • E-Book sales

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AMER FELLOWSHIP

Register to become a professional AMER fellow in any of the categories listed below.

Associate Fellow

Early early career academics with between 0-5 publications in peer reviewed journals.

USD$25 Annual membership fee.

Senior Associate Fellow

Early career researchers with between 6-30 publications in peer reviewed academic journals.

USD$50 Annual membership fee

Fellow

Middle career researcher with between 31-60 publications in peer reviewed academic journals.

USD$75 Annual membership fee.

Senior Fellow

Middle career researcher with between 61-100 publications in peer reviewed academic journals.

USD$125 Annual membership fee.

Principal Fellow

Senior researcher with between 101-150 publications in peer reviewed journals.

USD$150 Annual membership fee.

Senior Principal Fellow

Very senior researcher with 151-200 publications in peer reviewed academic journals.

USD$200 Annual membership fee

Hall Of Fame Fellow

Luminary researcher with 201 and above publications in peer reviewed academic journals.

USD$300 Annual membership fee

Honorary Fellow

High standing professionals excelling in management and keen to partner with AMER Journal in driving its vision.

USD$500 Annual membership fee.

OUR CONTACTS

Office Email

amer@sbgazim.com

Chief Editor Email

drcharlie@sbgazim.com

Our Publisher Email

Entrepreneurship Institute of Zimbabwe

eiz@sbgazim.com

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