Ojini, Richard A. (Ph.D), Ulayi Agness. I. (Mrs) & Udosen Ego. J. (Mrs)

RESEARCH INNOVATION AND APPLICATION OF RESEARCH SKILLS AMONG UNIVERSITY LECTURERS IN SOUTH-SOUTH ZONE, NIGERIA.


The main aim of this study was to find out the influence of research innovation on application of research skills among university lecturers in South-South Zone of Nigeria. The population of the study was 3033 lecturers in three Universities. The independent variable was research innovations (government funding and ICT research practices) and the dependent variable was application of research (sub-divided into nine and overall). To achieve the purpose of the study two null hypotheses were formulated and tested. Ex-post facto design was used. Stratified sample technique was deployed to sample five hundred and fifty (550) lecturers in three (3) university. Data were collected using Research Innovations and Application of Research Skills Questionnaire (RIBARSQ). The hypotheses were tested at .05 alpha level suing population t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Fisher’s Least significant difference t-test where applied where appropriate. The results obtained showed that lecturers’ application of research skills was significantly influenced by ICT practices while government funding does not significantly influence application of research skills. From the results, it was concluded that research innovation has improved lecturers research skills. It was recommended that lecturers should undertake computer and ICT practice programmes as these will improve their skills in use of computer in data analysis and formatting of research works. These will also improve on the use of required font size as required by the editors and publishing houses.

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