Research & Analysis

“All progress is born of inquiry. Inquiry leads to invention. Invention makes progress possible.” Anonymous

Research has as its primary objective the advancement of knowledge and the theoretical understanding of the relations among variables. It is exploratory and often driven by the researcher’s curiosity, interest, and intuition. In academic circles, Research more or less refers to a scientific and systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic.

In an increasingly dynamic world where competition is cut-throat, Successful individuals, organizations and institutions are driven by insight. Decision makers are using insight to gain competitive advantage and deliver increased value. They are making strategic decisions based on information that is complete, meaningful and actionable. In risky fluctuating market conditions of today, decision makers need access to the right information at the right time to outperform competition.

Ordinary information is passive and insufficient. You need access to knowledge that is comprehensive – derived from consolidated and transformed information – not just a tip of the iceberg. The Titanic sank because its crew did not anticipate that a huge part of the iceberg was underneath. A little knowledge is dangerous. Know more!

GlobalFuturewise will see you through the process of gathering, modeling, and transforming data with the goal of highlighting useful information, describe facts, detect patterns , develop explanations & suggest conclusions, test hypotheses and support decision making. We recognize that Research and the subsequent Data analysis has multiple facets and approaches, encompassing diverse techniques under a variety of names, in different business, academic, science, and social science domains.

GlobalFuturwise will see you through the entire academic research project.

We recognize that for the urban working force, there is little argument with the notion that to remain afloat, you have to juggle many roles at the same time. Managing social and Professional demands in the most hectic urban areas of Kenya is becoming increasingly difficult…if not impossible.

For those who double up as students, life can get chaotic. Finding time to finish off work (professional or academic) becomes an uphill task. Sacrifices have to be made. In most cases, where such sacrifices have been made, its academics that suffer the dent.

If this is the scenario you are in, then Relax, breath and refresh. GlobalFuturewise is here for you. We will help you handle your academic responsibilities (Research Project) with ease. Our team will guide you right from writing your Project Proposal, gathering your data, analyzing it to making the final conclusions of your findings.

SkillsPro Training aims to help you develop your IT, Management and Personal skills through our wide variety of courses. We listen to you, & together define individual and company needs, and then we design a software training programme to ensure the skills required are achieved through our friendly and professional service.

Our trainers together have years of experience working within commerce and industry, designing and delivering training programmes for multi-nationals, Government, SMEs and small private firms. More importantly, they really enjoy what they do.

Below are our different training services:

• Microsoft Office 9x/2003
• Microsoft Office 2007 Upgrade Training *NEW
• Windows Vista Upgrade Training *NEW
• Ms Project 2000/2003/2007
• SPSS
• EpiInfo
• Stata
• QuickBooks
• Sage
• Pastel
• Tally
• Research Methodology

SkillsPro Research Methodology

For Research Students who want to understand the basics and dynamics of research, SkillsPro Research Methodology is offered. Our classes provide hands-on instruction and leverage the practical experience of our instructors.

Rationale

Ability to conduct research is indispensable in every day life. Whether it’s the work of civil society, the Academia, the private sector, governments and international organizations, research enables one to have pertinent information that is useful in informing decision-making, policy formulation, project implementation and advocacy.

Target group

This course is designed to equip people in Civil Society Organizations, Academic World (Research Students), international organizations, governments and the private business sector sector with skills useful for conducting scientific research using modern techniques.

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will have developed skills and understanding of the following areas:

• Role of research
• Research design
• Identifying and defining the problem
• Framing statements of purpose and research questions/hypotheses
• Sampling
• Data collection methods
• Practical skills in questionnaire design; interviewing techniques; data collection
• Ethical issues in research
• Analysis, reporting and dissemination

SPSS OVERVIEW

SPSS is the data analysis software package of choice for researchers wanting to perform descriptive and inferential statistics. Training in SPSS will help researchers and organizations get more out of the data they possess and will learn how to make decisions about whether or not the findings from their data are significant. Participants will be provided with training on how to use SPSS to perform analyses to check for statistical significance and interpret this data output in a manner relevant to their business.

Epi Info Overview

Epi Info™ is a public domain software package designed for the global community of public health practitioners and researchers. It provides for easy form and database construction, data entry, and analysis with epidemiologic statistics, maps, and graphs.

Stata Overview

Stata is a complete, integrated statistical package that provides everything you need for data analysis, data management, and graphics. It is packed with numerous statistical routines and capabilities.

For more information, please contact us at research@globalfuturewise.com

Or call Simon on +254 721 283 943