Research Process

How to Conduct Key Informant Interviews A Practical Guide

How to Conduct Key Informant Interviews: A Practical Guide 2025

Master the art of conducting key informant interviews for research. This guide offers practical tips on planning, interviewing, and analyzing data to generate valuable insights. If you’ve ever worked on a research project or a community assessment, you’ve probably heard about Key Informant Interviews (KIIs). They sound fancy, but at their core, they’re simply structured

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How to Conduct Household Surveys: 2025 Complete Guide

Discover how to conduct household surveys for academic and field research. This guide provides practical steps on design, data collection, and analysis for African researchers. Household surveys might sound a little intimidating, but at their core, they’re simply a way of collecting structured information from families to better understand a community. Whether you’re studying health,

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How to Conduct Focus Group Discussions in 5 Simple Steps

How to Conduct Focus Group Discussions: Quick Guide 2025

Learn how to conduct effective focus group discussions for your research. This step-by-step guide covers planning, facilitation, and analysis to help African scholars gather meaningful insights. If you’ve ever been part of a lively group conversation where ideas bounced around the room and one comment sparked five more, then you already have a sense of

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Top Data Analysis Software for Masters and PhD Research Students

Explore the top data analysis software for Master’s and PhD research students. Find the best programs for qualitative and quantitative research in 2025. Whether you’re writing a thesis, preparing a journal article, or conducting fieldwork, choosing the right data analysis software can make or break your research workflow. For Master’s and PhD students, especially those

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How to Use Google Scholar Effectively for Your Research

Google Scholar is one of the most accessible and powerful tools available to researchers today. Whether you’re writing a thesis, dissertation, journal article, or literature review, knowing how to use Google Scholar effectively can save you hours of time and help you discover high-quality, peer-reviewed research. How to Use Google Scholar Effectively for Your Research

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How to Use AI Ethically for Your Research

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Grammarly, and Google Bard are transforming the research landscape—helping researchers write better, brainstorm faster, and access information with ease. For African postgraduate students and researchers, these tools can help bridge gaps in language support, supervision, and academic mentorship. However, with great power comes great responsibility. While AI can be

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How to Collaborate on Writing a Research Paper

A complete guide on how to collaborate on writing a research paper, with a focus on tips for African researchers working in international teams. Collaborating on a research paper is an exciting opportunity to pool knowledge, access diverse resources, and increase the impact of your work. For African researchers, especially those partnering with academics from

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How OARE is Expanding Access to Environmental Research in Developing Countries

How OARE is expanding access to environmental research in developing countries, which helps bridge this gap by providing free or low-cost access to leading environmental research publications. Access to high-quality environmental research is critical for scientists, policymakers, and conservationists working to address global challenges such as climate change, deforestation, pollution, and biodiversity loss. However, many

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