Training opportunities: Upcoming Research, Data Management, Analysis, and Reporting training this April 2017

  1. Training on Data Processing using Census and Survey Processing System (CSPro) (3rd – 7th April 2017)

This training is aimes at equipping participants with intensive knowledge and practical skills on data processing using Census and Survey Processing System (CSPro). CSPro is a tool for entering, editing, tabulating and disseminating data from surveys and censuses. This training is very valuable, practical consisting of demonstrations, practical exercises and tests.

Training objectives
Participants will learn how to; Create the data dictionary, data entry screen and how to program checks and skips; Add, modify, verify and view cases (questionnaires); Identify and report structure, value, and consistency errors in questionnaire data; Define simple or complex hierarchical file organization; Define hierarchical levels, identification items, records, items (fields or variables), value sets (categories of values), and values; Export selected data variables.

Training Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

TRAINING FEE: USD 1050
NOTE: The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch. All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, and other personal expenses.

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2 Mobile Phone Based Data Collection Using ODK and Mapping Training (3rd – 7th April 2017)
Mobile Phone Based Data Collection using ODK has been acknowledged world-wide by researchers, non-governmental organizations, relief agencies and health ministries among other organization as very useful and convenient data collection method substituting paper based data collection method. This training will equip participant with the skills, hands on experience and knowledge to put in place all the pieces required for a mobile data collection system.

Training objectives
Participants will learn; How to create the data dictionary, data entry screen and how to program checks and skips; How data is stored in the system; Add, modify, verify and view cases (questionnaires); Identify and report structure, value, and consistency errors in questionnaire data; Produce tables; Define simple or complex hierarchical file organization; Define hierarchical levels, identification items, records, items (fields or variables), value sets (categories of values), and values; Export selected data variables to delimited (tab, comma, semicolon), SAS, SPSS, Stata, R, or CSPro formatted data files.

Training Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

TRAINING FEE: USD 1050
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch. All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, and other personal expenses.
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3 ODK for Monitoring and Evaluation Training (3rd – 7th April 2017)
This training aims at introducing participants to tools and techniques to gather data for project/programme outcomes to stakeholders using innovative Mobile data gathering tools. Mobile devices and software that allows users to create surveys, collect, manage and upload data to storage facilities in real-time, have reduced the conventional challenges associated with remote data collection and M&E.

Training objectives
The course will introduce participants to tools and techniques to gather data for project/programme outcomes to stakeholders using innovative Mobile data gathering tools. At the end of the course, you will become familiar with using ICT tools and methods to conduct data collection, statistical analysis and reporting.

Training Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

TRAINING FEE: USD 1050
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch. All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, and other personal expenses.
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4 International Training on Research Design & Methodology, Data management, Analysis, Inferences and Reporting (10th – 21st April 2017)
This training aims introduce and enhance the participants’ knowledge on research design & methodology, data management, analysis, inferences and reporting of research findings. The participants will be exposed to Mobile Based Data collection using ODK, use of Ms-Excel and Statistical analysis software of interest (Stata/SPSS/R).

Training objectives
The training is aimed at introducing and equipping participants with skills in; Planning for selecting appropriate research design; Prevention of potential errors in research planning stage and control; Sample Size determination and use of sampling techniques; Designing survey tools (e.g. Questionnaires) and use om mobile based data collection techniques (ODK); GIS Mapping; Data Management and Analysis using Ms-Excel; Data Entry, Management and Manipulation using Stata/SPSS/SAS/R; Importing/ exporting datasets; Quality checks of datasets; Generating tables and graphs and creating a syntax for the output (Stata/SPSS/SAS/R); Analysis of Survey data using inferential statistics using Stata/SPSS/SAS/R and making Inferences; Report writing

Training Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

TRAINING FEE: USD 2100
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch. All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, and other personal expenses.
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5 Research Approaches, Data Management & Analysis for Quantitative and Qualitative Researches using Stata & NVivo (10th – 21st April, 2017)
This training seeks to enhance the skills of participants using both qualitative and quantitative research approaches in undertaking their researches, projects programs, feasibility studies among others. The training will cover ways to undertaking research with particular attention to collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data; the use of Information Technology for data collection (mobile Based Data Collection using ODK), data management analysis and interpretation of empirical results. The focus of this training is therefore to enable participants learn how to use Stata for quantitative data management and analysis and NVIvo software for qualitative data management and analysis.

Training Objectives
The training will enable participants to; understand the basics of data cleaning; how to import and export and input data into Stata, General use, data management and output management using Stata, Understanding how to generate simple and advanced graphics, and Analyzing quantitative data using both descriptive and commonly used inferential analysis techniques; Explore the function of NVivo, create a project, undertake deductive and inductive qualitative data coding using NVivo and manage project material.

Training Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

TRAINING FEE: USD 2100
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch. All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, and other personal expenses.
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6 Research, Data management, Tabulations & Graphics, Statistical Analysis and Inferences using Stata Training (10th – 21th April, 2017)
The focus of this training is equip participants with knowledge and intensive practical skills on how to use Stata software in data management, graphics and statistical analysis. Stata statistical software is an interactive data management and statistical analysis program, which has become very popular among researchers in most disciplines. It provides everything you need for data analysis, data management, and graphics.

Training Objectives
The training will enable participants to; understand the basics of data cleaning; how to import and export and input data into Stata, General use, data management and output management using Stata, Understanding how to generate simple and advanced graphics, and Analyzing quantitative data using both descriptive and commonly used inferential analysis techniques

Training Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

TRAINING FEE: USD 1050
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch. All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.
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7 Qualitative Research Data Management and Analysis Using NVivo Training (17th – 21st April 2017)
This training seeks to enhance the skills of participants using both qualitative and quantitative research approaches in undertaking their researches, projects programs, feasibility studies among others. The training will cover ways to undertaking research with particular attention to collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data; the use of Information Technology for data collection (mobile Based Data Collection using ODK), data management analysis and interpretation of empirical results. The focus of this training is therefore to enable participants learn how to use Stata for quantitative data management and analysis and NVIvo software for qualitative data management and analysis.

Training Objectives
The training will enable participants to; understand the basics of data cleaning; how to import and export and input data into Stata, General use, data management and output management using Stata, Understanding how to generate simple and advanced graphics, and Analyzing quantitative data using both descriptive and commonly used inferential analysis techniques; Explore the function of NVivo, create a project, undertake deductive and inductive qualitative data coding using NVivo and manage project material.

Training Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

TRAINING FEE: USD 1050
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch. All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, and other personal expenses.
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8 Research, Data management, Tabulations & Graphics, Statistical Analysis and Inferences using SPSS Training (17th – 21st April 2017)
Statistical packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) has be proved quite useful for the purpose of data management, graphical representation, and statistical analysis of data. This training is aimed at equipping the participants with Research, Data management, Graphics & statistical analysis skills. Knowledge on research methodologies and application of SPSS softwares to support data analysis in this era is very important.

Training Objectives
The training will enable participants to; Understand how to creating and edit a data file; Enter categorical and continuous data; Define, label, validate and Sort variables; Transforming, recoding and computing variables; Graphing quantitative data; perform descriptive and inferential data analysis
Training Venue: Nairobi, Kenya

TRAINING FEE: USD 1050
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch. All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, and other personal expenses.
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