Fisher’s hypothesis, survey-based expectations and asymmetric adjustments: Empirical evidence from South Africa

Improving the generalizability of psychology findings to a culture requires sampling participants in that culture. Yet few psychology studies sample Africans. We believe we can expand the capacity of African psychology researchers by giving them freely available, cutting-edge research tools and workflows. We used a training method developed by the Collaborative Replication and Education Project (CREP) to support and train 23 African collaborators to conduct a paradigmatic replication of the psychology of moral transgressions (Rottman & Young, 2019) in 6 African countries (Egypt, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania). We completed extensive preparatory work, including developing training materials in African languages, assessing our collaborators’ current research capacity, and conducting a re-analysis of Rottman and Young’s original data. This project has the potential to improve research capacity in Africa and provide empirical evidence on Africans' moral judgment of purity transgressions.

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Impact of Apartheid on Economic Growth: Implications and Empirical Evidence from South Africa

Comparative Economic Studies ◽

10.1057/ces.2009.15 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 38-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Radha Bhattacharya ◽

Anton D Lowenberg

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

South Africa ◽

Empirical Evidence

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Globalization, energy use, and environmental degradation in South Africa: Startling empirical evidence from the Maki-cointegration test

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.048 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 244 ◽

pp. 265-275 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi ◽

Ojonugwa Usman

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Environmental Degradation ◽

Energy Use ◽

Cointegration Test

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Assessment of alternative building technologies (ABT) for pre-tertiary school infrastructure delivery in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal ◽

10.1108/meq-06-2018-0111 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (5) ◽

pp. 1152-1170

Author(s):

Ngxito Bonisile ◽

Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu ◽

Akintayo Opawole

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Conventional Method ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Eastern Cape Province ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Content Type ◽

Educational Infrastructure ◽

Policy Responses

Purpose Anecdotal evidence indicates that there is a backlog in the pre-tertiary school infrastructure in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The purpose of this paper is to assess the adoption of alternative building technologies (ABT) for pre-tertiary educational infrastructure delivery with a view to providing empirical evidence that could guide policy responses towards its wider adoption. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a mixed methodology approach. This comprises a triangulation of a questionnaire survey and interviews. In total, 100 participants were randomly selected from 182 built environment professionals namely quantity surveyors, architects and engineers (electrical, mechanical, civil and structural) from the Department of Roads and Public Works (DRPW), who are currently involved in the Eastern Cape School Building Program (ECSBP). The questionnaire survey was supplemented by semi-structured interviews conducted with four top government officials (three from the Department of Education (DoE) and one from DRPW) who were also part of the questionnaire survey. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and phenomenological interpretation respectively. Findings The key findings showed that the level of adoption of ABT for pre-tertiary school infrastructure in the Eastern Cape province is primarily influenced and explained by perceptions that ABT offers inferior quality products compared to the conventional method, and limited awareness of its benefits. Research limitations/implications The study provides useful insights into the implications of the limited awareness of ABT as a an alternative technology for educational infrastructure delivery and policy responses towards its wider adoption and environmental sustainability. Originality/value Empirical evidence from this study indicates that the main motivation for the adoption of ABT is the limited government’s budget to cope with school infrastructural backlog, while environmental sustainability benefit is only secondary. Nonetheless, the realization that the backlogs in the provision of school infrastructure has resulted from sole reliance on the use of the conventional method is an indication of the potential that the adoption of ABT holds for minimizing of the backlog.

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