AN INVESTIGATION ON THE VOTERS TRUST ON PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 212-220
Author(s):  
Shahid Ullah ◽  
Asghar Ullah Khan ◽  
Muhammad Imran Khan
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Data Collections

The research study was conducted to examine favorite political party and the people’s perception about outcomes of general elections 2018. Researcher drawn 400 sample from population of district Dera Ismail Khan using non-probability sampling technique through Curry & Dr. John in 2007 method for sample selection. The researcher used the convenient sampling techniques for the data collections. The study adopted the cross-sectional survey research method with closed-ended questionnaire for measuring concept. The results revealed that there is significant relationship between favorite political party and public perceptions about current government. The study is expected to provide suitable contribution to existing database of knowledge about the issues under considerations in this research. Study is also expected to offer valuable recommendation as extracted from the results of the current study for the general public and policy makers.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON POLITICAL AWARENESS: CASE OF DERA ISMAIL KHAN DISTRICT

2020 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 155-165
Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran Khan ◽  
Shahid Ullah ◽  
Asghar Ullah Khan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Data Collections

This research study was conducted to measure people rely more on social media will have more knowledge about their favorite political party than the users of other types of media. Scholar drawn 400 sample from population of district Dera Ismail Khan using non-probability sampling technique through Curry & John in 2007 method for the sample selection. The researcher used convenient sampling techniques for the data collections. The study adopted cross sectional survey research method with the closed-ended questionnaire. The initial descriptive analysis shows that PTI supporters comprised majority of the portion of the sample in this study, compared to the supporters of the other parties and independent candidates, and also majority of respondents used television as source for political information. Similarly, the supporters of political parties and their reliance on media have significant relationship. The results offered significant information in reaching conclusion and thereby producing the desired outcomes.

scholarly journals Role of Job Designs in Determining Employees’ Work Motivation in Banking Sector of Multan City, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-154
Author(s):  
Tehmina Sattar ◽  
Muhammad Imdad Ullah ◽  
Muhammad Qasim ◽  
Imtiaz Ahmad Warraich
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Global Trends

This article presents theoretical and empirical underpinnings between job designs and employees’ work motivation in banking sector of Multan city, Pakistan. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey research design in which 362 employees participated through simple random sampling technique. The findings of the study revealed that female employees are more motivated towards their jobs than male employees. Moreover, job characteristics and job rotation are high among senior bank employees having experience greater than 12 years. The study concluded that job enrichment is the highest influential factor in determining employees work motivation while quality of work life is negatively influencing their enthusiasm level towards job. In the wake of new technological transformations, academic insight into the current work would further guide the policy makers for designing the jobs for banking sector through decentralization of managerial powers, changing in accordance with the global trends, as well as applying autonomous, mastery oriented and purposely directed policies.

scholarly journals Secondary School Biology Teachers’ Perceptions of Scientific Creativity

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace C. W. Ndeke ◽  
Mark I. O. Okere ◽  
Fred N. Keraro
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Science Teacher Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Classroom Activities

<p class="Default">The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary school biology teachers’ perceptions of scientific creativity. Cross-sectional survey research design was employed. The population of the study comprised all biology teachers in public secondary schools in Kericho and Kajiado counties in Kenya. A sample of 205 biology teachers’ was selected from a population of 347 using proportionate random sampling technique. A Biology teachers’ questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings show that a high percentage of the biology teachers have correct perceptions of general creativity but only a small percentage have the correct perceptions of scientific creativity. The findings have also yielded valuable information that informs curriculum developers, teacher trainers and policy makers that the majority of teachers have inadequate perceptions of scientific creativity and this may influence their classroom practices. It is recommended that science teacher education programmes emphasize scientific creativity in their methodology courses to empower teachers to provide learning opportunities that would enhance learners’ creativity in science lessons. Curriculum developers also need to prepare curriculum materials that include more classroom activities that enhance scientific creativity. <strong></strong></p><p class="Default"><em><br /></em></p>

scholarly journals ROLE OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BASED FACTORS ENHANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
Mehwish Manzoor ◽  
Fazal Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Asghar khan
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
School Level ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Student’S Performance

The current study was carried out to identify role of education department-based factors enhance secondary school student’s achievement in education. Cross-sectional survey research under the umbrella of descriptive research of quantitative approach was carried out. With the help of a two-stage random sampling technique, sampling was selected. A questionnaire-based on two sections demographic and 3 factors (teaching methodologies, the working routine of teachers, and resources) were comprised of 5-point likert scale developed by researcher. The findings of this study helped the researcher to conclude that students are agreed that they have sufficient resources in their school as its mean value is highest among factors and students achieve satisfactory marks in education and there is positive as well as significant but week correlation between these two variables which highlighted there is the Education who are learning in 10th grade at secondary schools of district Sialkot. There results provide a guideline to policy makers to update policies regraded curriculum implementation, at school level regularly by keeping in mind the student’s needs, potential, and requirements of the present tenure in particular context.

scholarly journals ASSOCIATION OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS WITH QUALITY OF SLEEP AMONG DPT STUDENTS OF ZCRS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
Beenish Zafar ◽  
Farzana Amir ◽  
Syed Wasif Ali
Keyword(s):  
Strong Association ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Anxiety Depression

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Sleep deprivation is a major contributor of health and mental problems that may cause serious difficulties in accomplishing ADL’s among students although severe health and mental conditions have direct impact on the quality and quantity of sleep too. Thus, this study aims to determine the quality of sleep and its association between anxiety, depression, and stress to improve health related quality of life (HRQOL) among undergraduate DPT students of ZCRS. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional survey SAMPLE SELECTION 325 students were selected through convenience sampling technique from pre-clinical (1st, 2nd) and clinical (3rd, 4th, 5th) years of DPT program. PROCEDURE Data was collected on by providing Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 to both students of pre-clinical and clinical years at beginning, middle and end of semester to determine the association of related outcome measures. RESULTS Strong association was found between sleep deprived students with depression, anxiety, and stress on chi-square test of association (p<0.05). CONCLUSION It was concluded that high prevalence of anxiety followed by depression and stress with the quality of sleep along with the amount of sleep in university students during all three phases of their academic semester. Although studies proposed genetic co-relation with anxiety, depression and stress as well as with the quality of sleep.

PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF STREET HAWKING ON THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN ANYIGBA, DEKINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Alfred Eboh
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Effects ◽  
The Government

Background: The hawking of wares by children has been a serious issue confronting the Nigerian society. Children hawk in some of the most horrible conditions conceivable, where they face a serious risk of injury, chronic illness, kidnapping, rape or death. Objective: The focus of this study was to assess the perceived effects of street hawking on the well-being of children in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. Methods: The population of this study consists of parents of the street hawkers in Anyigba while cross-sectional survey design was used through the purposive sampling technique to choose the sample size of one hundred and sixty-two (162) respondents. The validated structured questionnaire and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) served as the instruments for the data collection respectively. The hypotheses were tested using Chi-Square at a predetermined 0.05 level of significance. The quantitative data were analysed with the aid of the SPSS (version 20). Results: The results indicated among others that street hawking had significant social implications and physical consequences on children's moral behaviour as well as health status in the study area. Conclusion: The study, therefore, concluded that the government of Kogi State should carry out an enlightenment campaign through the media and religious institutions on the negative consequences of street hawking are recommended as panacea. Also, the child right act instrument and its implementation should be strengthened in order to curb street hawking in the study area.

Knowledge and Communication of the National Core Standards Tool

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie Thembisile Maphumulo ◽  
Busisiwe Bhengu
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Nurses

The National Department of Health in South Africa has introduced the National Core Standards (NCS) tool to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in all public healthcare institutions. Knowledge of the NCS tool is essential among healthcare providers. This study investigated the level of knowledge on NCS and how the NCS tool was communicated among professional nurses. This was a cross-sectional survey study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select hospitals that only offered tertiary services in KwaZulu-Natal. Six strata of departments were selected using simple stratified sampling. The population of professional nurses in the selected hospitals was 3 050. Systematic random sampling was used to recruit 543 participants. The collected data were analysed using SPSS version 25. The study showed that only 16 (3.7%) respondents had knowledge about NCS, using McDonald’s standard of learning outcome measured criteria regarding the NCS tool. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the communication and knowledge was r = 0.055. The results revealed that although the communication scores for the respondents were high their knowledge scores remained low. This study concluded that there is a lack of knowledge regarding the NCS tool and therefore healthcare institutions need to commit themselves to the training of professional nurses regarding the NCS tool. The findings suggest that healthcare institutions implement the allocation of incentives for nurses that attend the workshops for NCS.

The battle over employers’ demand for “more flexibility”

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 886-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erling Rasmussen ◽  
Barry Foster ◽  
Deirdre Farr
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Postal Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employer Attitudes ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Employment Legislation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to place empirical research on New Zealand employers’ attitudes to collective bargaining and legislative change within the context of the long running debate of flexibility. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey design using a self-administered postal questionnaire, covering private sector employers with ten or more staff and including employers within all 17 standard industry classification. To explore particular issues, an additional in-depth interviews were conducted of 25 employers participating in the survey. Findings It is found that employers support overwhelmingly recent legislative changes though there are variations across industries and firm sizes. There is also considerable variation in terms of which legislative changes are applied in the workplace. Despite fewer constraints on employer-determined flexibility, there was a rather puzzling finding that most employers still think that employment legislation is even balanced or favouring employees. Originality/value Cross-sectional survey findings of New Zealand employer attitudes to legislative changes are few and provide valuable data for policy makers, unions, employers and employment relations researchers. The paper also contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of pressures to increase employer-determined flexibility in many western countries.

scholarly journals Obesity in Saudi Arabia in 2020: Prevalence, Distribution, and Its Current Association with Various Health Conditions

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Nora A. Althumiri ◽  
Mada H. Basyouni ◽  
Norah AlMousa ◽  
Mohammed F. AlJuwaysim ◽  
Rasha A. Almubark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Prevalence Of Obesity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Colon Diseases

The global prevalence of obesity is increasing. Obesity is associated with many chronic diseases and health conditions. This study aims to estimate the current prevalence of obesity in Saudi Arabia and described the current national-level status of the association between obesity and various health conditions. This study is a nationwide cross-sectional survey conducted over phone-interviews in June 2020. In this study, a proportional quota-sampling technique was used to obtain equal distributions of participants, stratified by age and gender, across the 13 regions of Saudi Arabia. Weight and height were self-reported, and the obesity was determined as BMI ≥ 30. Logistic regression adjusted for age and gender was used for exploring current associations between obesity and health conditions. Of the 6239 participants contacted, 4709 participants responded and completed the interview with a response rate of 75.48%. Of them, 50.1% were female, the mean age was 36.4 ± 13.5 (Range: 18–90), and the median age was 36. The national weighted prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30) was 24.7%, and the prevalence in the sample (unweighted) was 21.7%. Obesity was significantly associated with type 2 diabetes [Odd ratio, (OR) = 1.52], hypercholesterolemia (OR = 1.69), hypertension (OR = 1.61), lung diseases (OR = 1.69), rheumatoid arthritis (OR = 1.57), sleep apnea (OR = 1.82), colon diseases (OR = 1.31), and thyroid disorders (OR = 1.8). This study provides an update on the recent prevalence of obesity in Saudi Arabia. It also shows the variation in prevalence rates between different regions, which might be explored further. Although obesity shows a decreasing trend, almost one-quarter of this study sample were obese. Obesity is currently associated with many health conditions that can affect the individuals’ quality of life, impose stress on the healthcare system and impose an economic burden on the country. This evidence highlights the need for action to focus more on obesity in Saudi Arabia.

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CELL PHONE USAGE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS IN SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujata Mandhwani ◽  
Sadaf Zia ◽  
Emad Salman Shaikh ◽  
Dante Duarte ◽  
Erum Tanveer
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Body ◽  
Camera Phone ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Margin Of Error

The adverse effects of excessive mobile phone (MP) use on children include deprivation from sleep, increased risk of lack of concentration, depression, anxiety and obesity. No such study has been conducted in children from Pakistan. Objectives: To assess the association of MP usage and musculoskeletal disorders in school going children. Methods: This was a cross sectional survey. Data were collected from different private schools of Karachi, Pakistan. Convenient non probability sampling technique was used. A sample size of 385 students was taken keeping a confidence interval of 95% with 5% margin of error. Results: A total of 385 subjects participated. It was also noticed that 75.6% (291) students have smart phone and 5.2% (20) have conventional phone and remaining 19.2% (74) have camera phone. It was noticed that the participants 306 (79.5%) said they slept for 1–2[Formula: see text]h daily and 30 (7.8%) had sleep for 3–4[Formula: see text]h daily. One hundred and four 104 (27%) had noticed pain in neck. Conclusion: The use of MP for any activity was associated with sleep deprivation and pain in wrist/hands followed by neck and upper back pain. The usage of MP should be limited to avoid the stress on musculoskeletal parts of the body.

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