The Characteristics of Retail Wastes in the City of Yenagoa, Nigeria

Wastes management is a clear strategy where wastes are channelled through processes that ensures proper storage, collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of wastes with ample consideration for environmental protection and public health. In Yenagoa where the current study was conducted, the lack of proper wastes management structure is apparent, particularly among retailers where samples were drawn from for the study. Little is known on the volume and characteristics of wastes produced by the retail sector in the city, like many other Nigerian cities.The study employed a mixed method approach using closed and open-ended questionnaires in collecting data. In all about 900 questionnaires were collected and analysed for the study. Knowing that no proper waste management plan can be developed until the current practice, sources, components and volume of waste has been well understood. The use of qualitative methods in this paper helps to better understand and gather data on areas of interest. A multi stage cluster sampling technique was employed due to the unavailability of an up-to-date sampling frame in the area.The findings from the study show that wastes materials produced by retailers in Yenagoa are mainly wastes paper, tins, cans, plastics, cardboard, furniture, wood products and possibly WEEE. However, plastics and cardboard materials were the dominant wastes materials produced by the retail sector. The study therefore concludes that there is a need to establish a wastes processing facility in Yenagoa with heavy emphasis on recycling.

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Investigating the Wastes Management Practices of Businesses in Nigeria

Journal of Management and Sustainability ◽

10.5539/jms.v6n4p107 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 107

Author(s):

Ebikapade Amasuomo ◽

Jim Baird

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Management Practices ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Sampling Frame ◽

Environmental Management Practices ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Monitoring And Enforcement ◽

Indiscriminate Disposal

Wastes and environmental management in many Nigerian cities have suffered tremendous setbacks in the last few decades. Literatures and environmental reports confirm a below average performance in relation to wastes and environmental management practices. Apart from unwholesome practices that characterises wastes management at household levels, many businesses across Nigeria have also capitalized on the lack of proper monitoring and enforcement of wastes and environmental laws to adopt practices that promotes organizational profits over environmental quality.Hence, the current research investigates wastes management practices of small businesses (retailers) in Nigeria with a view to identify where corrections should be made in order to improve the overall wastes management standards in the country.In order to achieve these aims and to proffer adequate solutions to the wastes management issues in the city, the paper employed a mixed method approach using closed and open-ended questionnaires in collecting data. In all about 900 questionnaires were collected and analysed for the study. A multi stage cluster sampling technique was employed due to the unavailability of an up-to-date sampling frame in the study area.It was found that businesses were heavily involved in unfriendly environmental practices such as; burning of wastes, random and indiscriminate disposal, dumping of wastes on water bodies and disposal on illegal dumpsites. These wastes management practices were found to be a clear violation of standard international best practices as only a fraction of businesses dispose their wastes using official disposal points. The study therefore advocates that the wastes management authorities develop a means of influencing the environmental culture of organizations (retailers) in order to improve wastes management among businesses. Similarly, the research argues that adequate environmental policies be formulated and enforced in order to encourage retailers to embrace sustainable wastes management practices.

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Determinants of Inlet Choices of Sheep and Goats Traders in Ghana: A Case Study of Kumasi and Tamale

Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.5539/jas.v9n7p105 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 105

Author(s):

Fallah Samuel Kassoh ◽

Jusufu Abdulai ◽

Osman Nabay ◽

Rebecca Bockarie

Keyword(s):

Small Ruminants ◽

Transportation Cost ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Multinomial Logit Model ◽

Sampling Frame ◽

Fuel Price ◽

Middle Income ◽

Sheep And Goats ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Major Factors

The consumption of Small ruminants’ meat (sheep and goat) form an integral component of an average Ghanaian’s diet due to the country’s emergence to a middle income earning status and awareness of the outstanding benefits of a nutritious diet. However, periodic shocks in market availability of products severely impacts access and in most cases cause price hike hence affecting dietary patterns especially of urban dwellers that are mostly habitual in recurrent consumption of these products. Against such insight, this study investigates the factors that influence the inlet choice of sheep and goats traders in two urban towns of Ghana (Kumasi and Tamale) using Multinomial logit model. The selection of Kumasi and Tamale markets were based on the progressive marketing and consumption of sheep (S) and goats (G). A multi stage sampling technique was used in this study. A reconnaissance survey was carried out in Kumasi and Tamale metropolis in order to identify the existing markets and to generate the sample frame. Ten markets were purposively selected based on the proximity of the markets to the urban centres. A total of 284 traders were randomly sampled from the sampling frame. A structured questionnaire was used to collect relevant data, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results of the study showed that majority of the traders were male with most (43%) falling within the age range of 31 to 40 years. International market (Burkina Faso) was identified as the major source of sheep and goats with 37% of total respondents sourcing from there. The major factors found to be influencing the inlet choice of sheep and goats by sampled traders in the study areas were prices, licenses, quantity of animals handled, transportation cost, education, experience and age of the traders. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were suggested to improve the SG trade in urban centres of Ghana: Credit provision to traders who desire it to establish and expand their investment; reduction of license cost; and general reduction of fuel price so as to ease economic mobility of products.

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Moderating Effects of Teachers’ Teaching Experience on Home Learning Associated with Literacy Skills among Chinese Preschoolers

Asian Social Science ◽

10.5539/ass.v12n2p23 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

Chan Mei Yee ◽

Zarinah Arshat

Keyword(s):

Teaching Experience ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Moderating Effects ◽

Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Home Learning ◽

The Relationship ◽

Over Time

This study was designed to determine the influence of home learning on Chinese preschoolers’ literacy skills is likely to be moderated by the level of teacher’s teaching experience. There were 136 preschoolers aged ranged between three to six years old with their parents and teachers recruited in this study using a Multi-Stage Cluster sampling technique. The results of the Hierarchical Multiple Regression analysis indicate that teacher’s teaching experience has a significant moderating effect on the strengths of the relationship between home learning and preschoolers’ literacy skills. Further research is needed to investigate more deeply to identify whether these relationships are upheld over time and with diverse sample.

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The Impact of Principals’ Knowledge of the Objectives of High Schools and the Influence on Their Managerial Practices

International Journal of Learning and Development ◽

10.5296/ijld.v5i3.8299 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Mohammad Ghadiri Bayekolaee ◽

Omolbanin Abdi Sarkami ◽

Seyed Ali Vahedi Moakher ◽

Hassan Razaghi Shani ◽

Seyed Majid Taheri Darkahi ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Managerial Performance ◽

Managerial Practices ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Educational Assistants ◽

Study Population ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

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PENGARUH KAPASITAS INTELEGENSI MELALUI MENYIMAK DAN MEMBACA TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA SMAN DI KOTA BANDUNG

LITERA ◽

10.21831/ltr.v7i1.84 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Pien Supinah Adiwiria

Keyword(s):

Direct Effect ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Reading Ability ◽

Survey Design ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Learning Achievement ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Research Findings ◽

Listening Ability

AbstractThis research study aims to investigate the direct effect of the intelligence capacity on learning achievement and the indirect effect of the intelligence capacity on learning achievement through listening and reading. This study employed the explanatory survey design. The sample, consisting of 112 students of SMAN in Bandung City, was selected by using the multi-stage cluster sampling technique. The research instruments were tests. The statistical test employed was the path analysis. The research findings show that the intelligence capacity has a direct effect on learning achievement and an indirect effect on learning achievement through listening and reading. The intelligence capacity will have a greater effect on learning achievement if it is supported by the reading ability. The effect of the intelligence capacity on learning achievement through listening is smaller than the direct effect of the intelligence capacity on learning achievement.Key words: intelligence capacity, listening ability, reading ability, learning achievement

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Potential Causes Of Poverty In The City Of Probolinggo

Wiga Jurnal Penelitian Ilmu Ekonomi ◽

10.30741/wiga.v10i2.598 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 157-162

Author(s):

Tatik Amani ◽

Yekti Rahajeng ◽

Hermanto Hermanto

Keyword(s):

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Potential Effect ◽

Test Reliability ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Determination Coefficient ◽

Standard Problem ◽

The City ◽

Causes Of Poverty

Poverty is a situation where humans cannot achieve their basic requirements. This has become a standard problem experienced by every country. The research object aims to find the potential causes of poverty in the Probolinggo by examining the effect of the potential for education, unemployment, and inflation simultaneously, partially and dominantly, on poverty. The study used a quantitative method of causal relationships, 391 RTM respondents with cluster sampling technique sampling. The data analysis method used a validity test, reliability test, classical assumption test, multiple linear regression analysis, and determination coefficient analysis. The conclusion from the hypothesis testing in this research is the variables of education, unemployment, and inflation have a significant and partial effect on poverty in Probolinggo City, while the most dominant potential effect on poverty is education. The result of the determination coefficient analysis is 71.9%. The causes of poverty in the city of Probolinggo are education, unemployment, and inflation. From the research results, the local government should continue to motivate and make people aware of the importance of education, improve skills as a means of overcoming unemployment, increase economic growth so the inflation can be suppressed, and the problem of poverty is resolved.

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PENGARUH STRES SITUASI KERJA TERHADAP PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING PADA GURU HONORER MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH DI KOTA TANGERANG

Perspektif Ilmu Pendidikan ◽

10.21009/pip.311.8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 61

Author(s):

Fitri Lestari Issom, Raisata Makbulah

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

High Stress ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Well Being ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Stress Scale ◽

Keywords Stress ◽

The City

This study aims to determine the effect of stress on the job situation of psychological well-being. The population in this study is a honorary teachers in Islamic Elementary School in the City of Tangerang. This study uses a quantitative method with a sample of honorary teachers in Islamic Elementary School in the City of Tangerang amounted to 55 respondents. The sampling technique used was cluster sampling with 55 respondents. This study uses two scale that a scale of psychological well-being and stress scale were arranged by researcher based on the theories of stress advanced by Robbins & Judges (2013), Gibson, Ivancevich, Donelly & Konopaske (2012) and Newstrom & Davis (2002). Test hypothesis in this study using a regression analysis one predictors. Based on the analysis of data, this means that there is influence between stress on the job situation to the psychological well-being on a honorary teacher Islamic Elementary School (MI) in the city of Tangerang. The resulting negative influence, meaning that if the work situation of high stress levels, the levels of psychological well-being will be lower. Keywords : stress on the job situation, psychological well-being, honorary teachers.

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Immunization coverage under universal immunization programme in Kozhikode district, Kerala

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20193607 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (9) ◽

pp. 3667

Author(s):

Sreedevi C.

Keyword(s):

Immunization Coverage ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Dropout Rate ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Vaccine Preventable Diseases ◽

Immunization Programme ◽

Multi Stage

Background: Immunization is an important cost effective tool for preventing the morbidities and mortalities caused by vaccine preventable diseases. The objectives of this study were to assess the universal immunization programme coverage of children of 12–23 months of age in Kozhikode district and to study the factors associated with immunization coverage.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in 30 randomly selected electoral wards of Kozhikode district which were selected using multi stage cluster sampling technique during April 2013 to May 2014.Results: 469 children were studied from 30 clusters. 75.5% was fully immunized while 1.5% was unimmunized. Dropout rate for DPT 3 to Measles was the highest accounting to 20.2%. Most common reason for failure of immunization among unimmunized was that the parents didn’t feel the need (57.1%) and for partially immunized was the illness of the child (27.8%) followed by lack of awareness of the time of immunization (22.2%). Religion, early age of the mother at marriage and first delivery and high birth order were significantly associated with a higher proportion of partially immunized while higher education of the parents (>12th standard), health worker’s home visit in the first year of the child and presence of immunization card were significantly associated with a high full immunization coverage (p<0.05).Conclusions: Immunization coverage of 75.5% is far behind the target to be achieved. 1.5% of the children didn’t get any of the vaccinations. It is very important to increases the coverage to prevent the re-emergence of vaccine preventable diseases.

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Efikasi Kendiri Guru Pendidikan Islam Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Malaysia

Ulum Islamiyyah ◽

10.33102/uij.vol15no.229 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Noornajihan Jaafar

Keyword(s):

Teaching Experience ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Islamic Studies ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Positive Correlations ◽

Main Instrument ◽

The Relationship

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk meninjau tahap efikasi kendiri (EK) guru Pendidikan Islam (GPI) sekolah menengah kebangsaan di Semenanjung Malaysia. Kajian perbezaan berdasarkan beberapa faktor demografi terpilih seperti jantina dan lokasi sekolah turut dijalankan. Kajian korelasi juga dijalankan bagi menilai hubungan antara EK GPI dengan tempoh pengalaman mengajar. Kajian ini adalah berbentuk tinjauan yang menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan soal selidik merupakan instrumen utama kajian. Teknik pensampelan kelompok atas kelompok digunakan bagi menentukan sampel kajian. Saiz sampel yang terlibat dalam kajian ini adalah seramai 544 orang GPI yang mewakili populasi seramai 8562 orang GPI di SMK semenanjung Malaysia. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan EK GPI berada pada tahap sangat tinggi (min=4.32). Analisis ANOVA dua hala pula menunjukkan tiadanya perbezaan EK GPI terhadap faktor persekitaran berdasarkan jantina. Analisis Pearson pula menunjukkan terdapatnya korelasi yang lemah dan positif antara tempoh pengalaman mengajar dengan EK (r=0.098). Kajian ini dilihat memberi implikasi kepada polisi dan amalan pengajaran GPI.This study was designed to examine self-efficacy (SE) teachers of Islamic Studies (TIS) in national secondary schools in Peninsular Malaysia. A research on the differences of SE based on a number of demographic factors was also carried out. The study also aimed to assess the relationship between teaching experiences with SE. This study used a quantitative approach and the questionnaire was the main instrument. Multi stage cluster sampling technique was used to determine the sample. The sample size involved in this research were 544 TIS representing a population of 8562 TIS national secondary school in Peninsular Malaysia. The results showed that SE of TIS were very high (min=4.32). Two Ways ANOVA analysis showed there was no difference in the SE of TIS based on gender and school location. Pearson analysis showed that there were weak and positive correlations between teaching experience with SE (r=0.098). In addition, this study has also seen to have implications for the policy and practice of teaching among TIS.

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Students' Preferences for Medical Schools: A Conjoint Analysis

10.35542/osf.io/utj4x ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Alipio

Keyword(s):

Conjoint Analysis ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Health Sciences ◽

The Philippines ◽

Health Science ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Face To Face ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Major Factors

With the surge of higher education institutions (HEIs) offering the health sciences and medical courses and significant changes in the Philippine education sector, an effective marketing strategy is highly needed. Therefore, HEIs have to compete even more in a very competitive market. The present study aimed to determine the major factors that influence preferences of students who just graduated from senior high school, the relative importance they attach to these factors, and whether there were groups of students for whom different factors were more important. A total of 24,263 prospective students in the health sciences and medical courses from the 125 senior high schools in the Philippines were sampled as respondents. Multi-stage cluster sampling technique was used to recruit the sample. A face to face interview with a set of stimulus cards or through a self-completion questionnaire was used to collect the data and Adaptive Conjoint Analysis (ACA) was performed to analyze students’ preferences. Results showed that the four most important determinants of health science and medical HEI choice for students in the Philippines are academic reputation, quality of facilities, job prospects, and campus atmosphere. A cluster analysis failed to uncover any useful clusters, suggesting that the sample was relatively homogeneous in their preferences and the trade-offs that they made in developing those preferences.

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