Quantitative Research in Education Quantitative Research in Education

11 1 1Rhoda Elisha Rhoda Elisha, , , , 2 22 2Danladi Ibrahim Yakoko Danladi Ibrahim Yakoko, and , and 3 33 3Lawson Luka Lawson Luka 1Department of Home Economics, Federal College of Education (Tech.), Potiskum Yobe State 2Department of Curriculum and Instructions College of Education, Hong. Taraba State 3Department of Educational Foundations Federal College of Education, Yola Email: elbakakut05@gmail.com elbakakut05@gmail.com; ; ; ; diyakoko@gmail.com diyakoko@gmail.com diyakoko@gmail.com; lawsonluka9@gmail.com lawsonluka9@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This paper is therefore designed to discuss Quantitative research in Education. The paper highlighted the Concepts and Characteristics of Quantitative Research, Steps in Quantitative Research Design, Variables in Quantitative Research, Quantitative Research Design. The paper also examines the Advantages and Disadvantages of Quantitative Research. The study establishes that quantitative research deals with quantifying and analyzing variables to get results. It involves the utilization and analysis of numerical data using specific statistical techniques to answer questions like who, how much, what, where, when, how many, and how.

““ “ “The World is Unfair to Childless Women The World is Unfair to Childless Women”: ”: ”: The World is Unfair to Childless Women among among Igbomina Igbomina Igbomina Women Women Women in in ”: Experience of Infertility Experience of Infertility in in Kwara South, Nigeria Kwara South, Nigeria

Iwelumor, Oluwakemi S.1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3 , ,, , Jamaludin, Shariffah S. Jamaludin, Shariffah S.4 44 4, Babatunde Seun , Babatunde Seun K KK K5 55 5 ., ., ., ., Oyeyipo Eyitayo1 11 1, & Oyekola Isaac1 11 1 1Department of Sociology, College of Business and Social Sciences, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria 1Landmark University SDG 1 (No Poverty) 2Landmark University SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) 3Landmark University SDG 5 (Gender Equality) 4School of Social Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia 5 ABSTRACT Independent Researcher, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria Email: Email: babatunde.oluwakemi@lmu.edu.ng babatunde.oluwakemi@lmu.edu.ng

ABSTRACT

Infertility as an integral aspect of reproductive health has often been ignored in developing nations where it is mostly involuntary, constituting grave ills to infertile persons and their families. Virtually all attentions are geared towards addressing more supposedly salient reproductive health concerns and the worries of high population growth to the point that the ills of infertility are deemed insignificant. This study reveals the lived experience of infertility among childless Igbomina women in Kwara South, Nigeria using a social constructionist approach. Data set from in-depth interviews of thirteen childless women were used. The results were analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis. ATLAS.ti 8 was used to organize data, identify the codes, themes, and verify the analysis. The study showed that childless women experience infertility as a riddle, as sitting on a time bomb, as though the world is unfair to childless women and as an existential crisis. This study supports the claims that experience of infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa are somewhat founded on androcentric culture and religious sentiments. Nevertheless, it challenges studies that report that women are arbitrarily blamed for infertility. The findings show the need to renegotiate this sociocultural aspect of infertility and integrate them into designing culture-specific intervention programs on the management of infertility and other strategies aimed at improving reproductive healthcare in Nigeria. Keyword – Infertility, childlessness, lived experience, reproductive health, cultural sociology

Dimensionality of Multiple—-Choice Tests during Joint Mock Senior Dimensionality of Multiple School Certificate Examinations in Kwara State, Nigeria: Research Choice Tests during Joint Mock Senior School Certificate Examinations in Kwara State, Nigeria: Research School Certificate Examinations in Kwara State, Nigeria: Research Evidence from School Certificate Examinations in Kwara State, Nigeria: Research Evidence from 20 20 20 2018 18 18 18—-20 20 20 2019 19

Iwelumor Oluwakemi S1,2 1,2 1,2 1,2 and Babatunde Seun K and Babatunde Seun K3 33 3 1Department of Sociology, College of Business and Social Sciences, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria 2Landmark University SDG 4 (Quality Education) 3Independent Researcher, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria Email: babatunde2580@gmail.com babatunde2580@gmail.com

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT This study examined the dimensionality of Kwara State Joint Mock Senior School Certificate Examination Multiple Choice Tests in Economics using data obtained from 2018 and 2019; an approach to remove errors in assessment and ascertaining the reliability of assessment instruments. Using descriptive survey design, a total of 1200 students were sampled. The research instruments comprised of standardized 2018 and 2019 Economics tests. Reliability coefficients of 0.71 and 0.70 were obtained for 2012 and 2013, respectively. Descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, Skewness and Kurtosis were used to answer research question one while research questions two, three, and four were answered using Cronbach Alpha and Factor Analysis. Findings revealed that students’ performance was poor with average performances of 20.37 (2018) and 17.91 (2019). Using Cronbach Alpha and Factor Analysis, the test items complied with unidimensionality assumption. The dimensional structure between the test items used in 2018 and 2019 was relatively consistent. Thus, the need to gather evidence that supports the reliability and validity of score-based inferences is imperative from scientific, ethical, and legal perspectives. Keywords: Keywords: Academics performance, assessment, Cronbach’s alpha, dimensionality, factor Analysis, unidmentionality.