Research Clinic

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Kindly be informed that SGS will be conducting it 1st Research Clinic on this Saturday, 23rd January 2010 starting from 9.00am to 5.00pm. The clinic will be conducted by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yusop Hashim for PhD(Edu) students and Prof. Siow Heng Loke for PhD(BA) and MSc (Mgmt) students.

Objective of the clinic is to discuss and counsel PhD and MSc students about their progress and problems faced in research activities, from the stage of writing the research proposal to defending (viva voce) the research thesis / dissertation. Students will receive personal coaching in any problems faced in research work.

For the 1st clinic, only 5 students shall be entertained in each slot for Business Administration and Education. The registration is still open. Kindly make your reservation by Thursday, 21st Jan 2009 via email to zaleha.ishak@aeu.edu.my.

New Download

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Download the School of Graduate Studies Semester 1 Activity Calendar HERE.

Workshop on Research Methodology 2C - Qualitative Research Methodology: An Overview

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Date: 6th December 2009
Time: 9am to 12.30pm
Venue: Singapore Room, Level 6, AeU
Facilititator: Professor H. L. Siow, Dean, SGS, AeU

At the end of this workshop, you shall be able to: (a) explain the meaning of ‘qualitative research’; (b) describe the general characteristics that most qualitative studies have in common; (c) describe briefly some of the steps involve in qualitative research; (d) differentiate at least three ways qualitative research differs from quantitative research; (e) explain how generalising differs in qualitative and qualitative research; and (f) describe how matters of ethics affect qualitative research. The workshop is supported by hands-on activities. Please bring along either an audio or video-recorder.

“You quantitative researchers are so preoccupied with control that you never see the big picture…You qualitative researchers are so subjective, you never can be sure what you’ve found or where it applies.” Frankel, & Wallen (2006, p. 428).

Workshop on Quantitative Data Analysis: Introduction to Data Analysis Using SPSS

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Date: 6th December 2009
Time: 9am to 12.20pm
Venue: Tehran & Seoul Room, Level 6, AeU
Facilititator: Dr. Soon Seng Thah, Head, Research & Evaluation Sector, EPRD, Ministry of Education, Malaysia
Requirements: Please bring along your laptop installed with SPSS Statistics.

This workshop aims to introduce the fundamental principles of data analysis in research using the SPSS Statistics software. Students will be able to know and understand multivariate statistics using the SPSS Statistics software. A step-by-step hands-on approch will be undertaken.

Among the topics to be covered in this workshop are: i. Multiple Regression and ii. Factor Analysis. At the end of this workshop, we hope you are able to: (a) understand the mechanics of statistical analysis using multiple regression and factor analysis; and (b) run multiple regression and factor analyses using the SPSS Statistics software and interpret their outputs.

Statistician is defined as “a man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won't stand up either”. Evan Esar.

RSVP before Thursday 3 December 2009 by emailing Ms Zaleha Ishak at zaleha.ishak@aeu.edu.my

3rd Research Colloqium

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SGS is glad to inform that we will conducting a Research Colloquium for Semester September 2009 as follows:

Date: 7th November 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 9am to 12.30pm
Venue: Tutorial Room, Ground Floor, Asia e University, Dataran Kewangan Darul Takaful, Kuala Lumpur

The objective of the colloquium is to assist PhD and MSc students to prepare their research proposals for defense.Hopefully, these preliminary proposals could be expanded and improved which then could be submitted as the final research proposal for vetting. The colloquium will begin with a plenary paper and followed by two parallel sessions of proposal presentations led by four students, two each for the Business Administration, and Education. Please find the details as in attachment.

All postgraduate students are invited and we highly appreciate if you could confirm your attendance by emailing to Zaleha Ishak before 4th Nov 2009 (Wednesday). For those who interested to present the research proposal/plan, please email to Zaleha by 30th October 2009.

Workshops for Sem 1-Sem 3

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Kindly be reminded that our coming workshop for this semester will be conducted as follows:

For Semester 1
Research Methodology Workshop (Research Challenges)
Facilitator: Prof. Siow Heng Loke
Date: 7th Nov 2009 (Saturday), 2.00pm to 5.20pm
Venue: Singapore Room, Level 6

For Semester 2
Research Methodology Workshop (Research Design)
Facilitator: Prof. Siow Heng Loke
Date: 8th Nov 2009 (Sunday), 9.00am to 12.20pm
Venue: Singapore Room, Level 6

For Semester 3
Data Analysis Workshop
Facilitator: Dr. Soon Seng Thah
Date: 8th Nov 2009 (Sunday), 9.00am to 12.20pm
Venue: Tehran & Seoul, Ground Floor

Please email confirmation of attendance to zaleha.ishak@aeu.edu.my by 4 Nov 09.