An Analysis of Utilization of Educational Research Findings for Qualitative Decision Making for Undergraduate Business Education Degree Programme in Nigerian Universities

Abstract

The study was poised to investigate into the utilization of research findings for qualitative decision making for business education undergraduate programmers. The study consists of 62 respondents drawn from 3 tertiary institutions that offer business education programmes in rivers state. One research question as well as one hypothesis was generated to guide the study. a 4 point Likert scale ranging from categories of strongly Agree (SA – 4 points), Agree (A – 3 points), Disagree (D – 2 Points) and strongly Disagree (SD – 1 point) were used for the items on the questionnaire. Simple percentage was used for the item analysis. A mean score of 2.5 was determined as the cut-off point for the items. The t-test statistic was used to test the only generated hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. It was discovered that research findings as well as the recommendations were not used for qualitative decision making for business education undergraduate programmes in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The implications of the study were highlighted.

Key Words: Research Findings, Educational Research, Body of Knowledge, Decision Making