An Abstraction of Research Findings for Policy Formulation and Decision Making in Government Establishments in Rivers State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was poised on the ideological abstraction of research findings for policy formulation and decision making in government establishments in Rivers State. The abstrac was culled from a Ph.D. thesis of the Department of. Science Education, University of Nigeria Nsukka. This current research study adopted the descriptive summary research design. The population for the study consists of 240 respondents drawn from government establishments and universities in Rivers State. One research question as well as an hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. A four (4) points Likert type of scale ranging from Strongly Agree (SA - 4 points), Agree (A - 3 points), Disagree (D -2 points) to Strongly Disagree (SD- 1 point) were used for the items on the questionnaire. A mean of 2.5 was determined as the cut-off point for the items. t-test statistic was used to test the only formulated hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. It was discovered that research findings as well as recommendations were not used for policy formulation and decision making in public establishments as well as universities. The implications for -the study were noted.

Key words: Abstraction, research, Policy formulation research findings, Business Education Programme.