Using descriptive statistics Ms Juliana van Staden

Writing the literature review Prof Jane Castle

Thursday, 2 April 09:00 – 12:00Training Room, Second fl oor, Library, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Monday, 6 April 09:00 – 12:00Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

This workshop provides an introduction to preliminary data analysis using SPSS, a software application used for analysis of quantitative data. You will learn how to distinguish between types of variables and measurement scales, how to generate and interpret frequency tables, summary statistics, graphs, cross tabulations and tests of association for categorical variables. Are you using a quantitative research design for your project and will you need to run descriptive statistics? If you have answered ‘Yes’ to these questions, this is a workshop for you!

This workshop will help postgraduate students to exercise their voice, choice and sense of control when writing a review of literature. We focus on developing an argument in the review, and show how participants can recognize and apply certain principles to conceptualise, plan and organize an acceptable review.

Register by noon on 26 March 2020 :https://forms.gle/EsN9BXy6Dfn5JxPQA

Register by noon on 31 March 2020 :https://forms.gle/bfJG11WDSnm3EVus8

Sit tight and write Prof Moyra Keane

Synthesis in the literature review Dr Zachary Simpson

Tuesday, 7April 09:00 – 12:00Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Wednesday, 8 April09:00 – 12:00 Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Research writing is rarely easy, and its challenges are compounded by the solitary and sometimes lonely nature of the experience. One way to mitigate the isolation you may experience is by joining a writing group. The Postgraduate School invites you to series of research writing sessions in a supportive and productive space. A writing expert will be available to:• bounce ideas off suggest strategies if you feel ‘stuck’• answer questions• point you to appropriate resources• provide feedback on your writing. It can be reassuring to know that you are not alone in the research journey.

Literature review is a complex mix of argument and summary, and it is easy to become mired in summarising the ideas of others without weaving these into an argument in support of the goals of your own thesis or dissertation. This workshop will provide concrete strategies you can use to achieve this balance in your own literature review drafting.

Register by noon on 2 April 2020 :https://forms.gle/psTQmtGijQTJnUvY8

Register by noon on 3 April 2020 : https://forms.gle/bd2icJfrk2A39Eks5

POSTGRADUATE SCHOOLResearch Capacity Development

APRIL 2020 EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS

All events are held in the Postgraduate School Seminar Room unless otherwise listed.

Please note that booking is essential as we can accommodate a limited number of participants per workshop.

Bookings will close once capacity has been reached.

Page 2 ÚDISCLAIMERS• These events may be photographed and video recorded for marketing, social media and media purposes.• By attending any event, you grant the University of Johannesburg permission to use and publish any recorded material.• Only registered UJ postgraduate students and staff members are eligible for these opportunities.• Repeat no-shows may not be given access to future workshops and events.• Workshops with fewer than 10 participants may be cancelled or postponed.

Qualitative research: Ethnographic research

Prof Marie Poggenpoel

Best practices for incorporating information graphics into thesis or dissertation register

Dr Zachary Simpson

Tuesday, 14 April 09:00 – 12:00 Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates starting off in qualitative research

Wednesday, 15 April09:00 – 12:00Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Ethnography refers to the study of a culture where the participants are in social interaction, carrying out rituals and have their own beliefs. In this three-hour workshop participants will discuss social interaction in culture as a research method;identify major aspects of data collection in ethnographic research; analyse an article to identify the characteristics of ethnographic research.

Science and engineering writing rely extensively on information graphics (fi gures, tables, diagrams, and the like). However, too often the meaning of these graphics is obscured, through poor design and through poor integration into the surrounding argument. This workshop will consider best practices regarding incorporating information graphics into a thesis or dissertation. It will be of use to postgraduate students who will be representing information in visual forms, particularly those working in the science and engineering disciplines.

Register by noon on 7 April 2020 : https://forms.gle/mSygm89MUtnt82rKA

Register by noon on 8 April 2020 : https://forms.gle/EsoYTJtJNvLKRuHfA

Working with the literature Dr Pia Lamberti Ms Ester de Broize Mr Madumella Mofokeng

Get the most out of your research reading

Mr Freedom Makhathini

Thursday, 16 April09:00 – 12:00Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Friday, 17 April09:00 – 10:30Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

This workshop is aimed at master’s students and PhD candidates who are in the proposal writing stage. It is designed to provide an overview of what postgraduates need to know and do in order to produce a literature review. It will cover: orienting yourself in relation to the literature, the purpose and structure of literature reviews, how to search the databases and set up alerts, and how to use Mendeley to manage your references.As there are no computers in the workshop venue, and the workshop entails using software, wi-fi will be arranged and participants will need to bring a fully charged laptop to the venue, or their own extension cord.

Reading in the Discipline is the University of Johannesburg’s academic support structure within the Academic Development Centre that aims at developing students’ reading competencies. The aim is to enhance understanding of reading as a process and to encourage a thinking-through-reading approach. To achieve this, students are taught reading skills through the process of:• Pre-reading • Making annotations • Post-reading

Register by noon on 9 April 2020 : https://forms.gle/k6SbjwGFQvifWK9Y7

Register by noon on 10 April 2020 : https://forms.gle/VRmag5DDYjxtUSnWA

Academic Integrity Week Library staff Qualitative research: Ethnographic research

Prof Marie Poggenpoel

Monday – Friday20 – 24 April09:00 – 16:00LibraryAuckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Monday, 20 April09:00 – 12:00Ngungi wa Thiong’o Seminar Room, Library, Doornfontein Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates starting off in qualitative research

20- 24 April is Academic Integrity Week, a week dedicated to promoting the values of honesty, respect, responsibility and to addressing plagiarism. The week will be started with an Academic Integrity Seminar which will be followed by a series of workshops on referencing methods, writing to avoid plagiarism and Turnitin.

Ethnography refers to the study of a culture where the participants are in social interaction, carrying out rituals and have their own beliefs. In this three-hour workshop participants will discuss social interaction in culture as a research method;identify major aspects of data collection in ethnographic research; analyse an article to identify the characteristics of ethnographic research.

Booking details will be communicated in due course Register by noon on 13 April 2020 : https://forms.gle/UJAqYiysayxKA4dv8

Page 3 ÚDISCLAIMERS• These events may be photographed and video recorded for marketing, social media and media purposes.• By attending any event, you grant the University of Johannesburg permission to use and publish any recorded material.• Only registered UJ postgraduate students and staff members are eligible for these opportunities.• Repeat no-shows may not be given access to future workshops and events.• Workshops with fewer than 10 participants may be cancelled or postponed.

Writing the research fi ndings Prof Jane Castle

Measuring internal consistency (reliability) and exploring factor struc-ture (exploratory factor analysis)

Ms Jaclyn de Klerk

Wednesday 22 April09:00 – 11:00Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Thursday, 23 April09:00 – 12:00Training Room, Second fl oor, Library, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

This practical, interactive workshop will assist qualitative researchers to write their research fi ndings and to distinguish between presenting their fi ndings and discussing them. Researchers will leave the workshop with text and ideas to expand on.

Reliability and validity are two central elements of quantitative research. This workshop covers some of the statistical procedures which would enable you to discuss the reliability and validity of your data. Specifi cally, the use of the Cronbach alpha statistic to measure a form of reliability, and the use of exploratory factor analysis to measure factor validity, will be discussed. The workshop includes a practical component where you will use SPSS to derive the Cronbach alpha statistic and run a factor analysis. If you are using a quantitative research design for your project and are making use of scale-based measurements then this is a workshop for you!

Register by noon on 16 April 2020 :https://forms.gle/QaZMRj5GE5nFYyVM7

Register by noon on 16 April 2020 :https://forms.gle/HcZV3tUX1RyEzbLH8

Sit tight and write Prof Moyra Keane

Research ethics Prof Moyra Keane

Tuesday, 28 April 09:00 – 12:00Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Wednesday, 29 April08:30 – 15:30Postgraduate School Seminar Room, First fl oor, Akanya Building, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Target: Master’s students and PhD candidates

Research writing is rarely easy, and its challenges are compounded by the solitary and sometimes lonely nature of the experience. One way to mitigate the isolation you may experience is by joining a writing group. The Postgraduate School invites you to series of research writing sessions in a supportive and productive space. Each session will be focused on a theme that should help you with your writing project. A writing expert will be available to:• bounce ideas off ;• suggest strategies if you feel ‘stuck’;• answer questions;• point you to appropriate resources;• provide feedback on your writing.It can be reassuring to know that you are not alone in the research journey.

This workshop will outline considerations and guidelines for ethical research. Through discussion of the issues that underpin ethics in research, the workshop will assist postgraduates in developing their own appropriate ethical codes of conduct. Key principles are examined in terms of how they apply in practice and the legislation that stipulates both individual and institutional responsibility is reviewed.

Register by noon on 21 April 2020 : https://forms.gle/MkaK1JKpaV326K7e8

Register by noon on 22 April 2020 : https://forms.gle/UfjViKooWCw2uZHXA

Research Writing Consultations

Research Capacity Development off ers free research writing consultations to master’s students, PhD candidates and academic staff members. This involves submitting a document (chapter of your thesis or dissertation, draft journal article, proposal, conference presentation etc.) to the consultant at least 48 hours in advance of an appointment. During the 45-minute consultation, the consultant will walk you through the document and give you pointers about how to improve in whatever area of writing you are concerned with. These can include clarity, grammar, argument, coherence, structure and writer’s voice. Please note that this is not an editing service.To learn more about how the service works, please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PruTr4m_1Cc&t=1s If you would like to book an appointment, please click here:https://ujpgswritingconsultations.as.me/schedule.php?calendarID=2343557

Page 4DISCLAIMERS• These events may be photographed and video recorded for marketing, social media and media purposes.• By attending any event, you grant the University of Johannesburg permission to use and publish any recorded material.• Only registered UJ postgraduate students and staff members are eligible for these opportunities.• Repeat no-shows may not be given access to future workshops and events.• Workshops with fewer than 10 participants may be cancelled or postponed.