“MAARIFA” is a Swahili word meaning knowledge. Maarifa Consult Ltd is a private firm which started in 2009 in Uganda. The company was formed to provide technical support to both local and international NGOs in East Africa. The Company is operational in all districts of Uganda, with head office in Kampala-Ntinda Kiwatule Road. We provide high quality Consultancy services to, Government agencies, NGOs, Individuals, Business organizations and other interested parties locally and internationally. The firm focuses on the provision three Core Areas and these include;Evaluation & Research,Project Design & Development,Capacity building/Training. We are specialists in Project Designs, Evaluations, Impact Assessments, Organization capacity Assessment, Organization diagnosis, Strategic Planning, Institutional Development, Gender Assessment, Emergency Assessment, livelihoods assessment and Analysis, Gender Analysis, Food Security, Agriculture value Chains, Emergency Planning & Management, and Human Resource development.

Maarifa Consult team is well versed with innovative integrated approaches in monitoring and evaluation and Research which are used to produce quality and credible work for our clients. These innovation approaches include; Mobile Data Collection Technology using Open Data Kit (ODK), Survey CTO, iformbuilder, Geographic Information systems (GIS), Qualitative data analysis using Nvivo and Atlas.ti, Multi-level Mixed Evaluation Method, Outcome Harvesting, Real Time Reporting and Data visualization, Complex data analysis, utilisation focused evaluation, Advanced Excel. Maarifa Consult Ltd is the leading organisation in Training M&E innovative applications in Uganda and in the region.

Introduction to R-Software

Any scientific task without the knowledge of software is difficult to imagine and complete in the current scenario. R is a free software that is capable of handling mathematical and statistical manipulations. It has its own programming language as well as built in functions to perform any specialized task. In this course you will learn how to program in R and how to use R for effective data analysis. You will learn how to install and configure software necessary for a statistical programming environment and describe generic programming language concepts as they are implemented in a high-level statistical language. The course covers practical issues in statistical computing which includes programming in R, reading data into R, accessing R packages, writing R functions, debugging, profiling R code, and organizing and commenting R code.

Topics in statistical data analysis will provide working examples.

Learning Objectives

1. The participant will learn to perform basic data analysis tasks with R.
2. The participant will learn to perform simple to complex data management tasks using R.
3. The participant will learn to correctly identify appropriate statistical test for basic analysis s and perform them using R.
4. The participant will learn to perform basic longitudinal, time series and econometric analysis.
5. The participant will learn to convert data into various formats using appropriate software understand and appropriately use statistical terms and concepts.
6. The participant will learn to use statistical terms and concepts.

Course Content

Introduction to R

• Importing the data.
• Understanding the structure of the data.
• Editing output.
• Printing results.
• Creating and editing a data file.

Quantitative Analysis using R

• Introduction to estimation and hypothesis testing.
• Three or more samples.
• Correlation and simple linear regression.

Basic statistical terms and concepts

• Basic data quality checks
• Basic exploratory data analysis procedures
• Basic Descriptive Statistics
• The core functions of inferential statistics
• Common inferential statistics

Data Entry, management and Manipulation

• Replacing missing values.
• Exploring data Selecting and sorting cases.
• Restructuring data.
• Merging files.
• Syntax and output.

Tabulations and Graphics

• Creating and editing graphs and charts.
• Graphing Qualitative data.
• Graphing Quantitative data.
• Frequency Tables.
• Cross Tabulations.

Advanced Statistical Analysis

• Regression Analysis.
• Data Reduction Methods.
• Introduction to Longitudinal Analysis Using R.
• Introduction to Econometric Analysis.

FEES: Ugandans: 500,000UGX  Internationals: 200USD

DATE: 17^th to 22nd September  2018

VENUE: NobView Hotel-Ntinda

For Whom the course is Intended

It is intended for individuals and organizations that want to ease their data collection, analysis and reporting process. 

Benefits: 98% practical sessions, Certificate of completion, networking and follow-up after training.

Payment Details

Those Paying in UGX can pay through

• Account Name: Maarifa Consult
• Bank: Stanbic Bank
• Account Number:9030010504731
• Branch: Ntinda, Branch
• Account Type: Uganda Shillings Account (UGX)
• You can deposit cash or write a Check in the Name of “MAARIFA CONSULT”

Pay and Register before 5^th / September/2018

Note: After Payment, please send a proof of payment to the email below

How to Apply: Interested individuals can apply through the website www.maarifaconsult.com
or send an email requesting for a registration form   info@maarifaconsult.com   or maarifaconsult@gmail.com  : Call for details: 0774361213