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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

THE AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOURAL AND SCALE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH

Assessment Format

Kindly fill and send as attachment to the Editorial

Rate the attached paper using this Rating Scale. You can use a Colour to highlight your ratings

Rate from 0 - 5

  1. Justification / rationale for the study properly explained
  2. Concepts properly identified
  3. Concepts properly linked
  4. Knowledge gap(s) properly identified
  5. Presence and relevance of theories and assumptions
  6. Evidence of statement of problem showing the objective of research
  7. Research questions/hypotheses well-stated and address the problem of the study
  8. A well-defined research design
  9. Sampling technique properly stated and sample size appropriate to the design
  10. Instruments appropriately designed/adopted/adapted, described and validated using appropriate technique
  11. Procedure for data collection and analysis clearly stated
  12. Findings appropriately explained
  13. Absence of data falsification or contradicting of result
  14. Discussion made use of field observations to support outcome of findings and reasons for agreement with or differences between its findings and those of previous works
  15. Discussion brings out implications of findings
  16. Conclusion captures the import of the work
  17. Recommendations are comprehensive and based on the findings
  18. Within text citation appropriate
  19. Reference list comprehensive and follow the latest APA format
  20. Clarity in language and style

General comment:  Publishable after correction

 

Final Recommendation on Publishable Status of the Paper

Accept as it is [ ]    Accept after minor revision [X ]    Accept after major revision [ ]    Resubmit for assessment after major revision [ ]; Outright Rejection [ ]