Data on new media use for agricultural training and research at Agricultural Services and Training Centre (ASTC)

Babatunde Adeyeye; Lanre Amodu; Oscar Odiboh; Nelson Okorie; Evaristus Adesina; Darlynton Yartey; Thelma Ekanem

Data in Brief (Feb 2019)

Data on new media use for agricultural training and research at Agricultural Services and Training Centre (ASTC)

Babatunde Adeyeye,
Lanre Amodu,
Oscar Odiboh,
Nelson Okorie,
Evaristus Adesina,
Darlynton Yartey,
Thelma Ekanem

Affiliations

Babatunde Adeyeye: Corresponding author.; Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University, Nigeria
Lanre Amodu: Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University, Nigeria
Oscar Odiboh: Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University, Nigeria
Nelson Okorie: Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University, Nigeria
Evaristus Adesina: Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University, Nigeria
Darlynton Yartey: Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University, Nigeria
Thelma Ekanem: Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University, Nigeria

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22
pp. 181 – 184

Abstract

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Data available in this survey depict new media use for agricultural training and research. The objective was to determine how favourably or unfavourably disposed the respondents were to using new media for research and training. Self-administered copies of the questionnaire were used to generate the data from 47 agricultural extension workers at ASTC, Plateau State. Frequency tables and the Spearman’s rank-order correlation were used to analyze data. Keywords: Agriculture, Extension workers, New media, Research, Training

Published in Data in Brief

ISSN: 2352-3409 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; Science: Science (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-in-brief/

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