{"id":6895,"date":"2025-02-23T18:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T18:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scai.kibu.ac.ke\/?p=6895"},"modified":"2025-12-24T03:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T03:31:42","slug":"enhancing-research-quality-emphasizing-the-scientific-method-design-guidelines-and-evidence-based-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/scai\/enhancing-research-quality-emphasizing-the-scientific-method-design-guidelines-and-evidence-based-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing Research Quality: Emphasizing the Scientific Method, Design Guidelines, and Evidence-Based Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6895\" class=\"elementor elementor-6895\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5737f827 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Margaret Afwande<\/p><p>Anselemo Ikoha<\/p><p>Samuel Barasa<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-48dd8c11 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"48dd8c11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf421c5 elementor-tablet-align-left elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bf421c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link 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