Vol: 6, Issue: 2 2016

Page: 1-18

Micro-Finance Factors, Training and MSES Performance in Nigeria: Data Screening and Preliminary Analysis

Yusuf Musa Hammawa, Norashidah Bt. Hashim

Received Date: 2016-02-12

Accepted Date: 2016-03-12

Published Date: 2016-04-06

The aim of this paper is to investigate the collected data concerning on the influence of micro- finance factors, training, and performance of women MSEs in Nigerian. Samples of four hundred and thirty were selected from the total population of 7155 MSEs operating in Gombe state North East Nigeria. Hence, this study employed stratified sampling technique to divide the State in to three Senatorial District strata. In addition, data screening and cleaning were performed with the intention to satisfy the assumptions of multivariate analysis. Thus, the study conducted missing data analysis, outliers, normality and multicollinearity assessments. Likewise, the entire analysis was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) v18. Conclusively, the data found to fulfill the requirements for multivariate analysis.

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