Dr. Sarpong A. Smart
Senior Lecturer
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Kumasi Polytechnic
Ghana
Biography
Dr. SARPONG, A. Smart is a Senior Lecturer and a Senior Research Fellow of the Kumasi Technical University’s Institute of Research, Innovation and Development – IRID. He is a Professional Statistician, Research Methodologist and a Data Management Consultant with several years’ experience in designing quality Statistical, Social, Child Labour and Gender, Economic, Agricultural, Job Evaluation, and Market Research. He has an excellent command over many Statistical Software Applications including; IBM-SPSS, R-console, MS Excel, LISREL and AMOS for Structural Equation Modelling, and STATA. He has consulted for many Students (Masters and PhD levels), Private, National and International organizations in the area of Research Design, Sampling and Data Collection, Data Analysis and Data Management, Research/Project Monitoring and Evaluation, and Research Reporting. He is also an Associate Senior Researcher of the Data Science Research Centre of the Seoul National University in Seoul South Korea. He is also a National Patron of the Ghana Association of Statistics Students – GASS and the Deputy Director of the KsTU Graduate School.
Research Interest
Business Mathematics and Statistics Data Management and Analytics Research Methods Quantitative Methods
Publications
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4) Smart A Sarpong, Seungyoung OH, Richard K Avuglah, NNN Nsowah-Nuamah, Youngjo Lee, Analysis of Crop Yield Physical Support Services data using Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models, International Journal of Statistics and Applications. 2015;5(5):196-207.
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3) Smart A Sarpong, NNN Nsowah-Nuamah, Richard K Avuglah, Seungyoung Oh, Youngjo Lee. Performance assessment of Penalized variable selection methods using crop yield data from the three Northern Regions of Ghana. International Journal of Probability and Statistics. 2016;5(1):10-17.
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2) Smart A Sarpong, Seungyoung OH, Richard K Avuglah, NNN Nsowah-Nuamah, Youngjo Lee. Application of Joint Generalized Linear models in examining Physical support factors influencing crop yield in Northern Ghana. Sustainable Agriculture Research(2017).
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1) Smart A Sarpong, Emelia Kusi-Owusu, NNN Nsowah-Nuamah. Employee satisfaction components that affects intention to stay; Evidence from a tertiary Institution in Ghana. International Journal of Business and Management(2017).
