Hotelling’s T2 Analysis of Academic Staff Profiles: A Case Study of the Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria

Abstract

The study aimed at analyzing the profiles of academic staff in the Akwa State University. The categories of staff included Professors/Associate Professors, Senior Lecturers and Lecturer1/Below with a total number of 26, 73 and 289 respectively. Hotelling’s T2 was adopted for the pair wise analysis between Professors/Associate Professors and Senior Lecturers, Professors/Associate Professors and Lecturer1/Below and Senior Lecturer and Lecturer1/Below. The results of the analysis revealed that there is a significant difference between the profiles of Professors/Associate Professors and Senior Lecturer, Professors/Associate Professors and Lecturer1/Below and Senior Lecturers and Lecturer1/Below respectively. This research appraises the average productivity of each category of academic staff in Akwa Ibom State University. This will serve as reference document for further research.