Chapter Three Research Methodology 3.1
Chapter Three Research Methodology 3.1
Chapter Three Research Methodology 3.1
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
This chapter presents the research design, area of study, population of the study, sample
and sampling procedure, instrument of data collection, validation of instruments, method
of data collection and method of data analysis.
This study will adopt the descriptive survey design. This design will be employed because
it is out to gather information already existing among the population under study.
Moreover, adopting, the descriptive survey helps the research to gather data from the
respondents.
The study covers the effects of strike action on academic performance of students in Federal
College of Education (Special), Oyo State.
The target population will involve students in Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo
State. Especially the final year students which include both male and female
The sample for the study means the portion of the population selected for the study. Thus,
the sample will involve two hundred (200) students from the target population. The
sampling procedure to be adopted in this study will be a simple random sampling
technique. Two hundred (200) students comprising hundred (100) females and hundred
(100) males will be randomly selected from the final year students to be used in this study.
3.6 Instrument of Data Collection
The questionnaire designed by the researcher will be use in the collection of data for the
study. The questionnaire will go through a critical review from two experts in the field of
education for validation. Section ‘A’ of the questionnaire sought demographic information
on the personal data of respondents such as department, sex and age. While section ‘B’
contains sixteen items.
Again, the sixteen items in section ‘B’ requires respondents to rate each item along a 4-
point Likert type scale based on how much they felt the statements reflected their reaction
towards study habit.
The face validity of instrument will be determined by the researcher’s supervisor and two
other lecturers for measurement and evaluation to ascertain the appropriateness of the
research. Their suggestions and modification will form the final draft of the questionnaire.
They will scrutinize the items to ensure that those that are not clear are eliminated. Only
suitable items will be included in the questionnaire.
The data collected from the respondents will be analyzed using frequency, table and the
figures will be analyzed using simple percentages