CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in
building up this project work the choice of this research design
was considered appropriate because of its advantages of
identifying attributes of a large population from a group of
individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study
sought to the impact of computer in rural area
3.2 Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were
collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be
obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as
experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire
method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as
byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration,
various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
3.3 Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items,
things the researcher is interested in getting information on the
impact of computer in rural are. 200 residents in selected villages
in Ini Local government area of Akwa Ibom state selected
randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
3.4 Sample and sampling procedure
Sample is the set people or items which constitute part of a given
population sampling. Due to large size of the target population,
the researcher used the Taro Yamani formula to arrive at the
sample population of the study.
n= N
2
1+N (e)
n= 200
2
1+200(0.05)
= 200
1+200(0.0025)
= 200 200
1+0.5 = 1.5 = 133.
3.5Instrument for data collection
The major research instrument used is the questionnaires. This
was appropriately moderated. The secretaries were administered
with the questionnaires to complete, with or without disclosing
their identities. The questionnaire was designed to obtain
sufficient and relevant information from the respondents. The
primary data contained information extracted from the
questionnaires in which the respondents were required to give
specific answer to a question by ticking in front of an appropriate
answer and administered the same on staff of the two
organizations: The questionnaires contained structured questions
which were divided into sections A and B.
3.6 Validation of the research instrument
The questionnaire used as the research instrument was subjected
to face its validation. This research instrument (questionnaire)
adopted was adequately checked and validated by the supervisor
his contributions and corrections were included into the final draft
of the research instrument used.
3.7 Method of data analysis
The data collected was not an end in itself but it served as a
means to an end. The end being the use of the required data to
understand the various situations it is with a view to making
valuable recommendations and contributions. To this end, the
data collected has to be analysis for any meaningful interpretation
to come out with some results. It is for this reason that the
following methods were adopted in the research project for the
analysis of the data collected. For a comprehensive analysis of
data collected, emphasis was laid on the use of absolute numbers
frequencies of responses and percentages. Answers to the
research questions were provided through the comparison of the
percentage of workers response to each statement in the
questionnaire related to any specified question being considered.
Frequency in this study refers to the arrangement of responses in
order of magnitude or occurrence while percentage refers to the
arrangements of the responses in order of their proportion. The
simple percentage method is believed to be straight forward easy
to interpret and understand method.
The researcher therefore chooses the simple percentage as the
method to use.
The formula for percentage is shown as.
% = f/N x 100/1
Where f = frequency of respondents response
N = Total Number of response of the sample
100 = Consistency in the percentage of respondents for each item
Contained in questions
