CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHOD
Research Design
The study adopts an ex-post facto
research design and descriptive survey research. Ex-post factor” means” after
the fact or event.
Onwumere (2009) stated that
ex-post-facto research is a type of research which aims at determining the
relationship between one variable and another, in which the variables involved
are not manipulated by the researcher.
Ezejelue, Ogwo and Nkamnebe (2008)
defined desceripture survey research as a systematic method of gathering
information from the respondents for the purpose of predicting from the
predicting interpreting and explaining some aspects of the behaviour of the
sample of a population.
Area of the Study
The area of the study is Izzi Local
Government Area of Ebonyi State. Izzi Local Government Area is located in
Ebonyi North Government Area in the east, Abakaliki Local Government Area in
the South, Benue State is North and Cross River State in the West.
The population of the study will
consists of all 256 Home Economics students enrolled in three public secondary
schools in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State during the 2011/2012
academic session.
The three secondary schools are Holy
child secondary school, Sharon, station vocational secondary school. Ndiogbu
and Queens Collage Nidezoke. The entire population in 256 60, 120 and 76 students.
Sample and Sampling Technique
A simple random sampling technique will be used to
select 30% of Home-Economics students in each of the three secondary school.
The sample of the respondents will give a total of 75,
with 36 and 23 students Sharon 18, station vocational secondary school Ndiogbu
36 and Queens Collage Ndiezeoke 23 students.
Instrument of Data Collection
The instrument for data collection will be a research
developed questionnaire tilled clothing and textiles strategies scale (CTSS)”.
CTSS will be a item questionnaire designed to show how students respond to the
strategies for enhancing their performance in clothing and textiles. The
instrument is structured on a 4-point likert scale of very great extent (VGE),
great extent (GE) very low extent (VLE) and low extent (LE) for each of the
item in the questionnaire.
Validation of Instrument
The instrument will be validated by three lectures
from Home Economics Department of Ebonyi State University based on their
advice, some of the items in the instrument will be modified and corrected.
When the instrument is adjudged to be valid and reliable, it shows that, it is
consistent in measurement.
Method of Data Collection
The researcher will personally administer the
questionnaire on the respondents. Copies of the completed questionnaire
distributed will be collected from the respondents in each of the three
schools.
Method of Data Analysis
The mean and standard deviation will be used to
analyze the data collected.
To enhance computation, the options in the research
question will be weighted on the 4-point Likert rating scale of VGE- 4points,
GE-3 points, LE -2points and VLE-1point.
The mid-point for the scale will be 2.5. Hence, only
means score of 2.5 and above will be accepted as indications of great extent of
the strategies, while means scores below 2.5 will be regarded as indications of
low extent of the strategies to enhance students performance in clothing and
textiles in secondary schools in Ebonyi State.
Arubayi and Obunadike (2011), Arubayi (2009) and
Arubayi (2010) used similar approach in their analysis of related study.
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