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(CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 4.1 Introduction This chapter describes the specific techniques the researcher used to get the required data from the respondents and how the researcher eritcally examine the data in order to make good information using statistics and visual means to achieve his objectives. 3.2 Research Design ‘According to Keringer (1986) “research design is the plan and structure of investigation so ‘conceived So as 10 obtain answers to research questions. The plan is the overall program of the research and includes an outline of what the investigator will do from writing of the hypothesis and their operational implications for the fal analysis of data, Cooper and Schindler (2003) summarizes the essentials of research design a5 an activity and time based plan; always based on ‘the research question; guides the selection of sources and types of information; a frameworks for specifying the relationship among the study variables and outlines the procedures for every research activity, ‘The researcher wil use descriptive researc design in collecting the data ftom respondents. The design is prefered because itis concerned with answering questions such as who, how, what ‘which, when and how much (Cooper and Schindler, 2001). A descriptive study is carefully signed to ensure complete description ofthe situation, making sure that there i minimum bis in the collection of data and to reduce errors in interpreting the data collected The research wil initially take a descriptive design in an attempt to determine the existence of the identified factors and leter describe their prevalence to SME's in Kongowea Slum, It will ten tke up an ‘explanatory design in an attempt to come up with empirical reasons for the results fom its

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