RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Introduction
This chapter presents the methodologies used to collect and analyze data for the presentation of

the findings. The chapters cover study design, area of the study, study population, sample size

determination, data collection procedures and analysis, data collection instruments, the definition

of variable and ethical considerations

Study Design
A cross-sectional research design will be used in the study. In a cross-sectional research design,

subjects are measured at a single time. It is less time-consuming since it involves testing several

groups at the same point in time hence a big number of subjects can be tested at a little price. It

will be used to gauge control measures on the bedbug infestation in Mount Kenya University

hostels.

Study area
The study will be conducted at Mount Kenya university hostels. The researcher well-thought-out

the hostels to be an ideal area for study due to the documented previous cases of bedbugs

infestation. Due to this the researcher will find it easy to amass data from the students living in

the hostels as well as the staff members who are upholding the hostels.

Study population
Study population is a group of people or items which the researcher targets to collect data from

(Dempsey, 2004). The study population will be Mount Kenya University students living in the
school's hostels are the members of staff who are concerned with the management and

maintenance of the hostels.

Sample procedure

Sample size determination

Sample determination is determining a specific number out of the total target population to

participate in a study. Sampling and decision of the number of patients to participate in the study

using will be done using Fisher's formula to arrive at the desired sample size.

In Firscher formulae a sample is a sub-group of the population that is used to represent a

population. Sampling is usually done as it is not easy to gather information from the whole

population. In this regard, the sample will be taken from the target population through random

sampling.

According to the firsher formula:

N= Z² PQ

D²

N= desired sample

Z= Standard normal deviate at required confident level

P = The portion in the target population estimated to have characteristics measured.

Q= (I-P)d = Degrees of freedom = 0.1²

D = Design effect

1.96² x0.04x0.96

0.05²

= 59 subjects