CHAPTER FOUR

4. WORK PLAN
4.1 Research Time Schedule plan
Table4. 1: Time schedule plan for different activities of the study

Description of Activity Time duration

Tools development ( Observation guidelines and formats ) 3 weeks
review of literature and references 4 weeks
Recruitment and training of research assistants 2 weeks
Data collection: survey 1 month
Data collection Qualitative 1 month
Data analysis quantitative data and qualitative data 2 moth
Final write up of report and submission 2 months
Total 6.2 months

1.2 Research Budget Breakdown

Table 4.2: The cost breakdown of the research study is summarized
No Expense item 1 No or pieces Birr per No Total birr
1 EMA X,Y,Z Coordinate 6 250 1,500
2 Pilot study on field X,Y,Z Coordinate 60 50 3000
3 Data collector training Cost 1 250 250
Data collector on field X,Y,Z 715 50 35,750
4
Coordinate
5 Communication cost for researcher 3 100 300
6 Transport cost for the researcher 30 300 9000
Data encoding X,Y,Z Coordinate to (
7 715 50 35,750
arc GIS, excel and AutoCAD)
8 Interview administration cost 15 250 3750
Subtotal cost (1) 89,300
Expense item Birr per
No Total days Total cost
day
Digitizing satellite image and decoding
8 1 20 250 5000
in to geo database(GIS)
Traffic police to control the traffic
10 1 20 250 5000
during Measurement time
Subtotal Cost (2) 10,000
Research total Cost(1+2) 99, 300 Birr