Prayer

God of Power and Might

Every good and perfect gift comes down to us from
you.
Implant in our hearts the love for your name.
Increase in us the zeal for your service.
Nourish what is good within us and tend it with your
watchful care.
Through Christ our Lord
Amen
 Chapter Three

RESEARCH DESIGN AND

METHODOLOGY
 Research Design
• Here, tell the reader the research design you
wish to adopt/use for the proposed study
• Give reasons why you propose the design.
Explain why the design is the most appropriate
for the study
• Describe how you will use the design in
conducting the study
 Target Population
•Mention who target in the study. Who you
target here refers to the informants (people)
you plan to collect data from.
•Then proceed to give a rationale for
choosing/including each of the target
groups.
 Description of the Sample and
Sampling Procedures
• Here, tell the reader how participants from each
of the target groups will be selected for the
study. Therefore, state the sampling technique.
• Describe how that sampling technique will be
used.
• Then, give reasons why that technique will be
considered the most appropriate for selecting
participants in the study.
 Description of Data Collection Instruments

• Start by mentioning the proposed instruments

for data collection
• Describe each of the instruments you will
use/used in the study. You can do this by tell the
reader how the instruments are structured and
the kind of data they will seek to collect
 Test for Validity and Reliability
• Validity: The degree to which an instrument
measures what it purports to measure. Three
types of validity – content, construct, criterion-
related
• Reliability: The degree to which and instrument
yields the same kind of responses over
time/repeatedly. Three types of reliability
techniques – test-retest, split-half, equivalent
form
Test for Validity
• Tell the reader which validity test will be
conducted for this study
• Describe how the chosen validity test will be
done
Test for Reliability
• Tell the reader which validity test will be
conducted for this study
• Describe how the chosen validity test will be
done
 Description of Data Collection Procedures

• Describe the entire process of the data collection

exercise.
• This description begins with the relevant
approvals, moves to gaining access to the field,
sampling and administration of the instruments
– how will be done and ends with disembarking
from the field
 Description of the Data Analysis Procedures

• Describe how quantitative data collected will be

analysed and presented (Descriptive Statistics or
Inferential Statistics or Both)
• Describe how qualitative data collected will be
analysed and presented (Content, Domain,
Thematic etc)
Ethical Considerations
•What ethical considerations will you take
into account as you conduct the study
• Before
• During
• After data collection and during data analysis
and report writing