CHAPTER THREE

3.0 RESEACRH METHODOLOGY

This chapter gives in detailed the process by which the study was carried out. It outlines the

design approach which will employed by the study, a description of the study variables, the

population of the study and sampling techniques used in the study will be identify, how pilot

study was conducted was conducted to test reliability and the validity of the instrument, the

primary data collection procures, how the collected will be analysis and presented.

3.1 Research Design

This study's research design to be used for this study is the descriptive method. This help

the researcher identify the relationship between two or more variables. This study design

is appropriate for this study because it helped in identify characteristics’ frequencies,

trend and categories. The design was fundamental in addressing the study question on

how the welfare programmes affects the performance of employee satisfaction in the

public sector especially the federal polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

3.2 Population of the study/Research Population

The study targeted 3,679 employees in the federal Polytechnic consist of both Teaching

and non-teaching staff and this will cut across different department and units in the

polytechnic. A self – administered questionnaire will be used to collect data from the

respondent.

The population of the department and units in federal polytechnic is tabulated in the

table below
3.3 Sample Selection/Sample Size

To determine sample size and sampling technique/selection, the statistical formula

applied to determine the sample size from the population of the study as formulated by

Taro Yamane cited in isreal (2009)

3.4 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

Questionnaires and interviews were used as research tools in this study. The study's key
research instrument is a questionnaire, which is used to collect data from the survey
respondents.

The questionnaire is formatted in such a way that it offers responses to the research
questions.

Section A and Section B are the two parts that make up this instrument. Section A
contains the respondents' personal information, while Section B contains a research
statement based on the research questions and hypotheses presented in chapter one. Each
respondent is given a set of options or alternatives from which to choose or tick one.

Primary and secondary data were used to compile the information for this report. The
primary data was gathered through a field survey that used a formal questionnaire as a
primary research tool. Secondary data, on the other hand, came from a variety of
sources, including textbooks, journals, essays, periodicals, seminar papers, and
dissertations.