Chapter Three
Chapter Three
procedure for this study, which are the research éesign, population of the study, sample and sampling
techniques, research Instrument, quidity of the instrument, reliability of the instrument, procedure for
data collection, god method of data analysis. 2 Research Design This research adopted survey research
design method, This is to allow the researches systematically collect data from a sample of population
through questionnaire administration, interview and observation, According to Fowler (2013) defines
survey research as “the systematic gathering of information from a sample of individuals, using
standardized questions, for the purpose of desenbing some population characteristic”, The methodology
involves acquiring or collecting informauon from a sample of individuals through the application of a
standardized set of questions or interviews. According to Lau (2017), a survey is a research method of
collecting subjective opinions from a sample to be analyzed, representative of the population they
belong, while a questionnaire is # data collection method used in the survey approach whereby,
respondents respond to an established set of questions. It allows the measurement of multiple variables
with the same questions and tests multiple hypotheses simultaneously, generating accurate, reliable,
and valid data about respondents’ previous or current behavior, experiences, or characteristics. 3.3
Population of the Study The population of this study comprises of all pre-service computer science
teachers in federal university Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria. There are 125 students consisting of 28 females
and 97 males. This is based on the data obtained from the department of science education, faculty of
education, Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State. 3.4 Sample Size and Sampling Techniques The study has
sample size of ninety (90) students from an intact class drawn from 300 level and 400 level, Simple
random sampling is a means by which researcher gives tvery members of his/her population equal and
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