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Assnt 6B Methodology (GRP 6)
Assnt 6B Methodology (GRP 6)
Assnt 6B Methodology (GRP 6)
Research Design
This study would adopt a qualitative research design in terms of a case
study for its research design. This is because case study approach has a
considerable ability to generate answers to the questions „why‟? as well
as „what‟? and „how”? This is as a means for exploring and
understanding the meaning individuals or groups attribute to social
problem The process of qualitative research involves emerging questions
and procedures, data typically collected in the participant’s setting, data
analysis inductively building from particulars to general themes and the
researcher making interpretations of the meaning of the data
Population of study
The population of this study comprises employment income earners,
business owners, rent property owners, and self-employed individuals
such as hair dressers and seamstresses in the greater Accra region of
Ghana.
Sample size
A total of 300 respondents were sampled from the population. The
sample includes 30 business owners, 30 rent property owners, 150
employment income earners, 40 hair dressers 50 seamstresses in the
greater Accra region of Ghana. This constitutes 10%, 10%, 50%,
13.33%, and 16.67 % of the sample respectively.
Sampling procedure
Non-probabilistic methods of convenient and purposive sampling
technique would be used because of the need to obtain responses from a
particular group of respondents.