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Distributional Pattern Of Automobile Mechanic Workshop
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1.5 METHODOLOGY
The
population for the study comprises of automobile repair and service
technicians workshops in Ibadan Metropolis of Oyo state. The total of 35
workshops in the areas of Ibadan North Local Government were selected
by the researcher. The opinion of technicians who work on different part
of the car and different car types were sought to assess the
distributional pattern of these workshops over space and their pattern
of variations over space. The main method of data collection for this
research was through the use of questionnaire. The questionnaire
comprises of both open and close ended questions in four sections.
Section one consist of demographic and socio-economic data of the
respondent, Section two consist of distributional pattern of automobile
mechanics, Section three consist of spatial variation of automobile
mechanics while Section four consist of level of operation. The research
questions were analyzed to get the main response through frequency
count. Nearest Neighbour Analysis which explain point processes being
the probability distribution of the distance from this point to its
nearest neighboring point in the same point process is used to explain
the hypotheses that the pattern of distribution of Automobile Mechanic
Workshops in Ibadan North Local Government is Random/Clustered and Chi
Square to test the hypotheses that the factors of choice of location
varies significantly
1.6 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING METHOD
The sample
size of this study was a total of 175 respondents who were selected at
random from the chosen workshops. The selected workshops areas are:
Custom/ Ikolaba area, UI area, Bodija/ Ashi area, Agbowo/ Barika area,
Sango/ Samonda area, Ijokodo area. The table below shows the
distribution of the workshops, their population and sample selected for
questionnaires respectively.
These workshops area were selected by
the researcher because of time, cost limit and also because the
automobile technicians mostly settled in this area and mostly have those
those that work on different type of car product.
1.7 STUDY LOCATION
Ibadan
city is the capital of Oyo State, the largest city in West Africa and
the second largest in Africa. Its land size covers an area of 270kmsq
with total human population of 3,570,000 as at 2006 population census.
It is located between longitude 2’50, 3’20 East of Greenwich Meridian
and 7’20, 7’50 North of the Equator. It has about…… local government
with five making up its metropolis “Ibadan North, Ibadan North East,
Ibadan North West, Ibadan South West, Ibadan South Eastâ€.
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