Validity and Reliability of the Instrument
Validity is the extent to which an instrument measure what it is purported to measure while using the questionnaire as a data gathering tools.However, content validity is considered an important quality. It refers to the degree to which an instrument actually measures or is related to the traits for which it was designed.
The instrument will be given to three lecturers at the department of Counsellor Education for necessary corrections and suggestions, the researcher will then effect the corrections and suggestions by making out a single copy out of the three corrected copies which will finally be given to the researcher’s supervisor who will then scrutinize the instrument to make sure that each item of the questionnairesare represented in the content areas of the topic of study.
To ascertain the reliability of the instrument, a pilot test will be conducted in College of Education Kabba, Kogi State using 20 students who were not part of the sample in the study. Copies of the questionnaires will be administered twice within a time interval of two weeks. The results of the tests will be correlated using Pearson product moment correlation statistic.
Procedure for Data Administration and Collection
The researcher will personally visite the selected departments. The research instrument will be administered by the researcher to collect information from the respondents. The instruments will be personally administered by the researcher so as to ensure maximum co-operation and ascertain return of the instruments administered.
Method of Data Analysis
Data gathering from the respondents on student support services and students’ academic performances in College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti will be statistically packaged using social science (spss), mean and standard deviation as descriptive statistics. Also pearson product moment correlation statistics will be used to test the hypotheses formulated in the studyat 0.05 level of significance.