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Influence Of Drug Abuse On Students’ Academic Performance
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CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
Preamble
This chapter focuses on the detailed information on the method of investigation that was adopted for the study. It describes research design, sample and sampling technique, instrumentation, psychrometric properties of the instrument, procedure for data administration and collection, scoring and method of data analysis.
Research Design
The research design adopted for this study is the descriptive survey method. (Patricia and Rangarjan, N. 2013) stated that descriptive survey method is used to describe characteristics of a population or phenomenon being studied. It does not answer questions about how/when/why the characteristics occurred. Rather it addresses the "what" question (what are the characteristics of Minnesota state population or situation being studied? This method has been acclaimed to be the best whenever researchers intend to describe current relationship among the variable factors and hypotheses tested in the study.
Sample and Sampling Technique
A sample is a smaller group of element drawn through a definite from a specific population. ( ) The element making up this sample is selected students in Kwara State Secondary Schools. Population on the other hand, defines the limits within which the research findings are applicable. A total number of Two Hundred Questionnaire were produced and administered to the enty simple schools so the least (10) ten respondent were chosen randomly from each of the school.
Purposive sampling technique was used to select respondents for the study. (Crossman 2017), described purposive sampling as a non-probability sample that is selected based on characteristics of a population and the objective of the study. Purposive sampling is also known as judgmental, selective, or subjective sampling.
Instrumentation
Instrumentation refers to the method in which appropriate data for the research study will be collected. Therefore the instrument that was used for carrying out this research is through questionnaire. Information on the number of group of people in terms of factors such as Gender, Age, class level, Religion and type of Residence were collected.
In drawing up the questionnaire, the researcher searched for relevant literature on the influence of drug abuse on students academic performance and the instrument used was a structures questionnaire consisting of sections A and B. section ‘A’ deals with the personal data of the respondents and section ‘B’ contains 20 items on the influence of drug abuse on the academic performance of secondary school students. The questionnaire that was used to elicit information from respondent is tagged (IDASAPQ) in section B, the respondents was expected to tick SA if they strongly agree, A if they agree, D if they disagree and SD if they strongly disagree.
Psychometric properties of the instrument
The psychometric property of an instrument refers to validity and reliability of the questionnaire used as research instrument. It shows how valid and reliable the questionnaire is.
Validity: Validity is concerned with whether a test really measure what is supposed to measure. Brains, et al (2011) defined Validity is the extent to which a concept, conclusion or measurement is well-founded and corresponds accurately to the real world. The word "valid" is derived from the Latin validus, meaning strong.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the influence of drug abuse on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria. The instrument used for the study was a questionnaire tagged “Influence of Drug abuse on students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire (IDASAPQ). It consisted of 20 items which elicited necessary information from 200 students in Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin. Frequency counts and percent ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]UNIVERSITY OF ILORINFACULTY OF EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT OF COUSELLOR EDUCATIONINFLUENCE OF DRUG ABUSE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (IDASAPQ) Dear Respondent,This questionnaire is designed to obtain data on the influence of drug addiction on students’ academic performance as perceived by Kwara State. You are therefore requested to provide very sincere responses to each of the items. Kindly note that your responses will be treated with utmost confidentially as the ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLESTable 1: Classification of Hard Drugs Table 2: Distribution of Respondents by Gender, Age, Religion, ATP, ATF and Tor Table 3: Means of Influence of Drug Addiction Rank – ordered Table 4: Results of t-test comparing Male and Female Respondents’ perception Table 5: Results of t-test Comparing Christian and Islamic Religion of Respondents perception Table 6: ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgement Table of content List of Tables Abstract CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYIntroduction State of problem Purpose of the study Significance of the study Research Questions Research Hypotheses Scope and Limitation the Study Operational Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURENature and Normal use of Drug Classification of Hard Drugs • ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]The study will commence by analyzing how to problem of drug abuse came into being. In this aspect, the study will then proceed to show the effect of drug abuse on student’s academic performance. Finally, the study intends to draw conclusion and make useful suggestion and recommendations in order to combat the menace of drug abuse. Operational Definition of Terms Abuse: is the improper usage or treatment of an entity, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in ma ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]Summary of Literature Review The influence of Drug Abuse on student Academic performance has been touched in this view. From the work of various authors, researchers and educationalist/related Literature are viewed under various element of drug abuse background such as, Nature and Normal drug classification of hard drug, meaning of drug abuse, causes, reasons behind drug abuse, Influence of drug abuse on academic performance, effect of drug abuse, and counseling for drug abuse as they in ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Table 2 shows the Means and Rank orders of influence of drug abuse on students’ academic performance. From the table, Item 1 (“Drug abuse can lead to poor concentration in the classâ€) ranked first (1st) with a mean score of 3.285. Item 13 (“Drug abuse can lead to frequent fatigueâ€) ranked 2nd with a mean score of 3.100, while item 15th (“Drug abuse can lead to poor spelling habitâ€) and Item 20 (“Drug abuse can lead to not being able to understand ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Conclusion This study has undertaken to find for the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin. Based on the finding from this study and its subsequent discussion, the following constitute the study and its subsequent discussion, the following constitute the study’s conclusion.Table 2 showed the Mean and Rank orders of influence of drug abuse on students’ academic performance. From the table, Item 1 (“Drug abuse can lead t ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAbel. F.I (1974), The use of Indian hemp & drugs, among secondary school students in Lagos, Nigerian University press.Alfred, B. Williams, G. and payne, W.J.A (1969) “medical chemistry†new York London, page 3-47 published, designed and printed by tap printing works, new York.Ajila C.O; Causes of Drug Abuse among school adolescents in Ondo State. Nig. Rev. Afr. Affairs, 6: 45-55, 1992.Adelekan, M.L Abiodun, O.A, Imoukhom Obayan, A.O, Oni G.A., Ogunremi, O.O Psychosocial Cor ... Continue reading---
