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Ethno-religious Sentiment And Voting Behavior In Nigeria
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1.7. Scope and limitations
The
research examines Ethno-Religious sentiments and its effects on voting
patterns in the 2015 general elections, the research is thus centered on
the 2015 general elections, the research will also be careful to use
materials that were published during this time period for a better
conclusion.
The major limitations of the study will be time, finance
and access to important sources of primary data. The research would have
loved to interview the former INEC Chairman as well as resident INEC
Commissioners however this will pose as a difficult task owing to the
academic level of the researcher and the busy schedules of the
personalities.
This limitations however will in no way hinder the
reliability and validity of the project, as the researcher will do all
within her care to ensure that the project is properly written and its
finding properly articulated.
1.8. Research Methodology
The methodology adopted for this research is quantitative which
emphasizes on the use of numeric data and statistics to draw out its
findings. The quantitative methodology is also used in situation where a
general knowledge is needed about a certain problem, the quantitative
methodology tries to discover the magnitude, frequency and extent of the
independent variable on the dependent variable. Thus this methodology
will be adopted to discover the extent to which Ethno-religious
sentiment (independent variable) effects Voting behavior (dependent).
The quantitative methodology will guide the method of data collection,
data analysis and method of sampling.
Method of Data Collection: Data will be collected for this research from both primary and secondary sources
The
primary source of data will be collected from the distribution of
questionnaires to a population of voters, INEC officials and politicians
in Zaria LGA of Kaduna State. 200 questionnaires will be distributed to
get vast opinions and views
The secondary source of data will be
collected from the review of books, journals and academic materials
written on the subject matter
Method of Data Analysis: Percentages
will be adopted for analysis of data, this helps in giving a precise
answer to questions and also aids in easy analysis
Method of
Sampling: The simple random sampling will be used for sampling this is
because it gives everyone the opportunity to be selected by eliminating
bias.
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