Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Introduction
This chapter outlines the research design for this exploratory study and the
manner in which the research was conducted. This chapter will cover the
distribution and data analysis techniques. In this chapter also cover the
Research Method
It was decided that the research method to be utilized would be mail surveys
the sample by mail, with a request that it be completed and then returned by
a given date. Besides that, the researcher will also conduct face-to-face
Research Instrument
The survey instrument used two sets of questionnaires. The first set of
questionnaire consists of 4 sections designed for the student who is using the
timetable system. The questionnaire is also used as the questions for the
range of subjects and provides a format for a large and quick data collection.
The first set of questionnaire is developed for students and is divided into
four main sections. The first section requested general information about the
respondent.
The objective is to know the background of the respondent. The second
for their registration subject of every semester. The objective of this section
The third section is about the functionality of the timetable system and the
person in charge of the timetable of their university and is divided into six
main sections. The first section requested general information about the
second section is about the system itself. The objective is to get information
on what programming languages were used and the interface of the system.
The third section enquired about the process of doing the timetable. The
fourth is the functionality of the system. The objective is to know how the
timetable caters for the clashing of the subjects and how friendly the system
is. The fifth section enquired about the procedure in handling the clashing of
handle the situation when they have the problem. The final section is
their timetable system. The objective is to get feedback from the respondents
_ Fax
_ E-mail
_ By hand (Personal)
All students with e-mail addresses received the questionnaires via this
The results from the questionnaires were initially entered into a Microsoft
tables.Other software such as SPSS was not used since all the data collected