Ganiu Oluwasegun Aina

CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY 3.0 Preamble This chapter contains methodology adopted for this study. This chapter outlines the strategies adopted for data collection and analysis for the study. This chapter contains the following: study area, population of the study, sample of the study, research design, research instrument, coding of research instrument, validity and reliability of instrument and method of data analysis. 3.1 The Study Area The study was conducted to investigate the role of human capital development on survival of entrepreneurs. It was conducted among the small and medium enterprises in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. The choice of this location was largely from the fact that Ogun State is one of the states that have huge number of SMEs in Nigeria, and Ago-Iwoye is a town in Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State 3.2 Population of the Study According to SMEDAN report (2017) it was confirmed that there are 2,394 SMEs in Ogun State. The population of this study comprised of some selected SMEs in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. 3.3 Sampling Size A sample size of one hundred and five (130) respondents were purposively selected from different SMEs in Ago-Iwoye. This was obtained by use of random sampling technique. This technique was employed in order to avoid a conscious selection of a particular SMEs and also to give all the SMEs equal chance to be selected. 3.4 Research Design This study employed survey design. The design helped the researcher to describe the event in question using the resulting data to explain and predict the given relationship between the variables of the study. It gathered consistently the data of occurrence to test hypothesis, make predictions or get meaning and implementation of the relationship between innovation and entrepreneurial success. 3.5 Types of Data and Instrument for Data Collection Type of Data Primary data was employed for this study. These data were obtained from the administration of structure questionnaire on the research respondents. These data were used to verify the formulated hypotheses specified for the study. Instrument for Data Collection Structured questionnaire was employed as research instrument. The questionnaire items were designed by the researcher. Closed ended type of questionnaire was used for the study. The questionnaire were structured to contain 2 (two) sections. Section one contained items on demographic variables of respondents. Section two contained items on human capital development, training and development survival of entrepreneurs.. The four points Likert scale was used to code the questionnaire responses and the codes used are stated as follows: SA = Strongly Agree; A = Agree; D = Disagree and SD = Strongly Disagree. 3.6 Validity and Reliability of the Instruments To enhance the validity of the instrument, a pre-testing was conducted on a population similar to the target population. This study uses the Cronbach Alpha technique to determine the internal consistency of the variable. Table 3.1 Reliability Statistics Reliability Statistics Cronbach's Alpha N of Items .763 15 Source: SPSS Output The reliability of the scale requires the value of Cronbach’s alpha to be equal or greater than 0.7 (Taheerdoost, 2016). In this study the reliability statistics (the internal consistency of the variable) show the value 0.763. 3.7 Model Specification Below is the model specification that depicts the relationship existing among the variables of the research study. Human Capital Development Training and Development Survival of Entrepreneur Method of Data Analysis This study employed descriptive analysis to analyze the demographic factors of respondents while Multiple Regression Analysis was employed to test the hypotheses formulated for the study. The method was adopted because it was a good measure of relationship between independent variable and dependent variable. The analysis will be done with the software known as Statistical Package for Social and Management Sciences (SPSS).