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statistics. If the topic is about health, present
some health statistics and so on.
3. Include a map or a locator.

Respondents of the Study

1. Describe your respondents; their characteristics and
profile and how you are going to identify them.
2. Present a table depicting your total respondents,
the population and sample sizes, type, number,
frequencies and percentages and so on.
3. If only a sample size is taken as respondent,
describe your sampling procedures; how you will
derive the sample size, what sampling techniques
will you use.
4. The sampling procedure should be scientific. Avoid
arbitrariness.
5. Your sampling procedures and sample size
determination should pass the test of
representatives.

Data Gathering Instrument

1. Decide on the type of research instruments that will
best gather the data and information needed in your
study. Will you use the questionnaire, interview
guide, observation? Will you use the triangulation
method or a combination of other research methods?
2. From whom will you adopt your research instruments.
Have they been validated? If so, are they reliable
and valid? Is there a need to revalidate them?
3. Do they possess the basic characteristics of a
good research instrument?
4. How about measurement and scaling of these research
instruments? Are they explicitly stated?
5. Make sure the instructions are clear and explicit.
Erroneous instructions will affect the respondents’
responses and likewise your data.
6. Research instruments which have been adopted from
previous studies usually do not need to be
revalidated. But when changes or revisions have
been made to suit the needs of your study, there
is a need for you to revalidate them
7. Researcher-made instruments need to be validated.
Decide on how you are going to validate your
research instruments. Will you employ field
testing? Expert validation? Or a combination of
the validation techniques?

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