Research Questions
The
following questions guided the conduct of the study:
1.
Are there significant differences in
students' attitudes toward wife battering on the basis of incidence of wife battering
in their family background?
2.
Are there significant differences
between male and female students' attitudes toward wife battering?
Arising
from the research questions stated above, the following hypotheses were posited
for testing.
1.
There will be no significant
difference in students' attitudes toward wife battering on the basis of
incidence of wife battering in their family background.
2.
There will be no significant
difference between male and female students' attitudes toward wife battering.
Methodology
The
survey method was adopted for the conduct of the study. The sample for the
study was selected using a simple random sampling method for the schools and
for the students. Six secondary schools in Ilorin
metropolis participated in the study. Fifty students were randomly selected
from each of the schools. Thus, the total number of students who participated
in the study was 300 comprising 150 males and 150 females, all in Senior
Secondary School III. The selection of the Senior Secondary School III became
necessary so as to ensure the proper understanding of the instrument used.
Instrumentation
Questionnaires
were used to collect the date required from the respondents. The questionnaire
consisted of 2 parts: section A sought personal information such as sex, age,
name of school, incidence of wife battering, and parents' marital relationship.
It also required the respondents to indicate whether they perceived their
parents' marriage as happy or unhappy. It was designed by the researcher to
elicit information about the students' attitudes toward wife battering. Section
B considered 20 items. The items were designed in the form of statements to
which the students responded in a continuum of available responses. The options
were given as Strongly Agree (SA), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD).
Based on whether the question was put affirmatively or negatively, numerical
values were assigned in either descending or ascending order, but the options
were left unchanged.
Validity of the Instrument
To
establish the content validity of the instrument, experts in the field of
counselling psychology were consulted for a careful examination of the items
and for vetting. The suggestions of the experts were incorporated in the final
copy of the questionnaire. On a second look at the questionnaire, the experts
unanimously agreed that the revised instrument has a wide coverage of the
domain of interest.
Reliability of the Instrument
To
determine the reliability of the instrument, a -test re-test procedure was
employed with a three-week interval using 40 respondents from the envisaged
population. When the two sets of scores were correlated using Pearson Product
Moment correlation coefficient, the Pearson "r" was found to be .65.
With this, the instrument was adjudged to be reliable.
Procedure for Data Collection
The
researcher visited sampled schools to fix a date for the administration of the
questionnaires. On the appointed date, the questionnaire forms were
administered to the sampled students in an organized class in each school. The
researcher, with the help of some other teachers in the school, ensured that
the questionnaire were correctly and completely filled.
To
ensure a high degree of independence in the information supplied by the
respondents inter-student consultations were not allowed while they were
responding to the questionnaire forms. The completed questionnaires were
collected on the spot. A total of 300 copies of the questionnaire (50 copies in
each of the 6 schools) were distributed and collected back.
Data
collected for the study were subjected to statistical analysis. The t-test
statistics for differences among means was used to analyze data.
Results
Hypothesis
I:
It states that there will be no significant difference in students' attitudes
toward wife battering on the basis of incidence of wife battering in their
family background.
The
t-test analysis compared students' attitudes toward wife battering on the basis
of incidence of wife battering in their family background.
Table 1 Means, Standard Deviation and t-value of students attitudes
toward wife battering on basis of incidence of wife battering in the family
Group N X SD DF Calc.
t-val... Crit. t-val.*
with
incidence of wife
battering 135 37.52 7.73
283 2.80 1.96
without
incidence of
wife
battering 150 34.82 8.83
NB:*
= p>0.05
At
0.05 level of significance and 283 degrees of freedom, the calculated t-value
(2.80) is greater than the table value (1.96). This indicates a significant
difference between the mean scores of the two groups hence the rejection of the
null hypothesis.
Hypothesis
2:
It states that there will be no significant difference between male and female
students' attitudes toward wife battering.
Table
2: Means, Standard Deviation and t-value of attitudes of male and female
students toward wife battering
Group N X SD DF Calc. t-val Cri.
t-val.
Male 150 64.640 2 1 .49
298 4.17 1.96
Female 150 54.735 18.30
NB:
* = p<0.05
The
result in Table 2 shows that the calculated t-value of 4.17 significant at 0.05
alpha level of significance with 298 degree freedom, hence the rejection of the
null hypothesis which states that there will be no significant difference
between the attitudes of male and female students toward wife battering.
Abstract: Introduction: Research Questions: Discussion: Implications for Counselling: References:
Abstract: Introduction: Research Questions: Discussion: Implications for Counselling: References:
Announcement: You must be 18+ to be eligible to use TGSFORUM.Goto-HomePage.
No comments:
Post a Comment