1.6 Overview of the MethodologyThe quantitative research approach was adopted for this study.
In research design, there are options of choosing either a quantitative or qualitative approach to collect and analyze data
(Ajayi, 2017). The choice of a certain method is dependent on the study intent, the nature and the information available for the research (Naoum, 2002; Baiden, 2006). Quantitative research is the systematic collection of numerical
data and applying statistical, mathematical,
or computational approaches to investigate phenomena (Adedoyin, 2020). The quantitative approach to research is appropriate where the researcher has some population information. In the effort to realise the study's objectives, the research methodology was steered across three phases. An extensive review of pertinent literature was conducted in the first phase to reveal the available literature on the subject area.
The literature review
was sought from articles, journals, unpublished thesis and books.
Attained variables from the review were then be compounded to develop a questionnaire.
Following this, a survey of structured questionnaires employing both closed and open-ended questions was conducted to gather the relevant data as the second phase. The final stage of the research methodology focused on how the data collected will be analysed. Healthcare professionals constituted the targeted population, from which a sample was drawn using the purposive and convenience sampling techniques. The purposive sampling technique involves using the researcher’s discretion
to select a sample that, per his understanding, possesses the knowledge and expertise needed to provide the requisite information for the study (Greener. According to Teddlie and Yu (2007), the convenience sampling technique also aids in obtaining readily available samples for the study. Data gathered from the survey was coded
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and fed into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and analysed using Mean score ranking and the One-sample t-test.
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