RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0Introduction
The study is characterized by different views on Nigeria pidgin and based on the observation of NP in Wazobia radio station.
This chapter sets out the procedures to be followed in the elicitation and analysis of data to the project survey.

RESEARCH DESIGN
The design adopted here is the population survey method, through the use of questionnaires and interviews. A cross section of the population to be surveyed will be examined through the use of fill-in questions which will be answered by the participants under observation.
Several individual will be personally interviewed and questioned on matters relating to the subject matter in question. The data realized from the answered questionnaires will be analyzed to arrive at conclusions.

RESEARCH POPULATION
This research is a case study of Wazobia FM (Port Harcourt) metropolies and therefore the population to be surveyed will include the residents of different levels and cadres of the city of port Harcourt. Special attention will be paid to the students of the University of Port Harcourt, the residents of Diobu Mile one area, taxi drivers at the motto park and the passengers.

SAMPLING PROCEDURE
It would practically be colossal to study all the subjects of the research population chosen; therefore, a cross section of each sector will be studied. The sectors here includes:
secondary school students
university school students
uneducated adult members of the society
unschooled youth.
Both male and female members of all ages each of the above sectors will be studied. The subjects will be selected randomly from various locations, as 80 eighty questionnaires will be dispatched.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
The tools to be used in this particular research are the questionnaire and verbal interviews as tools to elicit information and to analyze the reactions of her same population of Port Harcourt metropolis towards the questionnaires and oral interview.
The questionnaire comprises of fourteen (14) questions an all, the first five questions requires their personal data, such as age, marital status, and gender etc. however, the questions were either on closed-ended or open- ended category. In the closed- ended questions, set of answers were provided for the respondent to choose the one(s) closely related in their views. While in the opened- ended category, the respondents were given freedom to provide relevant answers in their own words.

INTERVIEWS
In a research of this nature, it is appropriate to interview enlightened individuals who will be able to speak intelligibly on matters concerning the use of pidgin.
The more educated groups will be interviewed and these include:
university students
university staff (academic)
civil servants outside the university community.
The interviewees will be questioned to find out their opinions about NP- whether or not NP use should be encourage in the society and what they think about NP radio broadcasting stations in wazobia FM.
They will be required to explain their reasons for taking whatever stand they choose and to speak out on other facts they know concerning NP generally.

3.5METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

The questionnaire was given out randomly to respondents of the selected population that is being studied. This method proved very helpful in getting the information necessary for this work. However, it posed some difficulty with retrieving the answered questionnaires.

METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
The research used a tabular format as the method in which data was analyzed the critically the varying data in each questionnaire across the various as highlighted in 3.3 above. The quantitative method of data analysis will be in use, with the help of statistical information and percentage derived from the answers to the questionnaires and interviews, the data was analyzed on and conclusions arrived at.