S/N

Items ability to

X₁

SD

X₂

Remark

1

Generate a researchable topic

3.15

0.22

3.90

Needed

Difficult

2

Chapter one

Write the background of the study coherently

3.53

0.19

3.87

,,

,,

3

Articulate and state the problem of the study concisely

3.25

0.21

3.73

,,

,,

4

State the purpose/objectives of the study

3.27

0.23

3.43

,,

,,

5

Identify the beneficiaries and state how they would benefit from the study.

2.70

0.22

3.18

,,

,,

6

State the research questions and hypothesis that relate to the study.

2.79

02.1

1.52

,,

,,

7

Delimit the study appropriately

2.83

0.22

2.51

,,

,,

8

Chapter two

Review related literature

3.47

0.32

1.48

,,

Not difficult

9

Organize literature reviewed

3.21

0.23

1.37

Difficult

10

Identify and articulate conceptual and theoretical framework

3.05

0.21

3.77

,,

,,

11

Review related empirical studies

3.45

0.25

3.56

,,

,,

12

Summarize the reviewed literature

3.15

0.22

2.64

,,

,,

13

Chapter three

Choose appropriate design for the study

3.30

0.23

1.41

,,

Not difficult

14

Select appropriate population, sample and sampling technique

2.50

0.19

2.73

,,

Difficult

15

Develop instrument for data collection

2.85

0.22

3.45

,,

,,

16

Identify qualified validates for the scrutiny of questionnaire items

2.73

0.22

3.11

,,

,,

17

Establish reliability of the instrument

2.50

0.10

3.01

,,

,,