3.6 SAMPLE TECHNIQUE
A purposeful sampling method was applied by choosing
predefined groups of clients. The researcher conducted study with purpose in
mind and targeted specific predetermined groups of women clients in Pro-Femmes/
Twese Hamwe through Duterimbere IMF. Three women groups were selected and from
them 70 are from Nyarugenge, 70 clients from Gasabo and 60 clients from
Kicukiro. Those clients were selected to fill the questionnaires. This method
was useful to the researcher in way that it enabled her to target specific
group which has basic information that she believed to be critical for the
research.
3.7 CLASSIFICATION AND SOURCES OF DATA
The tradition classification of data for an empirical study
like this was employed. Both primary and secondary data sources were used for
data collection.
Secondary Data Sources
Secondary data sources are the foundation for which the
theoretical and conceptual framework of the research is built. Relevant
literature from existing empirical studies and reports from the institutions,
library, websites, Government of Rwanda (relevant ministries) were contacted
for reports, papers on contribution of microfinance in women empowerment,
strategies in Rwanda, and Pro-Femmes/ Twese Hamwe through Duterimbere IMF was
visited for reports on microfinance products, services and provision.
Primary data sources
Primary data refers to the original data compiled and studies
for specific purpose. The data was collected from the field by issuing
questionnaire and requesting the respondents to fill them. This involves
focusing on group sessions and primary document analysis and is used to
clarify, confirm or explain the results revealed by the secondary data or
sources and any other relevant information that could not be disclosed by the
existing records.
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Questionnaires and interviews during the research process were
essential in the highlighting the contribution of microfinance in women
empowerment in Rwanda.
3.8 DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUE
This involves two types of data collection technique notably
questionnaire and interviews, with the help of Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe Trough
Duterimbere IMF in charge of marketing. Clients above were invited for training
and this gave the researcher an opportunity to distribute questionnaires. Since
clients were in groups, it was easier to fill questionnaires and return them
within short time. As result, the researcher managed to meet the three groups
in 3 days. One on Monday, the second on Wednesday, the last on Friday. This
Implies that data collection involving interviews and questionnaires look only
four days but the whole process including organizing and planning covered four
weeks.
3.9 QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CLIENTS
A questionnaire refers to the form containing a set of
questions especially the one addressed to statistically significant numbers of
subject as a way of gathering information for a study. It is an instrument
designed to collect data from respondents in the absence of the researcher this
method is used because it allows respondents to give responses to the questions
freely at their own time without researcher's influence.
The questionnaire used in data collection was designed in
English language and later translated to Kinyarwanda language to ease
communication and for those respondents who could be not able to read and
write, interpreters were provided. The questionnaire was composed of both
structured and unstructured questions, where by structured questions are useful
to obtain detailed information where as unstructured questions were designed to
extract short and precise responses from the respondents on the same issue.
The fact that all the interviewees were organized in the
groups, both distributing and collecting questionnaires were done easily. The
researcher issued 200 questionnaires to be filled and all of them were answered
successfully, this implies that 100% of the questionnaires sent for data
collection were received back.
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