Sampling Process And Features

Sampling is a vital procedure during data collection. although having various sampling techniques (both probability based and nonprobability based) exists, every 4th house was selected to be used for this study.

Systematic sampling as defined by Lauren Thomas is a type of probability sampling in which every kth unit is selected from a group of samples as a representative which can be used to reach conclusions.

In cases where selected Kth units were unavailable to respond, the neighboring units were used as replacements for the initial selected samples. From the total number of housing units of 328 within war college housing estate, 95 units were chosen for data collection as sample sizes through the process of selecting every 4th unit of housing which started from the entrance gate of the war college housing estate.

Sample

Building Typologies In War College Estate

War college was initially developed for low income earners proposed in 1996 by Gen Sani Abacha which is part of the largest estate in West Africa (Gwarinpa Estate). Although overtime, the estate has developed into a mid-income level as the houses were mostly sold to people who could afford to pay more.

The estate is low density and consists of 328 housing units comprising of 33 units of fully-detached duplexes, 113 units of semi-detached duplexes and 182 units of bungalows.