The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of selected school board
members regarding the quality and condition, maintenance, and improvement and
renovation of existing public school facilities.
The four purposes of this chapter are to (1) describe the research methodology of
this study, (2) explain the sample selection, (3) describe the procedure used in designing
the instrument and collecting the data, and (4) provide an explanation of the statistical
procedures used to analyze the data.