Adeola Abdulateef Elega

3.2 Research Design 
The present study is a case study of Nigerian students in Eastern Mediterranean 
University, Famagusta, North Cyprus. Questionnaires were administered to 240 
Nigerian students in three faculties of the University; Business and Economics, 
Communication and Media Studies and Engineering. Research was carried out in 
Fall semester 2014/2015 academic session. 
This study is a case study as earlier highlighted above, a case study is the study of a 
unit (individuals or groups) that attempts to establish an investigation on what led to 
the success or failure of a particular cause (Bouma & Atkinson, 1995 p.110). 
The significance of case study in research cannot be underestimated. It gives a shape 
to the research. Case study is the preferred tactics of how and where questions should 
be asked in social science research. This attempt using case study gives optimum 
knowledge about the particular case we are studying; the unit, organization or group. 
These strategies are common in social science researches. Case study can be 
individuals; it can be groups; and it can be a community; an institution; or even a 
country as the case may be. A case study helps people to relate with a particular 
research. A research about the importance of Facebook to young school leavers and 
same research with case study of young school leavers in a particular place has a 
major difference. The major difference is that the first is general and the second is 
specific and the people of the specific place mentioned can relate with the research. It 
is better said as case study also helps researcher to be more concentrated to a more 
specific goal (Yin, 2003 pp.1-8). 

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As mentioned above, the present study is the case study of Nigerian students 
studying in three faculties of the Eastern Mediterranean University in Fall 2014.