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The sharing ofresponsibilities was covered by items 2.1 to 2.8.
The sharing of information was covered by items 2.9 to 2.16.
The sharing ofdecision-making was covered by items 2.17 to 2.19.
The sharing of skills was covered by items 2.20 to 2.23.
The sharing of accountability was covered by 2.24 to 2.32.
5.8 LIMITATIONS OF THE INVESTIGATION
This investigation was constrained by a number of factors. The following are
likely factors that might have influenced the reliability and validity of the
questionnaire:
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Although anonymity was required in the questionnaire the possibility exists
that, because of parents' and principals' cautiousness, they might not have
been frank and truthful in their responses.
The sensitive nature of items in the questionnaire might have elicited false
or misleading responses and influenced the reliability of the results.
To restrict the investigation to manageable proportions, the researcher
limited the study to the parents of standard nine pupils only.
Despite the limitations identified, the researcher believes the investigation will
provide a much-needed basis for future research regarding parents and principals
as partners in creating a culture of learning.
5.9 SYNTHESIS
In this chapter the planning and design of the empirical research was discussed and
a description of the questionnaire as research instrument was given.