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<strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Era</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Globalization</strong><br />

Edited by Emmanuel Obuah<br />

Research Instrument<br />

A carefully constructed questionnaire was <strong>the</strong> research <strong>in</strong>strument used for this study. The questionnaire<br />

consisted <strong>of</strong> two sections: Section One conta<strong>in</strong>ed items which were used to identify <strong>the</strong> factors that<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>ed customers’ usage <strong>of</strong> ATMs while Section Two conta<strong>in</strong>ed a 7-item structured question on a 5po<strong>in</strong>t<br />

Likert Scale to assess <strong>the</strong> level <strong>of</strong> satisfaction experienced by customers us<strong>in</strong>g ATMs.<br />

Data Analysis Technique<br />

Data obta<strong>in</strong>ed from this study were analysed us<strong>in</strong>g both descriptive and <strong>in</strong>ferential statistical tools.<br />

Frequency tables, graphs and simple percentage analysis were used to identify <strong>the</strong> factors that determ<strong>in</strong>e<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir usage and assess <strong>the</strong> level <strong>of</strong> satisfaction experienced by customers us<strong>in</strong>g ATMs <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nigerian<br />

bank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dustry. Chi-square Analysis <strong>in</strong>ferential statistical technique was used to test <strong>the</strong> hypo<strong>the</strong>ses<br />

postulated for <strong>the</strong> study.<br />

Data Analysis and F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

A total <strong>of</strong> six hundred (600) questionnaires were adm<strong>in</strong>istered to customers <strong>of</strong> twenty-four (24) banks;<br />

twenty-five (25) customers were selected from each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> headquarter branch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 24 post-consolidated<br />

banks. Five hundred and eighty-eight (588) questionnaires were retrieved, giv<strong>in</strong>g a response rate <strong>of</strong> 98%.<br />

Table 1 shows <strong>the</strong> percentage distribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> respondents across <strong>the</strong> banks covered by <strong>the</strong> study.<br />

Table 1: Percentage Distribution <strong>of</strong> Questionnaires Returned from each Bank<br />

Banks<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> Questionnaires<br />

Returned from each Bank<br />

Percentage<br />

Rate (%)<br />

Response<br />

Access Bank 25 100<br />

AfriBank 24 96<br />

Bank PHB 25 100<br />

CitiBank 24 96<br />

Diamond Bank 25 100<br />

Eco Bank 23 92<br />

Equatorial Trust Bank (ETB) 25 100<br />

Fidelity Bank 25 100<br />

First Bank 24 96<br />

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) 25 100<br />

First Inland Bank 25 100<br />

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) 25 100<br />

Intercont<strong>in</strong>ental Bank 25 100<br />

Oceanic Bank 25 100<br />

Skye Bank 25 100<br />

Spr<strong>in</strong>g Bank 25 100<br />

Stanbic IBTC Bank 25 100<br />

Standard Chartered Bank 25 100<br />

Sterl<strong>in</strong>g Bank 25 100<br />

Union Bank 25 100<br />

United Bank for Africa (UBA) 25 100<br />

Unity Bank 24 96<br />

Wema Bank 20 80<br />

Zenith Bank 24 96<br />

TOTAL<br />

Source: Field Survey, 2010<br />

588 98<br />

521

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