QUESTION ONEThe effects and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic are still significant globally for thatmatter in Ghana. While some well-resourced countries have succeeded in managing theconsequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on their economy, the less endowed countries arestruggling to cope with the situation. The effects of the pandemic can be felt in economic,political, social and religious aspects of the Ghanaian population. One of such effects is evidentin the mobilization of government revenue to meet increasing demand for essential publicgoods.To mitigate this effect, the government of Ghana is trying to institute a new tax on electronictransaction to be called the E-levy. The new tax bill was met with fierce resistance by theopposition members of the Parliament. This resistance resulted in several minutes of physicalfight among the "Honourable" members. The resistance was wild spread where other politicaland civil society groups have demonstrated their displeasure about the bill. To the opposers ofthis bill, Ghanaians are overburdened with taxes, government has nothing to show for thebillions of monies borrowed in recent time, minerals of the country have been sold withoutmuch to show for them.The Parliament is yet to approve the E-levy bill hence the leadership of the House contractsPONY Consult to conduct a study to ascertain the tolerance of the E-levy among Ghanaian taxpayers. The House wants to know the effects of perceived political corruption on tax toleranceamong Ghanaian tax payers. The Consult is also tasked to reveal the significance of otherfactors such as income level, education, and sector of employment of the tax payer in this study,assuming there are 6,000 taxpayers in Ghana. As the principal research officer of PONYConsult:a. Formulate a research topic and state the dependent and independent variables.b. State the general objective and two specific objectives for this study.c. Based on the specific objectives identified, state two research hypotheses, both the nulland the alternative.d. Identify the type of research approach to be adopted and justify it.e. What is the population of your proposed study and the sampling technique(s) to be adoptedin selecting a sample size of 756? Justify the sampling technique(s) to be used.f. Assuming you will have to collect data from the respondents directly, describe theinstrumentation you will use.

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matter in Ghana. While some well-resourced countries have succeeded in managing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on their economy, the less endowed countries struggling to cope with the situation. The effects of the pandemic can be felt in econoi political, social and religious aspects of the Ghanaian population. One of such effects is evie in the mobilization of government revenue to meet increasing demand for essential pu goods. To mitigate this effect, the government of Ghana is trying to institute a new tax on electr transaction to be called the E-levy. The new tax bill was met with fierce resistance by opposition members of the Parliament. This resistance resulted in several minutes of phys fight among the "Honourable" members. The resistance was wild spread where other polit and civil society groups have demonstrated their displeasure about the bill. To the opposer this bill, Ghanaians are overburdened with taxes, government has nothing to show for billions of monies borrowed in recent time, minerals of the country have been sold wit much to show for them. The Parliament is yet to approve the E-levy bill hence the leadership of the House contr PONY Consult to conduct a study to ascertain the tolerance of the E-levy among Ghanaian payers. The House wants to know the effects of perceived political corruption on tax tolera among Ghanaian tax payers. The Consult is also tasked to reveal the significance of o factors such as income level, education, and sector of employment of the tax payer in this st assuming there are 6,000 taxpayers in Ghana. As the principal research officer of PC Consult: a. Formulate a research topic and state the dependent and independent variables. b. State the general objective and two specific objectives for this study. c. Based on the specific objectives identified, state two research hypotheses, both the and the alternative. d. Identify the type of research approach to be adopted and justify it. e. What is the population of your proposed study and the sampling technique(s) to be ado in selecting a sample size of 756? Justify the sampling technique(s) to be used. f. Assuming you will have to collect data from the respondents directly, describe instrumentation you will use.