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sampling method wherein the students were first divided into strata based on their academic level, before being randomly selected. Students of 200 level, 300 level and 400 level took part in the study. Students in 100 level were exempted from the study because they are made to stay in hostels provided by the institution. Hence, they do not have a choice as regards their place of residence. Moreover, these set of students are new and most likely do not know their CGPA which is needed in assessing the relationship between students’ residence and their academic performance. Preliminary investigation shows that these three levels of students cover a population of about 2000. Using the Yamane (1967) formula of n = N/1+N(e2), with a significance level (e2) of 0.05, a sample size of 333 was derived for the study. Resulting from the study of Student Residential Satisfaction in an On-Campus Housing Facility by Navarez at De La Salle University-Manila (2017), the study made use of a descriptive survey design. A descriptive study is one in which information is collected without changing the environment (i.e., nothing is manipulated). This study utilized the descriptive survey method in order to obtain information concerning the current status of the quality of experience of the student as measured by the degree of the student residential satisfaction. Through this, participants’ thoughts, opinions, and feelings related to their student living environment will be identified. Following the study of influence of Residential Setting on Student Outcome in Near East University, Cyprus by Etikan, Bala, Babatope, Yuvali, and Bakir, (2017). The descriptive survey research design was put to use in this study, the research intends to study if the housing locations of students have an impact on their academic performance. In a survey, a representative sample is chosen from a population and studied. Findings made from the representative sample are used to generalize for the whole population. Hence, the survey made use of 278 student respondents which are samples from the student population of Near East University, Cyprus. The respondents are mixture of students residing in the school’s hall of residences, near campus and those living in farther places away from the university environment. A set of structured questionnaires was designed and developed for the purpose of data collection. The questionnaire was meant to elicit responses from the students regarding the impact their accommodation locations have on their academic performance. The questionnaires were administered to the students and consequently retrieved upon providing answers to the questions asked. After collection, descriptive statistics were used to describe the structure of the respondents and their different composition. In order to investigate if the choice of students’ place of abode has any significant relationship on their academic performances, a test on measure of association was employed by using the Chi-square Statistic of test of independence. Specifically, the Chi- Square statistic test of independence which is an example of a non-parametric analytical tool used is in analyzing categorical data by examining if there is an existence of any form of dependence or relationship among categorical variables under examinations. The test was conducted at a 0.05 level of significance with the aid of SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) computer software version 20. Following the study on Off-Campus Living Among Ekiti State University Students in Southwestern Nigeria: Health and Policy Implications by Jimoh, Adovi, Olugbenga, Akeem, Oluseyi, (2017). A cross-sectional descriptive study design was conducted among a population of 312 students utilizing the Fisher formula for sample size determination. Respondents were selected using the multistage sampling technique. The first step was the selection of the six blocks out of the nine existing blocks using simple random sampling by balloting. The selected six blocks consist of the two blocks of Ajasin hostel of sixty occupants per block, one block of Government Hostel of capacity two hundred occupants and three blocks of Osekita Hostel with a capacity of one hundred occupants per block. The total number of students in the six selected blocks was six hundred and twenty. Chepkener (2018) conducted a study to investigate the factors influencing undergraduate students’ level of satisfaction with on and off-campus accommodation at Moi university main campus, Kenya. He employed a descriptive survey research design. A descriptive research design is one where according to Kothari (2009), the concern is not describing the characteristics of a particular individual or group but it is used in preliminary and exploratory studies to allow researchers to gather information, summarize, present and interpret for the purpose of clarification (Orodho, 2009). Mugenda and Mugenda (2004) on the other hand gives the purpose of descriptive research as determining and reporting the way things are done. Borg and Gall (1989) noted that descriptive research is intended to produce statistical information about aspects of management that interest policy makers and management practitioners. The study fitted within the provisions of descriptive survey research design because the researcher collected data and reported the way things are without manipulating any variables. This study investigated academic performance with respect to type of accommodation in the Kenyan Universities, case study of the Technical University of Mombasa by Gichere, Adem, Adenya, (2019). The study used quantitative research approach. The findings from the sample will be used to infer that the population has the same characteristics. This type of approach is used since it enables the researcher to examine the The Effects of Students' Housing on Academic Performance at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria 63 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue IV Version I Year 2022 ( ) B © 2022 Global Journals