The Government of Ghana has initiated severally policies aimed at digitalizing the economy. Over the past
decade, the government has initiated policies such as the e-payslip to curb ghost workers, the construction of
the Accra digital centre, the introduction of Ghana.gov to facilitate online payments such as filling taxes among
others and the QR code system. However, the patronage of such platforms and systems has not been
encouraging. In an attempt to encourage adoption and frequent usage of the online platforms, the Government
of Ghana wishes to understand the reasons Ghanaians fail to fully patronize these platforms. Your friend who
works with the ministry of communication recommends you as the best consultant for the project. As a
consultant, you are expected to determine how the age of citizens, level of education, gender, income, and rural
and urban settlement affect patronage of digital platforms. As the consultant:
a. Formulate a research topic and state the dependent and independent variables.
b. State the general objective and two specific objectives for this study.