Chapter 3

METHODOLOGY

This chapter deals with the methods of research used during the course of

study. It discusses the research design, research locale, research respondents,

research instrument, research procedure, and statistical treatment.

Research Design

The design of this quantitative research study is a descriptive method in

order to determine the level and extent of awareness, attitude and practice on

solid waste management of Alabel Public Market. Descriptive research is a

method of quantitative research which has a goal to gather quantitative

information to be used for analysis of the sample (Bhat, n.d.). The main point is

that “descriptive research seeks to describe the characteristics or behavior of an

audience.” (McNeill, 2018).

The areas used in this research are also correlated to each other; hence

this research is also correlational research. Price, Jhangiani, & Chiang (2015)

define correlational research as “a type of non-experimental research in which

the researcher measures two variables and assesses the statistical relationship

between them with little or no effort to control extraneous variables.”

Research Locale

This study will be conducted at Alabel Public Market, Alabel Sarangani

Province.

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 The researchers personally chose this Government place/area to diagnose

the awareness, attitude and practice in solid waste management of the owners

and vendors in respective establishments.

Research Respondents

The respondents of this study will be fifty (50) the solid waste generators

in the food service establishments and classified as bakery, eatery, food carts,

mobile vendors, market vendors, and sari-sari stores. They are the food

sellers/owners in the public market of Alabel, Sarangani Province. The

researcher will be utilized the purposive sampling technique in selecting the

respondents in the study.

Research Instruments

To conduct the research, the researchers will create a questionnaire. The

researchers will base the survey questionnaire under the Republic Act 9003.

Questions were formatted to fit the respondents involved in the study. The

survey questionnaire was then validated by experts in the field of waste

management.

The survey questionnaire will be composed of four (4) parts. Part 1 will be

the demographic profile of the respondents. Part 2 will be the level of awareness

of the owners/vendors towards solid waste management which composed of 10

items. Part 3 will be the attitude of the owners/vendors towards solid waste

management which composed of 10 items. And the part will be the practices of

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the owners/vendors towards solid waste management which composed of 10

items.

Research Procedure

In order to conduct the pilot survey, a letter seeking for approval to

conduct the pilot survey will be made and given to the Alabel Public Market

Head/Supervisor. After the letter will be credited, the pilot survey will be

conducted. Once the survey will be done during free time of the respondents,

the researchers will also orientating the owners/vendors of the proposed system

in disposing of waste as part of their action towards the problem. After the

survey will be conducted, the data were then gathered, encoded and interpreted.

The instruments will be personally administered by the researchers to the

respondents one by one. As soon as the respondents were done answered the

questionnaire; retrieval will followed.

Statistical Treatment

Different statistical treatments were used in analyzing the gathered data.

In problems one to three asking about each area, the mean will be used to

determine the extent and level in the areas of awareness, attitudes, and

practices of the respondents towards solid waste management. For problems

four to six, to determine the significant relationships between level of awareness

and extent of practice, level of awareness and attitudes, and degree of practices

and attitudes, the Pearson-R will be used by the researchers. The tables below

show the basis for the interpretation of the data acquired in the survey.

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Table 1. The level of awareness

Mean Scale Interpretation Verbal Description

4.50 – 5.00 Extremely Aware Respondents are 100% aware of RA 9003
Respondents are 70% - 90% aware of RA
3.50 – 4.49 Very Aware
9003
Respondents are 35% - 69% aware of RA
2.50 – 3.49 Moderately Aware
9003
Respondents are 1% - 34% aware of RA
1.50 – 2.49 Slightly Aware
9003
1.00 – 1.49 Not at all Aware Respondents are 0% aware of RA 9003

Table 2. The attitude scale

Mean Scale Interpretation Verbal Description

4.50 – 5.00 Strongly Agree Highly Positive (100% accepted)

3.50 – 4.49 Agree Positive (70% - 90% accepted)

2.50 – 3.49 Undecided Neutral (35% - 69% accepted)

1.50 – 2.49 Disagree Negative (1% - 34% accepted)
1.00 – 1.49 Strongly Disagree Highly Negative (0% accepted)

Table 3. The extent of the practice

Mean Scale Interpretation Verbal Description

4.50 – 5.00 Always Solid Waste Management is 100% practiced

3.50 – 4.49 Frequent Solid Waste Management is 70% - 90% practiced

2.50 – 3.49 Sometimes Solid Waste Management is 35% - 69% practiced

1.50 – 2.49 Seldom Solid Waste Management is 1% - 34% practiced
1.00 – 1.49 Never Solid Waste Management is 0% practiced

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