DATA COLLECTION

 The 10-Item U.S. Household Food Security Scale Module (HFSSM) will
be utilized to identify food insecurity

DATA ANALYSIS
 Descriptive statistics will be utilized, as described by Chaparro et al. (2008)
and include frequency and percentage of the sample subjects who
experiences food insecurity
 Inferential statistics will be used to make comparison between food secure
and insecure students
 Linear and logistic regressions will be used to determine association
between food insecurity, socioexonomic status, finacial statis and GPA.
DELIMITATIONS
 Exclusion of subject students of age below 18 from the study
 Inclusion of subject students enrolled in a university instead of acquiring a
number of subjects from various universities, covering multi-campus
participation
 Subjects selection bias
LIMITATIONS
 The study covers subjects enrolled in a particular university, which limits
generalization of the results to all community college students
 With regards to academic performance, causality as to whether food
insecurity preceded the dependent variable (low GPA) or such existed prior
to food insecurity will not be determined
 Freshmen's GPA will not be available or subject students may not
accurately report their GPAs
 Likewise, demographic data and current financial status and resources may
not be accurately disclosed