CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHOD AND PROCEDURE

This chapter presents the methods and procedures employed in undertaking

the study. It includes a description of the research environment, research design,

respondents of the study, data gathering instrument, data gathering procedure and

statistical treatment of data.

Research Environment (Optional)

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Research Design

The main purpose of this study is to

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purpose, the researchers used the descriptive method of research.

As defined by Author (20XX), descriptive method of research

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Respondent of the Study

The respondents of this study are the

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Data Gathering Instruments

In connection with the descriptive method, the researchers used a self-

constructed questionnaire as the major tool in gathering the necessary data.

Self-constructed Questionnaire. This data gathering instrument will be

used to
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____________. The questionnaire will be composed of ___ (_) parts. The initial

part of the questionnaire will be composed of items which determined the profile

variables of the respondents in terms of

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The second part of the instrument will contain items that

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____________. The third part of the questionnaire will be composed of items that

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To construct the data gathering instrument of the study, the researchers will

initially conduct a preliminary survey, which will be followed by browsing of

various reference materials and online sources to collect data that may serve as the

content of the researcher-made instrument. These relevant data will be presented

to the research instructor and research adviser for them to be guided in

constructing the initial draft of the questionnaire. Upon the accomplishment of the

first draft of the instrument, it will be presented once again to their research

instructor and research adviser for comments and suggestions. After incorporating

all the suggestions provided to them, the researchers will seek the advise of their

research adviser to subject the instrument into content validation from a group of
experts from the BS Criminology Program and research who will be chosen by

their research instructor.

With the approval of the research instructor and research adviser, the data

gathering instrument will be subjected into a process of content validation from a

panel of experts. These experts will have to provide significant comments and

suggestions to further enhance the contents of the instrument. And after satisfying

the recommendations of the experts, their approval will be sought to subject the

instrument into a dry-run to test its reliability. In this process, the researchers will

have to choose 20 _____________________ from ________________________

to be their respondents for the dry-run. The data that will be obtained here will be

tallied and submitted to their chosen statistician for reliability test. The result for

this test should obtain at least .70 reliability coefficient in order to show that the

items contained in the instrument were clear, comprehensive and competent to be

used in actual gathering of data for the study. This will likewise mean that the said

instrument will be ready for administration to the actual respondents.

In the administration of the validated data gathering instrument, the

researchers will personally distribute the questionnaires to the respondents. The

researchers will explain to them beforehand the purposes and objectives of their

study. The directions to effectively answer the instrument will be emphasized to

them and the respondents will be assured that they will be guided thoroughly to

successfully accomplish the received questionnaires. Furthermore, they will also

be informed that all of their responses will be treated with utmost confidentiality

and such will be treated for academic purposes only.

The following scale presented below will be used to fuflfill the objectives

of this study. The researchers will use the four-point scale where four (4) will be

considered as the highest and one (1) as the lowest. The appropriate range,

together with the corresponding verbal interpretations will also be taken into

consideration to interpret the data that will be obtained.

Scale Range Verbal Interpretation

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Informal Interview. This will be used to gather sufficient first-hand

information from the respondents for the researchers to further interpret the result

of the study. More so, this will be conducted in order to elaborate the computed

data presented in the next chapter of this study.

Documentary Analysis. This will be used in order to answer the objective

of the study regarding the

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Data Gathering Procedures

 To obtain essential data for the study, the researchers visited different

schools and libraries to browse some books, journals and other related studies. The

researchers visited Batangas State University Pablo Borbon Main I library and

other libraries in the province of Batangas. Foreign and local reference materials

were also browsed and considered by the researchers.

The researchers also utilized the internet in gathering information related to

the topic of the study. The researchers did not only depend on the first hand

information gathered, they also took advantage of the secondary data they found at

various sources.

In the administration of the self-constructed questionnaire, the researchers

will initially ask permission, through a formal request letter, from the

___________ of the ________________. If the formal request of the researchers

will be granted, the researchers will see to it that they will be the one who will

distribute the questionnaires to their chosen respondents. The researchers will

ensure to their respondents the assistance they can get from answering the

prepared data gathering instrument. And if the respondents successfully

accomplished the received questionnaires, their actual responses will be tallied in

order to subject such into statistical treatment. The statistical results will be

interpreted to answer substantially the objectives of the study.

Statistical Treatment of Data

The responses of the respondents were treated with the use of the following

statistical tools:
 Frequency Count. This will be used in order to present the frequency

distribution of ______________________________________________________.

Percentage Distribution. This will be utilized to present the percentage

distributions of the respondents in relation to their

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Weighted Mean. This will be utilized to determine the typical responses

chosen from a four-point scale, particularly the

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Independent t-Test. This will used to determine the significant difference

on the ______________________________________________________ when

grouped according to their sex.

One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).This will be used to determine

the significant difference on the

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according to ______________________________________________________.