CHAPTER II

METHODS AND PROCEDURES

Research Design

The design used for this study is the case study method. This design set one’s sights on a more detailed
study. According to Yin, case studies can be used to explain, describe or explore events or phenomena in the
everyday contexts in which they occur . This Design is appropriate for the study for it focuses on an
explanation for a question or a phenomenon.

Furthermore, the case study method is the most widely used method in academia for researchers interested
in qualitative research (Baskarada, 2014).The case study approach allows in-depth, multi-faceted
explorations of complex issues in their real-life settings in which the value of the case study approach is well
recognized in the fields of business, law and policy, but somewhat less so in health services research. This
approach to the study since it uses the qualitative techniques such as interviews, surveys and more to
identify what really cause the frequent power outages along some other information.

Source of Data

There are many causes of power failures in an electricity network. Examples of these causes include faults at
power stations, damage to electric transmission lines, substations or other parts of the distribution system, a
short circuit, cascading failure, fuse or circuit breaker operation.

Power failures are particularly critical at sites where the environment and public safety are at risk.
Institutions such as hospitals, sewage treatment plants, and mines will usually have backup power sources
such as standby generators, which will automatically start up when electrical power is lost. Other critical
systems, such as telecommunication, are also required to have emergency power.

The battery room of a telephone exchange usually has arrays of lead–acid batteries for backup and also a
socket for connecting a generator during extended periods of outage.

Locale and Population

The study was conducted at the City of Zamboanga. Population of the study will a
comprehensive group of individuals, institutions.

Instrumentation and Data Collection

Data collection is an important step in the research process. The instrument you choose to collect the data
will depend on the type of data you plan on collecting (qualitative or quantitative) and how you plan to
collect it. A number of common data collecting instruments are used in construction research:

Questionnaires
Interviews
Observation
Archival documents and government sources
Validation

To ensure the validity of the questions in the interview, we decided to prepare multiple questions and present
it to a person with some expertise with the subject. The questions were presented an electrician., We have
discussed the questions that is relevant to the study and has a list of suggestion in which were relevant and
poses as an important part of the study. Nevertheless, the validity of the interview questions is well accurate
and relevant to the study.

Treatment of Data
Statistical treatment of data is when you apply some forms of statistical method to a data set to transform it
from a group of meaningless numbers into meaningful output.

Ethical Consideration

To ensure the provision of ethical axiom in concluding in the research, the researchers will strictly observe
the following:

Informed consent
The researchers will provide informed consent means that the person participating in the evaluation is
fully informed about the evaluation being conducted. Participants need to be made aware of the purpose
of the project, who or what group is funding it, how the findings will be used, if there are any potential
adverse impacts of their participation and who will have access to the findings.

Voluntary participation
The researchers will find voluntary participates means that people participate in the evaluation free from
coercion. Participants are free to withdraw their participation at any time without negatively impacting on
their involvement in future services or the current program.

Do no harm
Harm can be both physical and/or psychological and therefore can be in the form of: stress, pain,
anxiety, diminishing self-esteem or an invasion of privacy, The researchers will do no such things.

Confidentiality
Confidentiality means that any identifying information is not made available to, or accessed by anyone
but the program coordinator. Confidentiality also ensures such identifying information is excluded from
any reports or published documents.

Anonymity
Anonymity is a stricter form of privacy than confidentiality, as the identity of the participant remains
unknown to the research team as well as the outside world.