Chapter 3
Chapter 3
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respondents to answer the questions. The researcher analyzes the data with the
help of statistics as employed in this research.
Respondents
To determine the sample size, the researcher considered the Slovin
Formula in computing the sample as shown below:
N
n= ______________________
1 + Ne2
where:
1,277
n = _____________________
1 + 1,277 (0.1)2
=
99.92 or 100
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The 100 samples from the population of Police Security and Protection
Group were selected using Convenient Sampling Technique, where only the
available and on-duty personnel on the day of administration of questionnaire
were selected.
Research Instrument
The research instrument was developed by the researcher. It is not a
standardized test but can measure the health status and lifestyle of the
respondents through survey and descriptive questionnaire. The first part of the
questionnaire is the assessment of physical health, psycho-social health and
lifestyle of the respondents using descriptive questionnaire and be measured
using the likert scale as appropriately indicated in the survey document.
The 5-point Dedekind likert scale used is interpreted below:
SCALE
RANGE
DESCRIPTIVE
INTERPRETATION
FITNESS STATUS
JOB
PERFORMANCE
5
4
3
2
1
4.51-5.00
3.51-4.50
2.51-3.50
1.51-2.50
1.00-1.50
Always
Often
Sometimes
Seldom
Never
Excellent Health
Better than Average Health
Average Health
Below Average Health
Poor Health
Outstanding
Very Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Fair
Poor
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Statistical Treatment
The statistical treatment used in this study is weighted mean. Since the
focal point of this research is to describe the phenomena, the appropriate method
is to determine the central tendency to analyze the given results.
According to Tan (2006), weighted mean is the overall average responses
of the respondents. It is the sum of its product of the frequency of responses and
the Likert five-point scale based on the Dedekind Cut. The Dedekind Cut is the
numerical analyst who determined the internal scale from the whole numbers.
The formula of weighted mean is shown below:
WM = _______________________________________
N= (f1 + f2 + f3 +f4 + f5)
Where:
f1 to f5
= summation
= frequency of responses per unit weight
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Very low correlation means that the two variables are not related with each
other which caused acceptance of the null hypothesis. Meanwhile, Low
Correlation also shows no relationship between the two variables. On the other
hand, r-value resulting to moderate correlation means that the relationship is
existing and may affect with each other. High correlation also signifies that the
relationship highly influence the variables causing rejection of null hypothesis.
Very high correlation means that there is an utmost significance or relationship
between the compared variables.
This computation was applied to determine the relationship of Health and
Fitness Status to Job Performance of the respondents.
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NOTES
Aliaga and Gunderson. (2000 Edition) Research Methods and
Application. Lippincott CA, Designing an Educational Research pages 86-87
Ernesto H. Calderon. Methods of Educational Research Revised Edition
2009 C.E Publishing, Inc. Quezon City, Philippines
Luke R. Sunder Applied Statistics 5th Edition 2012 Clement and James
Publishing South Dakota, USA.
Cristeta B. Tan A Research Guide in Nursing Education Third Edition
2006 by Visual Print Enterprises, Makati City
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