Rizal Technological University College of Arts and Sciences: Research Methodology
Rizal Technological University College of Arts and Sciences: Research Methodology
Chapter III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
methods used in this paper. Specifically, what has been discussed here are the
treatment of data.
method was chosen to satisfy and meet the objectives of the study that deals
using the quantitative method identify one or a few variables that they intend to
use in their research work and proceed with data collection related to those
approaches.
inferential statistics hence, it is appropriate in the study because this is the very
nature of the research. Specifically the survey research design was employed.
It was due to the nature of the research that involves multiple interests of the
small populations by selecting samples chosen from the desired population and
Normally, the type of survey method used depends on the scope of the
research work and in this case a cross sectional approach was used because
the research needs a pool of opinions and practices about the phenomenon
from a sample drawn from a population. It involves collecting data at one point
of time. The period of data collection can vary and it depends on the study
weight age.
The sample in the study was obtained from the officially enrolled students
at the three state higher learning institutions in Metro Manila, which includes;
information from 450 students, however; they were short in the numbers due to
respondents were obtained where 206 were from RTU, 114 were from UMak
The selection of the sample was simple random because the researchers
believe that when information are randomly obtained it is less bias and will
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definitely serve its purpose. As coined by Calmorin (2010), this is the best
144 males and 65.71% or 276 females. Respondents’ age ranges from 15
years old and above and a large number of them were aged 18 to 20 years old.
Most of the respondents’ parents, about 35.24% or 148 of them, had attended
college but were not able to finish. The 52.62% or 221 of the respondents have
taken more than 3 math subjects, whereas the remaining 47.38% only
encountered math in their course less than 3 times. All in all, respondents from
Instrument Used
Statistics.
The instrument was divided into three parts. The part I include
composed of twenty questions (20), ten (10) of which measure the students’
(Strongly Agree).
the reality of statistics. There are 10 questions on this part and the responses of
Agree).
professors and statisticians were asked to criticize the instrument. The experts’
2 1.50-2.49 Disagree
3 2.50-3.49 Agree
In order to make this study possible and get the necessary and pertinent
information, the researchers asked the help of their adviser for contacts from
for the survey. The professor took the questionnaires telling the researchers
that she will personally conduct the survey and asked the researchers to come
into the school and randomly choose students to answer the questions in the
114 students.
easy by the help of their adviser. The adviser also asked the researchers to
leave the questionnaires and he personally conducted the survey for them. The
researchers were also asked to come back after several days to get the
surveyed instruments.
reached in 420. The researchers wasted no time and begun tallying the data.
The analysis came next using the SPSS program and excel.
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The following statistical tests were used to analyze and interpret the
gathered data.
1. Percentage- describes how many parts are there out of one hundred parts
of the entire objects. This was used to show the proportion of the
respondents with respect to their sex, age, school, number of math subjects
Formula:
𝑓
P= x 100%
𝑛
Where:
P = Percentage
n = sample size
each value of the overall total. This was used to show an average tally of the
Formula:
Where:
WM = Weighted Mean
considered
distribution is applied and is basically used for dealing with problems relating
Formula:
𝑥̅ 1 −𝑥̅ 2
𝑧=
𝑠 2 𝑠 2
√ 1 + 2
𝑛1 𝑛2
Where:
4. One way ANOVA- used to determine whether there are any statistically
(unrelated) groups. This test was used to determine the differences in the
taken math subjects, their age, their school, the educational attainment and
Groups
Statistics.
Formula:
2
∑(𝑓𝑜− 𝑓𝑒 )2
𝑥 =
𝑓𝑒
Where:
𝑓𝑂 = observed frequency
𝑓𝑒 = expected frequency
expected frequencies.