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Chapter 3
Chapter 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the general methods of research used in the study. It
includes the research design, subjects of the study, the data gathering procedure and
RESEARCH DESIGN
the given problems in the conduct of study. Descriptive design is defined as a general
procedure employed in the study that has for its chief purpose, the description of
phenomena.
The study is intended to assess the actions and programs implemented in the
selected barangays to prevent violence against women. With this, raw facts and figures
researchers.
The study put emphasis to the women who are inhabitants of the ten selected
barangays with the highest number of crime on violence against women namely
Balagtas, Bolbok, Kumintang Ibaba, Sta. Rita Karsada, Balete, Malitam, Cuta, Wawa,
Philippine National Police-Batangas City Office. Purposive sampling method was used
barangays of Batangas City. A questionnaire is designed to collect data and gather all
gather responses related to the problem of the study and clarify things that are of
The data gathering instrument used by the researchers were divided into three
significant parts. The first part of the survey questionnaire is intended to identify which
of the risks / threats listed were experienced or exposed by women. The second part
provides a list of actions and programs that the barangay are taking to address violence
against women. In this part, the satisfaction rates for these actions / programs have also
been tested. The third part is intended to measure the extent of agreement of the
respondents on different problems that affect the implementation and regulation of the
The researchers also integrated the use of related studies and literature to
ensure that the questionnaire used in the conduct of the study was feasible and valid.
Before its distribution to the respondents, the contents and grammar of the research
data from books, journals, internet and other research materials. The main instrument of
data gathering is through survey questionnaires. These were distributed to the ten
selected barangays in Batangas City which has the highest crime number of violence
against women. The researchers surveyed 300 respondents. Interpretation and analysis
of data sheets will follow once the filled-up survey questionnaire was collected.
After the data had been collected, the responses were tallied, tabulated,
analyzed and statistically treated to facilitate the analysis and arrive in certain
conclusions. The researchers used the following statistical tools such as percentage,
Percentage. This is a descriptive statistic that determines what part of the total
Where: % = Percentage
f= Frequency
N = total number of sample
in the questionnaire. It also refers to the number of tally marks for each category or
item.
Weighted mean. This was used to interpret data obtained from the respondents’
responses to the questionnaire items. The formula for computing the weighted mean is
as follows.
WM = ZX/N
Where;
WM = Weighted mean
N = total population
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