Research Design
Research Design
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, we will discuss on the procedures used in carrying out the study
including: research designs, population, the sample size, sampling method, research
In order to conduct the study by addressing the questions that posed in this study,
descriptive survey method was used. This study carries out a survey approach designed
to investigate how the various factors influencing the satisfaction with life among
data useful in evaluating present particulars which have not been controlled or
manipulated the situation. Using this type of survey the researcher looked at the nature of
the existing conditions in the selected schools. The study obtained views from the
There were about 850 students in Faculty of Education. In order to provide a diverse
sample, courses from heterogeneous enrolment were chosen so that the widest variety
possible of demographical data could be represented. A 100 respondents from the sample
population were selected randomly from 7 major Education programme such as TESL,
and Arts in Faculty of Education UiTM, Puncak Alam from all semester. Before the
students graduate after studied for about four years in the Faculty of Education UiTM
Puncak Alam, we want to see whether they are satisfied with their life that might due to
The researcher used random sampling techniques because the targeted sample was
among the students from Faculty of Education and the number of respondent from the 7
Mathematics students, TESL students, physical and health students and art students. In
this study, our targeted sample was among the students from Faculty of Education, so the
setting and sample selection for data collection was at the Faculty of Education UiTM
Puncak Alam. We approached, stopped and justified our respondent from the Faculty of
Education before we distribute the questionnaire and collecting the data from them. This
is compulsory so that the data gained was a pure data from the targeted sample.
2.4 Research Instruments
first section, the following it were asked the age, gender, course and year of study in order
the instrument was composed by the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). The 5-item life
satisfaction scale (SWLS) was designed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin (1985) to
measure global life satisfaction. The SWLS has been administered to many different
groups and has been found to have a high internal consistency and reliability across
gender, ethnicity and age. This measure also exhibits high convergent validity. For
Khalek’s, 2012). The response format of the SWLS consists of five statements measured
using a 7-point Likert-type scale (1= strongly disagree, 4= neither agree nor disagree, 7=
strongly agree).
The study adopted content validity which indicated whether the test items represented the
content that the test was designed to measure. To ensure validity, the instruments used in
the study were examined by the supervisor who is an expert and an authority in research.
The reliability of the instrument was determined using test retest method. Modifications
According to Mugenda (2008), data analysis is the process of bringing order and
meaning to raw data collected. After the questionnaires were returned, the researcher then
checked for completeness, accuracy of information and uniformity. Once the data was
obtained, statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for
Social Sciences), version 23.0. Descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution and
percentages was used to analyse the data collected. Tables were used to present responses
for each item that was used to answer the study questions. Furthermore, basic analyses were
performed to determine the levels of SWLS in the reference population. Based on the data,
independent t-test was used to compare the difference between male and female on their
academic performance.
Besides that, two sets of data involved in the study were analysed using the Pearson
measurement of the students’ academic performance (CGPA) and also the gender of
students. The independent variable was their life satisfaction as indicated from their scores
on the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). The Pearson product-moment correlation
coefficient was chosen as the method for analysing the data to arrive at the covariance of the
two variables in the study divided by the product of their standard deviations. This
measuring tool quantified the strength and the direction of the relationship between gender
and life satisfaction and also academic performance (CGPA) and life satisfaction as
identified by the correlation coefficient. This chapter provided the methodology used in the
study. The following chapter describes the results of the study, and examines each of the