CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE

This chapter presents the methods and techniques of the study, population of the
study, research instrument, construction and validation of instrument, data gathering
procedure and statistical treatment of data.
Methods and Techniques of the Study
The Research Design of this study will use the descriptive survey design in its
attempt to describe, determine and analyze possible factors affecting the performance of
computer engineering students in System Analysis and Design during this AY 2015-2016.
It attempts to find out if the independent variables are significantly influences the
dependent variable. Respondents are 5th year engineering students who are studying the
System Analysis and Design which are comprised the sample size of the study.
Information of the respondents will be included in the sample size population. According
to Oskar Blakstad (2008), that the design is the structure of any scientific work. It gives
direction and systematizes the research. Different types of research designs have different
advantages and disadvantages. The method you choose will affect your results and how
you conclude the findings. Most scientists are interested in getting reliable observations
that can help the understanding of a phenomenon.

Population of the Study

The population of the study comprise of five (5) 5 th year computer engineering
students of Lyceum of Subic Bay. Table 1 presents the population of the study.

Respondents
BSCOE students
TOTAL

Number of Respondents
5
5
Table 1

Percentage
100%
100%

Population of the study

Research Instrument
The main data-gathering instrument used for this study is survey questionnaire.
This will be followed by an interview with the respondents. The questionnaire was
constructed and divided into two main parts.
The first part of the questionnaire is the profile of the respondents. This profile
contains person-related of the respondents such as age, gender, and civil status. This
survey proper discovered the perceptions of engineering students on personality
questionnaire.
The second part of the questionnaire is the school-related factors. This part is
composed of independent variables used in this study such as curriculum, teaching ways,
and schedule. The questionnaire was introduced to gather information regarding schoolrelated variables which might affect the learning development of engineering students.

SCALE
5
4
3
2
1

DESCRIPTIVE RATING
E - Excellent
AA - Above Average
A - Average
BA - Below Average
VP - Very Poor

Table 2
Likert Scale
Construction and Validation of Instrument
The questionnaire was constructed by putting first the survey goal on focus and
listing initial draft questions that emerge from the goal or purpose of the survey used in
this study. Based on the survey goal, the responses from the participants can be measured
also the appropriate types of questions can be used. After considering the type of
questions that will be used in writing the questionnaire, the researcher checked for the
reliability of it. The review of related literature is also important for the researcher to
compose some questions and will serve as reference and guide to attract and motivate the
respondents to participate. The researcher also seeks advisors to formulate a direct and
simple language in all the questions for more accurate responses from the participants.
The researcher tested the questionnaire to sample respondents. These respondents
as well as their answers were not part of the actual study process and were only used for
testing purposes. In order to test the validity of the questionnaire, the test re-test method
was used. According to Martyn Shuttlewoth (2009), that the simplest ways of testing the
stability and reliability of an instrument over time. To give an element of quantification to
the test-retest reliability, statistical tests factor this into the analysis and generate a

number between zero and one, with 1 being a perfect correlation between the test and the
retest. Perfection is impossible and most researchers accept a lower level, either 0.7, 0.8
or 0.9, depending upon the particular field of research. However, this cannot remove
confounding factors completely, and a researcher must anticipate and address these
during the research design to maintain test-retest reliability. To dampen down the chances
of a few subjects skewing the results, for whatever reason, the test for correlation is much
more accurate with large subject groups, drowning out the extremes and providing a more
accurate result.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers will ask permission from the Dean of College of Engineering to
allow 5th year students of computer engineering students in System Analysis and Design
to answer the questionnaire. The answering of the questionnaire will be done in the
College of Engineering of Lyceum of Subic Bay. Answered questionnaire then will be
gathered and will be subject to be appropriate statistical computation for reliability. Selfdeveloped questionnaire will be used to measure the factors affecting the performance of
5th year BSCOE students in System Analysis and Design in Lyceum of Subic Bay. All the
respondents will be assured that their response are highly appreciated and will be treated
confidentially.

Statistical Treatment of Data

The researcher will compile and arrange all the data to organize the results and
grades of the selected engineering students. The data gathered were arrange, tabulated
and were analyzed using the Standard Deviation and Mean to the significant relationship
of the variables.
Mean
The mean of a set of data is found by taking the sum of the data, and then dividing
the sum by the total number of values in the set. A mean is commonly referred to as an
average. The arithmetic mean of a set of numbers x1, x2, ...,xn is typically denoted by

If the data set were based on a series of observations obtained by sampling from a
statistical population, the arithmetic mean is termed the "sample mean to distinguish it
from the "population mean". For a finite population, the population mean of a property is
equal to the arithmetic mean of the given property while considering every member of the
population. For example, the population mean height is equal to the sum of the heights of
every individual divided by the total number of individuals.

Notes in Chapter III

Oskar Blakstad, Research Design, https://explorable.com/researchdesigns.html. Retrieved: 15 September 2015.
Martyn Shuttleworth, Test-Retest Reliability, https://explorable.com/testretest-reliability.html. Retrieved: 15 September 2015.