6 Chapter 2
6 Chapter 2
6 Chapter 2
Method
This chapter presents the research design and method used, the
environment where the study was conducted, the respondents of the study, the
instruments used to gather the necessary data, the procedure carried out to
Research Design
application to the people of Miranda Samal Island. This method was necessary in
gathering data from the respondent through the use of Questionnaire form which
Research Environment
Dakbayan sa Samal) and it is made up of Samal Island and the smaller Talikud
Island in the Davao Gulf, making it a part of Mindanao island group. It has a
Samal is a part of the Metropolitan Davao area and is located two kilometres
away from Davao City, the largest city and the primary economic centre of
Mindanao. The name Samal was derived from the Sama-Bajau peoples, the
natives who were the first inhabitants of the island. The first datuin the island was
Datu Taganiyug, a native of what is now Peñaplata, today the governance center
of the city. In the past, the people of the island name a place about what was the
said place known for. For example, the name Peñaplata was derived from the
in Spanish. Tagpopongan is the first barangay in the island which name was from
the word "tagpo" or meet. It was so called due to the fact that in the fact this
place is chosen by the datus as their meeting place. The word Samal was also
known before because it was commonly used as surname by datus. Abu is the
the researcher divides the entire target population into different subgroups, or
strata, and then randomly selects the final subjects proportionally from the
different strata.
The 200 respondents were people of the island selected randomly and
asked to determine the need of this application for them and it was indicated in
the questionnaire.
Research Instrument
specific information to meet a particular need for research information about the
researchers study.
Miranda Samal Island. The first part of the questionnaire was composed of the
respondents’ profile. The second part contained questions about said application.
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This research was conducted to know the need of this application. The
data in this research was gathered using the questionnaire. The researchers
questions modified from related research and individual questions. After it was
researchers collected and tabulated the data from the survey and analyzed the
results.
Data Analysis
The data taken from the respondents was carefully examined by the
researchers. The researchers used statistical tools such as frequency count and
categories and show the number of observations in each category. Also, the
mean or average was used to determine the level of need towards the
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application. To calculate the mean, the researchers added up the values of all
After that, the researchers used T-test to get the significant difference on
according to profile. Then, the researchers reviewed and analysed their gathered
4.50 – 5.00 Indicates that the people are very needed the
application.
3.50 - 4.49 Indicates that the people are more thanneeded the
application.
2.50 – 3.49 Indicates that the people are needed the application.
application.