CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter will present the research design that will be used in the study.

It will also discuss the procedures, population, as well as the locale of the study,

data gathering tools and statistical interpretation of data. That will be gathered

from the respondents.

Research Design

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the level of awareness

residents in barangay Tibanga, Iligan City regarding the acts punishable under

R.A 9262 (Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004). Given

the said purpose, the determination of the level of awareness among residents in

barangay Tibanga in Iligan City regarding the acts punishable under R.A 9262 is

descriptive in nature.

Therefor this research will employ descriptive method of research. In the

same way survey method will be employed in order to gather or generate needed

information for the completion of this research.

Locale of the Study

This study will be conducted in barangay Tibanga, Iligan City. The

researchers chose this to be the locale of the study since one of their member is

an elected sangguniang kabataan kagawad. With this, it will be a lot easier for

them to look for possible respondents with the help of the local barangay officials.

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Respondents

The researchers would want to have 100 respondents from any of the

residents in barangay Tibanga, Iligan City. The respondents will be coming from

the different purok as per approved by the local barangay officials.

Sampling Procedure

The researchers is deeming to employ random sampling method, in

collecting data from the respondents. Random sampling is a part of the sampling

technique in which each sample has an equal probability of being chosen

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By employing this kind of random sampling technique everyone from the

target population will have the chance to be chosen to be part of the targeted

respondents to complete this study. Hence, bias and other miscalculations will

also be eradicate that will add up to the credibility of the study to be conducted.

Data Gathering Procedure

A letter of permission to conduct a survey address to the Barangay

Captains of Barangay Tibanga will be made by the researchers and will then be

sent to the research adviser for prof reading. Together with the letter is the

researcher-made questionnaire which will be subject for panel’s validation.

Next, when the letter and the questionnaires have been reviewed and

validated by the research adviser and the dean it will be delivered immediately by

the researchers to the barangay hall.

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 After which when the letter to conduct survey is approved by the

Barangay Captain. The researchers will then present the approved letter to the

certain purok leaders within the barangay. The researcher personally

administered the questionnaire to the randomly chosen respondents. A short

briefing was done before the respondents started answering the question

Then the researchers will immediately start to look for the respondent- to

answer their survey questionnaires. Basically, with the so-called observation of

the minimum health standards during this time of pandemic and proper social

distancing.

Next is researchers will wait for about three to five minutes if the present

situation allows face to face distribution of survey questionnaires. Then they will

personally collect the questionnaires from the respondents. This is to secure the

confidentiality of the information provided by the respondents themselves.

lastly the data gathered will be tallied and interpreted to obtain plausible

and concrete answers to the questions formulated in the preceding chapters of

this research.

Instrument Used

This study utilized a researcher-made questionnaire. The said

questionnaire was validated by the members of the defense panel and has been

verified for clarity and clearness. The questionnaire was translated in Filipino and

was pre-tested to housewives who were not included as respondents of the

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study. Pre-testing was done to test the instrument for clarity and conciseness.

The survey questionnaire was composed of two parts.

The first part gathered the demographic characteristics of the respondents

which included age, gender, educational attainment, civil status and occupation.

The second part was composed of 21 acts/statements considered to be

punishable acts of violence against women and their children as stated in R.A.

9262 that determined the level of awareness and perception on the provisions of

the said Republic Act. In this part, the respondents were instructed to indicate

their level of awareness on the provisions of the said Republic Act by putting a

check on the appropriate column

Furthermore, they also stated their level of awareness (perception) as to

the extent by which they want the given statements to be considered as act of

violence against women and their children by checking the appropriate column.

The survey questionnaire will be answered by the respondents in a four-

point scale coded 4, 3, 2, and 1. The respondents will indicate their level of

awareness, by checking on numbers 4, 3, 2, and 1. Which means: 4- Highly

Aware; 3 – Aware; 2- Unaware; 1- Highly Unaware.

Statistical Treatment of Data

After the respondents answered the questionnaire, the responses will be

tallied, tabulated and analyzed. Different statistical treatment will be used after

recording the answer from survey questionnaire. For appropriate analysis and

interpretation, the following statistical tools will be employed:

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 1. Percentage and frequency. These tools are used to determine the

distribution of the responses in each category, while percentage is employed to

determine the position of the respondents’ responses out of the total number of

responses utilized in the study.

f
The formula for the percentage is P= X 100
n

Where: P = percentage (%)

f = frequency

n = summation of the total population

100 = constant

2. Weighted Mean. The weighted mean is a given set of non-negative {

x 1 x 2 x 3 … x n} data with non-negative weights { w 1 w2 w3 … w n}can be derived from

the formula.

w1 x 1+ w2 x2 +…
Formula: X=
n

Where: X= the number of respondents

W= the weight given to the response of x

X = the weighted mean

N = total population

3. T-Test. It is a type of inferential statistic used to determine if there is a

significant difference between the means of two groups, which may be related in

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researcher decided to use this statistical tool simply because they are very much

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positive that this statistical tool suits the aim of the problem which is to test

whether Is there a significant difference between the respondents’ demographic

profile and the level of awareness with regards on the acts punishable under R.A

9262 (Anti-Violence Against Woman and their Children Act of 2004)?

Scoring procedure

The researchers will make use of the “Likert Scale” to interpret the result

of the tabulations and computations of the data gathered from the respondents.

The following will be used in scoring of the outputs which will determine

the intensity or level of awareness among residents in barangay Tibanga, ligan

City regarding the acts punishable under the R.A 9262 (Anti-Violence Against

Women and Children Act 2004).

Table 1. Scoring Scale of the Weighted Mean in determining the level of

Range Descriptive Meaning

1.00 – 1.75 Highly Unaware

1.76 – 2.50 Unaware

2.51- 3.25 Aware

3.26 – 4.00 Highly Aware

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