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The document describes the research methodology used in a study of the impact of a Community Outreach Learning Center (COLC) program. The study uses a descriptive research method to analyze data from 50 preschool student beneficiaries of the COLC program from the 2012-2013 school year. Tables show the population was evenly split between male and female students, most were 3-4 years old, and the sample was evenly split between the first and second sessions. A questionnaire was used to collect data on the program's impact, which was then statistically analyzed.

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Chapter 3

The document describes the research methodology used in a study of the impact of a Community Outreach Learning Center (COLC) program. The study uses a descriptive research method to analyze data from 50 preschool student beneficiaries of the COLC program from the 2012-2013 school year. Tables show the population was evenly split between male and female students, most were 3-4 years old, and the sample was evenly split between the first and second sessions. A questionnaire was used to collect data on the program's impact, which was then statistically analyzed.

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CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN The descriptive method of research is used in the study. Descriptive research is used in this study. Descriptive research describes the Impact of the Community Outreach Learning Center to its beneficiaries who are the less fortunate children simultaneously being benefitted from the program. In this study, it involves the description, recording, analysis and interpretation of the data. This study focuses on the present prevailing conditions of the program and its beneficiaries. This method is preferred because the primary intent of the research is to describe how high or low is the impact of the program to its beneficiaries, both the students of the first and second session school year 2012-2013. POPULATION AND SAMPLE SIZE

The population of the study are beneficiaries of the COLC who are preschool students ages from 3-5 years old. There are 50 students involved in this research study, 25 from the first session and 25 from the second session. These students are enrolled in this program for the year 2012-2013. In random Sampling Technique, everyone in the population of the inquiry has an equal chance of being included on the study. The Slovens formula was used in the computation of the sample of the study to determine the sample size.

TABLE 1 FREQUENCY AND TABLE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION AND SAMPLE SIZE POPULATION FREQUENCY FEMALE MALE 25 25 PERCENTAGE 50% 50% SAMPLE SIZE FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE 22 22 50% 50%

TOTAL

50

44

22

22

Male Female

Computation for the sample size: Slovens Formula: Sample Size = = = = Sample Size= 44

Female:

Male

50x = 44(25) 50x = 1100 x=

50x = 44(25) 50x = 1100 x=

x= 22

x= 22

THE RESPONDENTS TABLE 2 FREQUENCY AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO AGE

AGE
3 Years Old 4 Years Old 5 Years Old

FREQUENCY
21 22 7 50

PERCENTAGE
42% 44% 14% 100%

TOTAL:

Table 2 Presents the description of the respondents of the present study school year 2012-2013.

14% 42% 44% 3 Years Old 4 Years Old 5 Years Old

TABLE 3 FREQUENCE AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO SESSION NUMBER

SESSION NUMBER
First Session Second Session

FREQUENCY
25 25 50

PERCENTAGE
50% 50% 100%

TOTAL:

Table 3 presents the description of the respondents according to its session number.

50%

50%

1st Session 2nd Session

THE INSTRUMENT (QUESTIONNAIRE)

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES

In data gathering and procedure the researcher first identifies what are the variables needed to be able to understand what are the impacts of the COLC program to the preschool students, who are the beneficiaries.

STATISTICAL TREATMENT

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