The Research Instrument

A researcher- questionnaire was the instrument used. The questionnaire contained 16

items derived from the table of specifications and it was composed of two parts: Part one,
involves the personal data of the inmates and part two contains questionnaire , outcomes of
inmates welfare development program specifically on inmates sense of well-being at Iloilo city
district jail. The questionnaire was validated by the research instructor and by a jury of three
experts composed of faculty members of the College of Criminal Justice. To determine the
reliability of the questionnaire, the spilt-half procedure was used. This was done by calculating
the correlation coefficient for the odd- numbered test scores and the even- numbered test scores
of a sample of 10 ________ who were not respondents in the study. Using the Spearman
coefficient by correlation, the obtained coefficient correlation was 0.87. This coefficient
describes the interval consistency of the questionnaire (Fraenkel and Wallen, 2010).
The reliability coefficient was calculated using the Spearman Brown Prophecy Formula,
The obtained score was 0.93 which means that the questionnaire is highly reliable and can be
used for the research.