Chapter 3 (33)

This chapter contains the dicussion of the methods and techniques that were
used in gathering data and other information related to the study. It represents the
research design, the research setting, respondents of the study, the research
instruments used, and procedure in gathering data.

Research Design

This study is designed to know the affectiveness of police visibilty in the assigned
area for the researchers.It includes the survey conducted in order to know the opinions
of the respondents regarding the police visibilty program of Philippine National Police.
The researcher used the descriptive type of writing on this research paper to be able to
understand this study.

Research Setting

The research covers the police visibilty program of Philippine National Police. In
connection to this, the assigned area for the survey were Barangay Cogon and Carmen,
Cagayan de Oro City. It cover population of the residents recorded in the barangay
demographic profile.

Respondents of the Study

The respomdents of this study covers twenty five (25) residents of Barangay
Carmen same as in Barangay Cogon who were randomly interviewed in gathering
information on this study. But in Barangay Cogon, the reseacher interviewed eighteen
(18) street vendors and only seven (7) residents who live in Barangay Cogon because
the researcher were not very familiar with the place.

Research Instrument

The information was obtained by the researcher through printed questionaires

and conducted the survey by interviewing respondents randomly. The questionaires that
the researchers made were two (2). The first one was designed for the basic
informations about the respondents like what is thye name, age, and etc. The last one
was designed for the questions about the police visibilty relating to the conduct of patrol,
elimination of crime, time response,

Procedure of Gathering Information

 As the survey was conducted, the researchers ask the permition of the
respondents if the researcher could borrow a few minutes to sustain the information
needed for the study through interview. The interview will be related to the study. The
questionaires will be given to the respondents while the interview is on going. The
respondents were intstructed to answer the questions in the questionaire and will be
given oral instruction if the respondent cannot understand the contents. The information
gathered will be evaluated and analyzed to finalized the said information.