STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA

The statistical tools utilized in the study were frequency, percentage, general

weighted mean, and pearson-r. A talligram was first constructed by the reseachers,

which they listed each awareness and preparedness on disaster according to their

deographic profile such as age, gender, occupation, level of attainment, and number of

years that they stayed in teir respective residences. Frequency was used to determine

the distribution of respondents in terms of normality and measures of tendency.

Percentage was used in order to determine the ratio of the profile of the respondents.

General weighted mean was utilized to find out the average responses of the

respondents and their present level of awareness and preparedness.

Moreover, the correlation was also used for analysis that measures the strength

of association between two variables and the direction of the relationship. In terms of

the strength of relationship, the value of the correlation coefficient varies between +1

and -1. A value of ± 1 indicates a perfect degree of association between the two

variables. As the correlation coefficient value goes towards 0, the relationship between

the two variables will be weaker. Specifically, Pearson r correlation was utilized in this

study since it is the most widely used correlation statistic to measure the degree of the

relationship between linearly related variables such as demographic profile and disaster

awareness and preparedness of respondents in General Santos City.