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CHAPTER IV

METHODOLOGY

This section provides the details of the steps or procedures of

the development of “Decision Support System for Online

Scholarship Application through classification using Decision Tree

Algorithm.” It also presents the models, processes, risks analysis,

design, development and acceptance testing undergone by the

researcher during the conduct of the study.

Requirements Modeling

INPUT-PROCESS-OUTPUT of Decision Support System for Online

Scholarship Application using classification through Decision Tree
Algorithm

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

- Login Details - Verify User - Users List
- Student/Applicant Account - Application
Details - Verify result
System User Details Applicant (qualified/
- Upload pre- Account not
application - Verify pre- qualified)
requirements application - List of
- Scholarship requirement Grantees
Requirement Details - Verify
- News and Uploaded
Announcement Requirement
Details s

FEEDBACK

Figure 1. Input-Process-Output

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The Figure shows the data that the user inputs to the system, how

the system process it and result or output. Before an applicant can

log-in to the system, they should sign-up their login details for the

system to verify their account. After which, the student-applicant

will fill-up pre-application requirement to be validated by the

system if qualified or not. Once an applicant is passed the pre-

application validation, he or she can upload secondary

requirements that are set by the administrator. In the other hand,

the scholarship in-charge will be responsible inputting the news

and announcement details, verify and approve scholarship

application and print list of grantees. Moreover, the administrator

will be in-charge of the system user details and other system

settings.

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The Hierarchical Input Process Output (HIPO) of the Decision
Support System for Online Scholarship Application using
classification through Decision Tree Algorithm

Decision Support System for Online Scholarship Application using classification

through Decision Tree Algorithm

Login

Administrator Student Scholarship in-charge

Settings Dashboard
Dashboard
Change Password Settings
Settings
Upload Avatar /
Grade Cut-off
System Setting Primary Photo
Type Residence
User type Update Info. Master
Income Cutoff
System Transaction
USersaster Transaction
Facility Master Fill up pre-
application Announcement
requirements
School Year
Upload Scholarship
Secondary Approval

Requirements
Reports
Archiver

Restore Scholarship
Deleted Data Grants

Figure 2. HIPO

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Data Process Modeling

Context Diagram

Figure 3. Context Diagram

The figure above shows the context level 0 diagram of the Decision

Support System for Online Scholarship Application through

Classification using Decision Tree Algorithm. The application starts

with the students filing the pre-application requirements, pre-

application requirements include (grade, residence and average

monthly income this is the basis of applicant’s qualification or

disqualification. If qualified, he or she is ready to upload the

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secondary requirements. These requirements will be checked by

the scholarship in-charge as basis of issuance of the certification of

scholarship grants. Moreover, the system settings module is

managed by the administrator user who gives access and

requirement information to be retrieved by the student and the

scholarship in-charge.

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Pre-Application Classification

Residence

Pre-
Application

Figure 4. Pre-application Classification

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of Student pre-

application classification of the Decision Support System for

Online Scholarship Application through classification using

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Decision Tree. It shows how the Student Module classifies qualified

and not-qualified student/applicants.

Setting – User type

Log-in to system System

Administrator

DSS-OSAS Assign User

Role

Setting

Delete
User type

Update

User role
Add New Update
Profile
Update

Sav
e

New User type Delete

User type
Manager
DB

Figure 5. User type Master

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of System Setting

– of the Decision Support System for Online Scholarship

Application through classification using Decision Tree. It shows

how the User type data will be stored and modified in the system

database.

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Setting – System Users

Log-in to system System

Administrator

DSS-OSAS

Setting

Delete
System Users

Update

Add New Update

Update

Sav
e

New System Delete

User System
User

Figure 6. System Users

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of System Users –

of the Decision Support System for Online Scholarship Application

through classification using Decision Tree. It shows how the

System Users data will be stored and modified on the system

database.

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Setting – Facility

Log-in to system System

Administrator

DSS-OSAS

Setting

Delete
Facility

Update

Add New Update

Profile
Update

Sav
e

New Usertype Delete

Facility

Figure 7. Facility Master

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of Facility

Module– of the Decision Support System for Online Scholarship

Application through classification using Decision Tree. It shows

how the Facility data will be stored and modified in the system

database.

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Setting – School Year

Log-in to system System

Administrator

DSS-OSAS

Setting

Delete
School Year

Update

Add New SY Update

Update

Sav
e

New SY Delete

SY

Figure 8. School Year

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of School Year

Module – of the Decision Support System for Online Scholarship

Application through classification using Decision Tree. It illustrates

how the School Year data will be stored and modified in the system

database.

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Setting – Set Grade Cut-Off

Log-in to system System

Administrator

DSS-OSAS

Setting/Pre
Application

Grade Cut-off

Update Cutoff

Grade Cut-off Update

Update

Sav
e

New Cut-off
Grade
Cutoff

Figure 9. Grade Cut-off

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of Setting-Pre

application Set Grade Cut-off – of the Decision Support System for

Online Scholarship Application through classification using

Decision Tree. It shows how the Grade Cut-off data will be stored

and modified in the system database.

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Setting – Monthly Income

Log-in to system System

Administrator

DSS-OSAS

Setting/Pre
Application

Monthly
Income Cut-off

Update Cut-off

Monthly Update
Income Cut-off
Update

Sav
e

New Cut-off
Monthly
Income

Figure 10. Monthly Income

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of Setting-Pre

application Monthly Income Module– of the Decision Support

System for Online Scholarship Application through classification

using Decision Tree. It shows how the Monthly Income Module

data will be stored and modified in the system database.

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Setting – Residence

Log-in to system System

Administrator

DSS-OSAS

Setting

Delete
Residence

Update

Add New Update

Update

Sav
e

Residence Delete

Residence

Figure 11. Residence Master

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of Residence

Module – of the Decision Support System for Online Scholarship

Application through classification using Decision Tree. It shows

how the Residence data will be stored and modified in the system

database.

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Transaction – Announcement

Log-in to system Scholarship in-

charge

DSS-OSAS

Transaction

Delete
Announcement

Update

Add New Update

Update

Sav
e

New Delete

Announcemen Announcem
ent

Figure 12. Announcement Manager

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of Announcement

Manager– of the Decision Support System for Online Scholarship

Application through classification using Decision Tree. It shows

how the Announcements data will be stored and modified in the

system database.

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Transaction – Scholarship Approval

Log-in to system Scholarship in-

charge

DSS-OSAS

Transaction

Scholarship
Approval

Scholarship
Aproval

Update

Update Status

Scholarship

Figure 13. Scholarship Approval

The figure displays the Data Flow Diagram of Scholarship

Approval – of the Decision Support System for Online Scholarship

Application through classification using Decision Tree. It shows

how the Approval data will be modified in the system database.

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Reports

Log-in to system Scholarship in-

charge

DSS-OSAS

Reports

Filter

Filtered
Print Report
Scholars

Filter
Scholarship

Scholarship
Grants

Figure 14. Printing of Reports

The figure shows the Data Flow Diagram of Approve Reports–

of the Decision Support System for Online Scholarship Application

through classification using Decision Tree. It shows how the

Filtering and Printing of Scholarship Grants coming from the

system database.

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Design

Output and User-Interface Design

Forms

Figure 15. The Log-in Form of the system

The figure shows the login form of the system. It is where the

authorized user will enter his/her username and password. One a

user enters a correct username and password he/she is redirected

to the administrator panel.

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Figure 16. Administrator Dashboard

The figure shows the Administrator Panel Dashboard where the

system administrator can view updates and status of scholarship

grants, gender distribution board and Residence counter.

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Figure 17. User type Module

The figure displays the User type module of the system where a

user can add, edit, and delete a particular record of a user type.

Aside from record management (add, edit, delete) user type also

manages the user roles where facilities are entered as a basis of

their access privilege.

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Figure 18. Add New User type

The figure shows the Add New User type where the user can enter

user type title and description.

Figure 19. Item Details

The figure shows the creation and modification information of a

particular record in the user type, all master file list have this kind

of pop-up window.

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Figure 20. Update User type

The figure shows the update user type information window where

the administrator user can update user type’s information.

Figure 21. Delete User type

The figure displays the delete user type window where a user

is asked to remove a particular item; all deleted records are stored

in the archiver where the administrator user can restore a

previously deleted data.

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Figure 22. User Role Assignment

The figure shows the designation of user role to a particular

user type. The administrator user will just select what facility

he/she will assign to a particular user type.

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Figure 23. Manage System Users

The figure shows the system users’ module where the

administrator user can view, search, add, edit and delete system

users’ information.

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Figure 24. Facility Master

The figure shows the facility master in which the administrator

user can view, search, add, edit and delete facility information that

will soon be the basis of user role assignment in each user type.

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Figure 25. School Year Master

The figure shows the school year module in which the user can

add, edit and delete SY. In this module, the administrator user is

also capable of setting the current school year and semester.

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Figure 26. Setup Current School Year and Semester

The figure shows the Setup Current School Year and semester

module where the administrator will set the school year and

semester by selecting items on combo boxes and clicking the save

changes button.

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Figure 27. Grade Cut-off Module

The figure shows the cut-off grade manager which is the basis of

pre-application requirements.

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Figure 28. Residence Manager

The figure shows the Residence manager which stores, deletes and

updates particular residence which is of the basis in pre-

application qualification.

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Figure 29. Monthly Income Cut-off Module

The figure shows the Monthly income cut-off which is the basis of

average monthly income cut-off in pre-application qualification.

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Figure 30. Announcement Master

The figure shows the announcement master where the scholarship

in-charge can be able to add and delete announcements

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Figure 31. Add Announcement

The figure shows that the user is required to fill up announcement

information. All added announcements will be displayed in the

Bespren Website.

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Figure 32. Scholarship Approval

The figure shows the list of qualified applicants based on the pre-

application data. The user can be able to search and approve a

particular record.

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Figure 33. Sign-up Account

The figure shows the sign-up form for applicants where they are

required to fill up simple information such as Email, Password,

First Name, Middle Name and Last Name.

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Figure 34. Sign-in Account

The figure shows the sign-in page where the applicants are

required to enter his/her username and password. If the student

enters correct username and password, he / she will proceed to

the student module.

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Figure 35. Student Module – Update Information

The figure shows the student module, where the student is asked

to update his/her information before he/she can view his/her

dashboard.

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Figure 36. Student Module – pre-application

The figure shows the pre-application requirement module where an

applicant is required to fill-up pre-application requirement as basis

of scholarship qualification.

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Figure 37. Student Module – pre-application

The figure window shows the application information based on the

pre-application data.

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Figure 38. Student Module – Upload Secondary Requirements

The figure shows the page for uploading of secondary

requirements. One pre-application is approved, secondary

requirements module will be enabled for an applicant to upload

secondary requirement.

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Figure 39. Student Module – Upload Photo

The figure displays the module for changing account avatar or

primary photo. The applicant shall upload/change his/her avatar

by clicking the button Upload Picture.

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Figure 40. Student Module – Change Password

The figure shows the change password module where the student –

applicant can modify his / her password to access his/her

account.

Data Design

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Entity Relationship Diagram

An Entity Relationship (ER) diagram is a specialized graphic

that illustrates the interrelationships between entities in a

database.
Figure 41. Entity Relationship Diagram

Data Dictionary

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A data dictionary is a “centralized repository of information

about data such meaning, relationship to other data, origin, usage,

and format.” The term may have one of the several closely related

meanings about databases and data base management systems

(DBMS).

Table 1. m_announcement_master

The Table shows the m_announcement_master which is used to

store information of announcements that is displayed in the
Bespren website

Table 2. m_app_info

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The table displays the applicant information which contains,
address and parents’ information, occupation and contact number.

Table 3. m_basic_info

The table shows the applicants basic information which contains

applicant’s name, email, and password.

Table 4. m_current_sy_sem

The table shows the m_current_sy_sem which is consist of the

school year and semester id.

Table 5. m_residence_master

The table shows the m_residence _master which holds information

like, residence name, description and data_set.

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Table 6. m_facility_master

The table shows the m_facility_master which contains facility

name, link reference, and type.

Table 7. T_monthly_income

The table shows the t_monthly_income which mainly consist of the

monthly cut-off income for applicants as the basis of pre-
registration.

Table 8. m_schoolyear

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The table shows the m_schoolyear which is consist of school year
information.

Table 9. m_system_users

The table shows the m_system_users which is consist of the

system users name (first name, middle name and last name),
username, password and usertype

Table 10. m_upload

The table shows the m_upload which is consist of applicant id, the
uploaded item, school year, and semester.

Table 11. m_user_roles

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The table shows the m_user_roles which is consist of user type id
and facility id.

Table 12. m_usertype

The table shows the m_usertype which is consist of user type name
and its description.

Table 13. t_app_photo

The table shows the t_app_photo which is consist of the applicant

id and photo.

Table 14. t_gde_cut_off

The table shows the t_grade_cut_off which is consist of the

baseline grade as the basis of pre-application.

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Table 15. t_pre_applicant

The table shows the t_pre_application which consist of the

applicant number, his/her grade, monthly income, residence,
status, school year, semester and the date of filling the pre-
application requirements.

Table 16. t_pre_applicant

The table shows the t_scholarship_approval which includes the

applicant id, school year, the approving authority, the date
approved and status of approval.

Risk Assessment/Analysis

Risk Management Plan

The researchers expect these risks that would probably come

along the way during the deployment stage, and to overcome those
risk strategies and techniques are formulated.

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Events(Risk Probab Mitiga Mitigat Impa Contin Contin
Elements) ility tion ion ct gency gency
Strateg Strateg
y y

Electrici Inacce H 94 M 41 Use H 9 M 41 Use

ty ssible % % Generat 4 % Generat
Blackou Server or % or
t backup backup

Internet No H 94 M 42 Use H 9 L 42 Use

Connect access % % wireless 2 % wireless
ion to internet % internet
Down system connect connect
ion ion
Virus Data H 94 M 40 Install M 8 M 40 Install
Infection are % % Anti- 9 % Anti
damag Virus % Virus
ed Progra Progra
ms ms
Server Low M 60 L 43 Check M 8 L 43 Check
Malfunc system % % Server 0 % Server
tion perfor Connec % Connec
mance tion tion

Browser
s
Unorga H 90 M 41 Indicate M 9 M 41 Indicate
incompa
nized % % Browser 0 % Browser
tibility
page Require % Require
to
display ments ments
program
code

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Databas No H 95 L 20 Check H 9 L 20 Check
e data % % databas 5 % databas
Failure registr e % e
ation Connec Connec
tion tion
Table 17. Management Plan Table

The table 4 below shows the different risks that would possibly
occur during the deployment of the system.

Events(Risk Proba Mitig Impa Conti Ris Redu Exp

Elements) bility ation ct ngenc k ction osur
y e

Risk Conseq
uence

Electri Inacces H 94 M 41 H 94 M 41 H 8 15% M 8

city sible % % % % 5 0
Blacko Server % %
ut

Intern No H 94 M 42 H 92 L 42 H 8 15% M 8
et access % % % % 7 0
Conne to % %
ction system

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Down

Virus Data H 94 M 40 M 89 M 40 H 7 10% H 9

Infecti are % % % % 9 0
on damage % %
d

Server Low M 60 L 43 M 80 L 43 M 7 7% M
Malfun system % % % % 0
ction perform %
ance

Brows M
ers
Unorga H 90 M 41 M 90 M 41 H 8 19% M 7
incom
nized % % % % 0 5
patibili
page % %
ty to
display
progra
m code

Datab No data H 95 L 20 H 95 L 20 H 9 14% M 7

ase registrat % % % % 0 0
Failure ion % %

Table 18. Summary of Risk Management Plan

The table shows the possible problems that may arise in

developing the mobile application where different risks are rated
according to its probability of occurrence, likelihood, and value.
The probability of occurrence is about the chances a problem may
arise while likelihood is the degree of the problem whether it is
Catastrophic (C), High (H), Moderate (M), and Low (L)

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Software Specifications

The Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is a widely-used open

source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited

for web development and can be embedded into HTML was

successfully used to build the software that manages input and

manipulation of data in the system. The system is operated under

Windows 7, 8, 10 and 10.1. This operating system will allow the

application to run properly.

MySQL is a Relational Database Management System

(RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL). It is used as

to manage the database of the application system.

The NAVICAT Premium is also used to connect to MySQL

database to allow data migration between the databases. It

provides Graphical User Interface to MySQL Command line.

The XAMPP is used by the researcher to create a local web

server to test the application program during the development.

Hardware Specification

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These specifications will suffice to install a running a

Decision Support System for Online Scholarship Application

through Classification using Decision Tree Algorithm:

Server Computer

Processor Intel core i5 6400 2.7GHz LGA 1151

Skylake
VIDEO CARD Gigabyte B150M-D3H 115, DDR3, DVI,
8CH, GLAN
RAM 2x 4GB DDR3 PC10600/1333
HDD Western 1TB SATA3 Blue
CASING ATX Casing Black
MONITOR AOC 18.5 LED Monitor
AVR AVR Metal 500watts
MOUSE A4Tech KRS-8572 USB w/ mouse
Table 19. Server Computer Specification

Client Computer

Processor Intel core i3 6400 2.7GHz LGA 1151 Skylake

VIDEO CARD Gigabyte B150M-D3H 115, DDR3, DVI, 8CH,

GLAN
RAM 2x 4GB DDR3 PC10600/1333
HDD Western 1TB SATA3 Blue
CASING ATX Casing Black
MONITOR AOC 18.5 LED Monitor
AVR AVR Metal 500watts
MOUSE A4Tech KRS-8572 USB w/ mouse

Table 20. Client Computer Specification

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Network Device / Materials

Cable UTP Cable Cat 5e

Router Netis Wireless Router
RJ 45 RJ 45
Crimping Tool Crimping Tool
Table 21. Network Material Specification

Program Specifications

These specifications will describe how the developed Decision

Support System for Scholarship Application will work regarding its

capabilities, appearances, and interactions made by the user.

A. System Users Administration

B. Administer the input of User Roles

C. View and print list of Scholarship Grants Master list

D. Assess Pre-Application Requirements

E. Provides a Flood Hazard Graph

F. Restore Deleted Data

G. Upload Secondary Requirements

H. Approves and informs student (via student/applicant

module) of the scholarship application

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Programming Environment

In computer program and software product development,

the development environment is the set of processes

and programming tools used to create the program or software

product. The programming environment used by the researcher to

develop the Decision Support System for Scholarship Application is

as follows:

Front End

 HTML 5

 Bootstrap Framework (CSS)

 JavaScript

 PHP

 AJAX

Back End

 PHP

 MySQL

Implementation Plan

It is the detailed listing of all activities, expected

difficulties, and schedules made by the researcher that are

required to achieve the objectives of the strategic plan.

Project Implementation Checklist

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Table 22. The Project Implementation Checklist

June July August

Tasks
Week Week Week
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
Meeting with the X X x
Scholarship Board
Identify information needed X X
for development of the
System
Development of the system X X X X X X X X

Testing of the system X

 X

Implementation of the X
system

The table above shows the project implementation checklist.

It started on the first week of June and ended on the First week of

August.

Testing

The Unit Testing was used to check the errors and

validate if the system provides the desired output. The
testing is conducted during and after the development of the
system.

Integration Testing

Integration testing is used to combined and test the

system by its entities (users). It occurs after unit testing and
before validation testing.

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Compatibility Testing

Compatibility Testing is used to check if the

system is in the different web browsers.

The following activities were conducted during the

compatibility testing.

1. Install Browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome,

Internet Explorer)
2. Load the system on the different platforms
3. Choose the best browser to be used by the system

Performance Testing

Performance Testing is accomplished to check the

difference between the manual and the web-based
application.

The following are the procedures were conducted during the

performance testing

1. Used the Manual Process

2. Used the Decision Support System for Online
Scholarship Application
3. Compared the time allotment for the samples used

Stress Testing

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Stress Testing is used to determine the ability of a
computer, network, program or device to maintain a level of
effectiveness under unfavorable conditions.

The following procedures were conducted during the Stress

Testing

1. Inputted dummy data

2. Check System Errors
3. Check Network Connection
4. Check Computer Response Time

Load Testing

This testing is used to determine the interval between

the request and response time on the client-server
architecture of the system.

The following procedures were conducted during the Load

Testing

1. Check Computer Connection

2. Assigned IP address
3. Load System on the different entities (Student,
Faculty, and Administrator)
4. Check Response time

System Testing

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It is used to evaluate the system regarding the
system functionality, and security to make that the
system works right.

The following activities were conducted during the

system testing:

1. Installed Software Requirements

2. Connected the Clients using peer to peer
connection and through a wireless connection.
3. Inputted dummy (temp) data.

System Evaluation

To evaluate the system researcher used the

ISO/IEC 9126 standard in evaluating the user’s
perception. The
Four points Likert scale is used will be as follows.

4 –Highly Acceptable 3 –Very Acceptable

2 –Acceptable 1 – Not Acceptable

Formula: X = x/n

X – Mean, x – Value of items, n – number of items

Assumptions:

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4 –Highly Acceptable 3 –Very
Acceptable
2 –Acceptable 1 – Not
Acceptable

3.26 – 4.00 Highly Acceptable

2.51 – 3.25 Very Acceptable

1.76 – 2.50 Acceptable

1.00 – 1.75 Not Acceptable

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