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3.4 Data Measure

This study utilized questionnaire. This questionnaire was based from

the following sources: (1) Willingness to Respond in a Disaster: A Pediatric

Nurse Practitioner National Survey by Goodhue, Burke, Ferrer, Dorey, and

Upperman, published 2012; (2) Health care workers and disaster

preparedness: barriers to and facilitators of willingness to respond by

Ogedegbe, Nyirenda, Delmoro, Yamin, and Feldman, published 2012; and

(3) Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam 15: Emergency Nursing accessed from

www.nurseslabs.com (NEW SOURCE, MS book and skills lab) (See

Appendix C). Multiple choice questions was specifically used. A multiple

choice test is a test accompanied by several possible answers from which

the candidate must try to choose the correct one, Oxford Dictionary

(2014).The multiple choice test was used to assess competence. The

validity of the questionnaire was ensured by two Medical-Surgical

professors who have been teaching disaster nursing management for at

least 5 years, and a nurse representative from the Philippine Red Cross

who is knowledgeable about the skills being performed in usual earthquake

and flood disasters. The reliability was also ensured through the conduction

of a pilot test to ten newly graduate nurses who were excluded from the

actual study.
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3.8 Data Analysis

Data was encoded and processed using Statistical Package for Social

Sciences (SPSS) software for research question numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and

6.

The following statistical tools were used in the analysis:

Descriptive Analysis:

Mean - It is the sum of the scores divided by the number of scores being

summed. It was used to measure the central tendency which helped in

determining the difference between variations on both groups’ score. This

answered research question numbers 1, 2,3 and 4.

Inferential Analysis:

Paired T-test analysis - is a parametric test to compare two pairs of

scores. It was used to determine the significant difference in the pre-tests

and post-tests scores of the experimental group. It answered research

question number 5.

Independent T-test analysis - is a parametric test used to determine if the

means of two independent groups are significantly different from each

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other. It was used to determine the significant differences in the mean

scores of the comparison and experimental groups in terms of their post-

tests competency questionnaire. It answered research question number

6.