RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

This chapter presents the analysis, presentation and interpretation of data gathered
from the experiment.

It shows the detailed presentation of the qualities of banana paper in terms of

durability and water resistance in accompanying tables and graphs. It shows the average
measures of the paper in terms of durability and water resistance. Moreover, it shows the
comparison of the qualities of paper for each treatment and the comparison of the
handmade paper to the commercialize paper.

Table 1. The values of experimental group in terms of durability and water resistance
Durability Water Resistance
(Weights carried in grams) (Time in seconds)
Trial T1 T2 T3 T1 T2 T3
1 938.8 786.1 1232.7 2.5 5.85 5.81
2 731 506.2 1234.2 2.72 2.96 1.3
3 938.5 284.4 1233.8 3.38 6.3 2.26
4 927.4 492.6 1148.9 4.02 5.48 2.93
5 935.7 995.8 1148.9 2.52 3.3 24.59

The table represents the data for the treatment 1 to 3 of Durability and Water resistance.
In every treatment, there’s 5 trials. For the durability, the researchers test the paper by
putting pressures to the paper. For the water resistance, they put the paper to the water and
list the time of it after it dissolve.
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Table 2. The values of Control and Experimental group in terms of Durability and
Water Resistance
Control Experimental

Trial Durability Water Durability Water

resistance Resistance

1 938.8g 2.5s 1232.7g 34.51s

2 731g 2.72s 1234.2g 23.24s

3 938.5g 3.38s 1233.8g 41.21s

4 927.4g 4.02s 1726.8g 30.69s

5 935.7g 2.52s 1545.7g 38.68s

The table shows the values of the experimental and control group in terms of
water resistance and durability for five trials. Treatment 3 in experimental group was
used for the to compare to the values of the commercialized paper.

Table 3. Comparison of the Experimental and Control group in terms of Durability

and Water Resistance
Mean T-test

Control Experimental t-score Critical Interpretation

Durability 894.28 1315.28 3.76 2.306 Significant

Water 3.028 7.378 0.99 2.306 Significant

Resistance

The table shows the comparison between the Experimental and Control group
in terms of durability and water resistance. The data shows that the mean scores of the
experimental group in terms of durability is larger than the control group while the mean
of the control group is larger than the mean of the experimental. Based from the results of
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T-test, there is a significant difference between the qualities of the paper for experimental
and control group in terms of durability and water resistance.