CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH METHOD

This study presents the overall plan and scheme in conducting a survey for the
Awareness of the Grade 8 Learners on What to Do in Cases of Dengue Outbreak to
analyze and to have more complete understanding about the study.

Research Design
The researchers used the Descriptive or Survey Method in getting the profile
and answers of the respondents regarding their perception about the study.

Locale of the Study

The study was conducted in the Basic Education Department of St. Michael’s
College, one of the performing private schools located in Brgy. San Miguel Tibanga, Iligan
City. Run by the Religious of the Virgin Mary, a congregation established by its founder,
Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo. It is also a school of Ecumenism of Inter-Religion
Dialogue and a school that is highly qualified due to being credited as Level 3 by
PAASCU.

(FIGURE 3. SOURCE OF DATA: GOOGLE MAPS, ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE BEd)

The Respondents
The respondents of the study were the Grade 8 Learners of the St. Michael’s
College – Basic Education Department who are officially enrolled in S.Y 2019 – 2020.
There were 128 respondents all in all.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers used a checklist type of questionnaire. The researchers used
Probability Sampling which is a sampling technique by which each one has an equal
chance of being selected as a sample of the research study.
The researchers made the questionnaires and consulted their Thesis Advisor. A
letter to the school principal was sent for her approval to conducting the survey and for
the distribution of the questionnaires to the respondents.
After the respondents answered the questionnaire, the gathered data was
analyzed and interpreted and implications, conclusions, and recommendations were
made to make findings from the result of the study.

Instrument Used
This study has a more direct connection between the respondents. The
researchers used the internet for some information as basis and questionnaires in
conducting the survey. The questionnaire was made up of questions in terms of the
respondent’s perception about the study, which satisfy relevance with the objective and
main focus of this research and obtain reliable information to be used in tabulation.

Statistical Treatment of Data

After collecting data for this study, they will be then interpreted by the
researchers using the following tool:
Percentage

In this area the data was used for determining the proportion of the
responses to a particular question towards the respondents.

Percentage Formula:
𝑋
x 100
𝑛

Where:
X = the sum of each choices answered
N = total tally of respondents
100 = constant