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National High School from Junior High School who is involved

in truancy that will serve as the respondents of this study

and together with the Junior High School teacher. The

researchers believe that this method will be effective in

obtaining information needed for the study of understanding

the impacts of truancy.

The Sample

In this study the selection of participants is done

through purposive sampling technique. This sampling

technique enable the researchers to select the people who

meet the requirements for the research. The study was

conducted in Abuyog National High School the sample size

used was 55 students. From the sample obtained the

respondents are responsible to actively engaged in answering

the survey questionnaire prepared by the researchers.

The target population which were used to get

information were students of Abuyog National High School

specifically the Junior High School Students and teachers.

The respondents of this research study are composed of (85)

eighty-five; (55) fifty-five students from Junior High

School Grade 7 to Grade 10 and (30) Junior High School

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teachers. The researchers used Purposive Sampling, by which

respondents are easily identified and to provide an in-depth

account of the experiences of the student within a

particular context.

Each section of every grade level has respondents

depending on the number of students who are involved in

truancy, the researchers gathered all the names of the

students from the adviser of each section and a total of 55

students from Grade 7 to Grade 10 and all Junior High School

teachers that served as the respondents of this study.

TABLE 1
Respondents (Students)

Respondents F %
Grade 7 17 30.91%
Grade 8 14 25.46%
Grade 9 12 21.82%
Grade 10 12 21.82%
Total 55 100%

TABLE 2
Respondents (Teachers)

Respondents F %
Grade 7 8 26.67%
Grade 8 7 23.33%
Grade 9 7 23.33%
Grade 10 8 26.67%
Total 30 100%
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Research Instruments

There are two instruments employed for data collection

in this research study: An interview and a survey

questionnaire. A survey was designed by the researchers to

help identify the age and reason why they stopped studying.

An interview design was applied to investigate the research

questions. The “survey questionnaire is the easiest and

effective way of gathering data from the chosen

respondents”. Our survey questionnaire is composed of four

(4) questions corresponded with choices related to our topic

that will fulfil and answer our research problem for the

respondents and a different set of question for the Junior

High School teachers.

Questions were administered to students and teachers.

The questionnaires were used to seek information as to why

most students are always truant at school. The respondents

were given questions which they were have to fill by

themselves at their environmental setting in order to tell

what real cause truancy at their school. The open questions

are probing questions which were trying to focus on the

possible causes of truancy in schools. The question was

given and the respondents were supposed to read and put

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check if the factor is true or and not and free to suggest

answers from them.

Sources of Data

Data collection was done through both primary and

secondary sources. Primary data sources included key

informants for each case study also the respondents itself.

Secondary data covered different sources and provided an

essential preparation for the interviews. Secondary data

helped to cross-check official information, learn about

major events, technical details, historical decisions and

main organizational players and roles. They also supported

the exploring of particular responses during interviews and

survey.

Data Collection Procedures

The questionnaires were administered in the school

premises after class hours and other times that the school

administration thought will not affect the normal school

programs. To ensure maximum reliability and validity of the

study the questions were clearly stated, variety of wording

of the sentences were employed and respondents were allowed

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to tick the response which they feel is the appropriate

answer from the given selection and set of choices for the

factors provided.

Respondents were also assured that their responses are

confidential. The information was obtained from the class

attendance register for each class and try to see to what

extent students are truants. Further information came from

students’ adviser and subject teachers.

Data Analysis Procedure

Data analysis is defined by Kothari (1990) as a process

that implies editing, coding, classification and tabulation

of collected data. Since the study is quantitative in

nature, content analysis will be used where by data need to

be generalized that means the data from questionnaire and

observation will be tabulated and computed in to graphs to

show the variations of findings. Also, some explanation will

be given for more analysis of the obtained findings.

To begin the data analysis process, descriptive

statistics were calculated on the independent variables to

summarize and describe the data collected. Survey results

were measured by category. After gathering data through

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questionnaire, the researchers, gave deep interpretation and

have critical analysis from the given data and information

from the respondents.