Data Gathering Instrument

The instrument used in this study was a researcher-made survey

questionnaire as the primary tool for the data gathering. The survey

questionnaire was originally formulated by the researcher as presented in

Appendix B. The said instrument was reviewed by Dr. Marciano Melchor to

assess clarity of directions and items, presentation and organization of items,

suitability of items, adequateness of items per category or indicator, attainment

of the purpose, objectivity, and scale and evaluation rating scale. Aside from

assessing the questionnaire, the evaluator also recommended some items to be

added, improved and replaced from the original questionnaire. The

questionnaire was designed to assess the level of students’ awareness on the

occurrence of bullying in Agro-Industrial Foundation College of the Philippines.

Subsequently, the improved survey questionnaire was pre-tested to 15

respondents, who were not included among the actual respondents, to ensure

consistency of responses collected by the instrument. It would also collect

relevant information and would bring to light its strengths and weaknesses.

The collected results of pre-tested questionnaire had undergone a reliability

test where it gives a Cronchbach’s Alpha equal to 0.977, which indicates high

level of internal consistency for the scale as shown in Appendix E. The

responses and feedbacks in the pilot survey were used to improve final

research questionnaire prior to its administration. The questionnaires were

administered through direct and face-to-face conversation with the

respondents.
 The administered questionnaire used a Five-point Likert Attitudinal Scale

as response to the questions to assess the knowledge about bullying, factors

that causes bullying and effect of bullying among Senior High School students

as shown in Table 1:

Table 1. Scale for the General Knowledge about Bullying

Descriptive Interpretation of the Study
Scale Range Description Interpretation
This implies that Senior High School
5 4.50 – 5.00 Very Aware students are very knowledgeable
about bullying.
This implies that Senior High School
4 3.50 – 4.49 Highly Aware students are knowledgeable about
bullying.
This implies that Senior High School
3 2.50 – 3.49 Aware students are moderately
knowledgeable about bullying.
This implies that Senior High School
2 1.50 – 2.49 Unaware students are slightly knowledgeable
about bullying.
This implies that Senior High School
Very
1 1.00 – 1.49 students are not knowledgeable about
Unaware
bullying.

Table 2. Scale for the Factors that Causes Bullying

Descriptive Interpretation of the Study
Scale Range Description Interpretation
This implies that Senior High School
Strongly
5 4.50 – 5.00 students strongly agree regarding the
Agree
identified factors about bullying.
This implies that Senior High School
4 3.50 – 4.49 Highly Agree students highly agree regarding the
identified factors about bullying.
This implies that Senior High School
3 2.50 – 3.49 Agree students agree regarding the identified
factors about bullying.
This implies that Senior High School
2 1.50 – 2.49 Slightly Agree students slightly agree regarding the
identified factors about bullying.
1 1.00 – 1.49 Strongly This implies that Senior High School
 students strongly disagree regarding
Disagree
the identified factors about bullying.

Table 3. Scale for the Effects of Bullying

Descriptive Interpretation of the Study
Scale Range Description Interpretation
This implies that Senior High School
5 4.50 – 5.00 Very High students always experience the
identified effects.
This implies that Senior High School
4 3.50 – 4.49 High students often experience the
identified effects.
This implies that Senior High School
3 2.50 – 3.49 Moderate students sometimes experience the
identified effects.
This implies that Senior High School
2 1.50 – 2.49 Low students rarely experience the
identified effects.
This implies that Senior High School
1 1.00 – 1.49 Very Low students never experience the
identified effects.

Appendix E. Result of Reliability Test

Case Processing Summary

N %

Cases Valid 15 100.0

Excludeda 0 .0

Total 15 100.0

a. Listwise deletion based on all variables in the

procedure.

Reliability Statistics

Cronbach's
Alpha Based on
Cronbach's Standardized
Alpha Items N of Items

.973 .970 25
 Scale Statistics

Mean Variance Std. Deviation N of Items

109.7333 204.638 14.30518 25

Item-Total Statistics

Squared Cronbach's
Scale Mean if Scale Variance Corrected Item- Multiple Alpha if Item
Item Deleted if Item Deleted Total Correlation Correlation Deleted

Que1 105.3333 197.952 .451 . .973

Que2 105.2667 197.210 .494 . .973
Que3 105.3333 197.667 .471 . .973
Que4 105.2667 190.781 .761 . .971
Que5 105.2000 204.171 .014 . .975
Que6 105.4000 191.829 .727 . .972
Que7 105.4667 186.267 .813 . .971
Que8 105.2667 198.352 .414 . .973
Que9 105.2667 184.924 .839 . .971
Que10 105.2667 191.495 .719 . .972
Que11 105.2667 185.638 .806 . .971
Que12 105.0667 183.352 .932 . .970
Que13 105.2667 184.495 .859 . .971
Que14 105.1333 177.410 .929 . .970
Que15 105.2000 178.171 .895 . .971
Que16 105.5333 192.124 .785 . .971
Que17 105.5333 192.695 .747 . .972
Que18 105.6000 186.257 .879 . .971
Que19 105.5333 185.838 .862 . .971
Que20 105.6000 186.257 .879 . .971
Que21 105.4000 191.686 .736 . .972
Que22 105.4000 184.257 .889 . .970
Que23 105.3333 183.524 .911 . .970
Que24 105.2667 183.067 .925 . .970
Que25 105.4000 184.829 .862 . .971

Reliability Statistics

Cronbach's
Alpha Based on
Cronbach's Standardized
Alpha Items N of Items

.977 .979 13