CHAPTER 4

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter presents the analysis and interpretation

of data. The data were described using tabular presentation.

Profile of the Respondents

Table 1. Sex of the Respondents

Sex f %

Male 83 55.0
Female 68 45.0
Total 151 100

It is stated in the table that there are equivalent to

55% of the respondents are males while the remaining 68 or

45% are females. Majority of the respondents are male.

This means that male respondents dominate the total

population in the study given that these students are aiming

to become future engineers and technicians for which the

school is popular for. Also, the fact that the specified

courses were favorable for males.

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Table 2. Distribution of the Respondents according to Their

Knowledge About Face Recognition Technologies.
Knowledge on Face Recognition f %
Technologies
Yes 130 86.1
No 20 13.2
Maybe 1 .7
Total 151 100

It can be seen that there are 130 or 86.1% of the

respondents already have the knowledge about face

recognition technologies; 20 or 13.2% answered that they

have no idea; while only 1 among the 151 of the respondents

is unsure about it.

This means that students are now aware of today’s

technological trends such as smart phones and other gadgets.

In fact, smart phones are now being owned generally by

students that they often use for selfies and snapchats which

is functioned by face recognition system.

In an article by Lovell (2019), may students now have

smart phones that recognize faces right now. There are also

downloadable face recognition apps for android phones and

iPhones so face recognition is already in school.

Table 3. Distribution of the Respondents According to the

Advantages/Benefits of Face Recognition
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Technology in Libraries and in Other Academic

Facilities.
Advantages/Benefits of Face Recognition f %
Technology
Enhance security and surveillance
Yes 111 73.5
No 40 26.5
Total 151 100.0
Vulnerability in recognition
Yes 20 13.2
No 131 86.8
Total 151 100.0
Automation of identification
Yes 43 28.5
No 108 71.5
Total 151 100.0
High accuracy rate
Yes 14 9.3
No 137 90.7
Total 151 100.0

It can be seen that there are 111 or 73.5% of the

respondents answered it can enhance security and

surveillance; 20 or 13.2% of them responded that it is

vulnerable in recognition; 43 or 28.5% put a check in the

automation of identification, and 14 or 9.3% said it

presents high accuracy rate.

This means that students are also aware of their

surroundings and concern about their safety and security

inside the school premises. This biometric registration

system also presents automation of identification to

individuals who enter and exit in the campus to identify

whether a person is authorized to enter or not.

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In an article by Puthea, Hartanto, and Hidayat (2017),

another application of facial recognition in schools is

attendance monitoring and surveillance – promising to put an

end to the inevitable gaps and omissions that arise when

teachers are tasked repeatedly conducting roll-calls of

large student groups. This application of facial recognition

is proving popular in countries such as the UK and Australia

where school shootings and unauthorized campus incursions

are rare. Elsewhere, this automated registration system is

also considered an effective means of overcoming problems of

fake attendance and proxies – especially in countries such

as India where fraudulent attendance is commonplace (Wagh

et.al.2015).

Table 4. Distribution of the Respondents According to the

Disadvantages/Challenges Brought by Face
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Recognition Technology in Libraries and

in Other Academic Facilities.
Disadvantages/Challenges of Face f %
Recognition Technology
Difficulties with data processing and
storing
Yes 50 33.1
No 101 66.9
Total 151 100.0
Troubles with image size and quality
Yes 39 25.8
No 112 74.2
Total 151 100.0
Strong influence of camera angle
Yes 23 15.2
No 128 84.8
Total 151 100.0
Can be manipulated by human intervention
Yes 64 42.4
No 87 57.6
Total 151 100.0

Featured in Table 5 are the disadvantages/challenges

brought by face recognition technology in libraries and

other academic facilities. The results show that 64 or 42.4%

of the respondents said that it can be manipulated by human

intervention; 50 or 33.1% of them answered that it may

experience difficulties with data processing and storing; 39

or 25.8% of them responded that the technology may face

trouble with image size and quality, and a few of them, 23

or 15.2%, checked in the strong influence of the camera.

This means that the students, generally, may encounter

some challenges to build up the medium because there are

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some possibilities of the other students to abuse the

device. This face recognition technology carefully presents

data mining to assure the individuals information, image

size, quality, etc. to avoid some misleading of characters.

Table 5. Distribution of the Respondents According to the

Effects of the Modern Monitoring System to the
Traditional Method.
Effect of the Modern Monitoring System to f %
the Traditional Method
Accessibility of library services and
resources made easier and faster
Yes 104 68.9
No 47 31.1
Total 151 100.0
Improve digital literacy
Yes 43 28.5
No 108 71.5
Total 151 100.0
Lessen the expenses and time
Yes 23 15.2
No 28 84.8
Total 151 100.0
No significant changes will happen
Yes 11 7.3
No 140 92.7
Total 151 100.0

Featured in Table 6 are the effects of modern

monitoring system to the traditional method of library

monitoring system. The results show that 104 or 68.9% of the

respondents said that the accessibility of library services

and resources made easier and faster; 43 or 28.5% of them

answered that it improves digital literacy among students

and also librarians; 23 or 15.3% responded that it lessens

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the expenses of the library and the time being consumed and

only 11 or 7.3% said that these innovation has no

significant changes at all.

This means that the students, generally, want a faster

and easier accessibility to the services and resources of

the library, for it will help them to lessen their time in

manually operating the facilities inside the library. This

also means that it will lessen the library staff’s workload.

In the article of Hand (2017), K-12 school library

media specialists expected to develop resource databases to

help students and administrators identify and locate library

materials in a variety of mediums (including periodicals,

web sites, podcasts, images, and video). At a glance,

students can check if and when a book will be available, and

even reserve it to be held.

Table 6. Distribution of the Respondents According to the

Agreement of Adopting the Face Recognition
System in School for Security Purposes
Adopting Face Recognition System f %
for Security Purposes
Agree 131 86.8
Disagree 20 13.2
Total 151 100

As shown in the table, most of the respondents, 131 or

86.8%, agreed on adopting the face recognition system for

security purpose while only 20 or 13.2% disagreed.

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This means that students are generally approve the idea

of applying this face recognition system in library

attendance monitoring method and also for security purposes

because the device itself enhance security, surveillance,

and the accessibility of library services and resources are

made easier and convenient.

In an article by Doffman (2018), this form of facial

recognition is most prevalent in US, where school shooting

incidents have prompted school authorities to spend more

money annually. Facial recognition systems have now been

sold to thousands of US schools, with vendors pitching the

technology as an all seeing shield against school shootings

(Harwell, 2018). As well as purporting to identify

unauthorized intruders, systems have been developed to make

use of video object classification trained to detect gun-

shaped objects, alongside subtler forms of anomaly

detection.