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CHAPTER 3

METHOD

This section presents the parts of the methodology. This comprises the

research design, respondents of the study, research instrument, data gathering

procedure, and data analysis. Components of the method are individually

discussed in this section for better emphasis.

Research Design

This study will make use of correlational research design. According to

Schlomer (n.d), correlation can be defined as the association between two

variables. It is the degree to which two variables share a common relationship.

Simply put, it examines whether an increase or decrease in one variable

corresponds to an increase or decrease in another variable. Moreover,

correlation strength is measured by the "correlation coefficient." When using the

Pearson product-moment coefficient, this correlation coefficient is represented as

the "r ~value." This value ranges from -1.00 (perfect negative correlation) to

+1.00 (perfect positive correlation). An r value that is close to either end implies a

strong relationship and may be described as high, an r value that tends toward

zero suggests a weak relationship and may be termed as low, and an r value that
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lies between high and low values can be called moderate.

Research Respondents

The respondents of this study will be Grade 10 students of Vicenta C.

Nograles National High School. The researcher plans to have 150 respondents.

Since there are approximately 348 Grade 10 students currently enrolled, the

researcher will choose the 150 Grade 10 students using simple random

sampling. Ochoa (2017) described simple random sampling as a sampling

method in which all of the elements in the population—and, consequently, all of

the units in the sampling frame—have the same probability of being selected for

the sample. With simple random sampling, the sample mean is an unbiased

estimator of the population mean. Also with simple random sampling, the sample

variance is an unbiased estimator of the finite‐population variance (Thompson,

2012).

Research Instrument

Ingathering data for this study, the researcher will use a survey

questionnaire. For the independent variable, which is instructional technology,

the researcher will have a total of 24 items. Each indicator of study habits will

have 8 items each. Likewise, for the dependent variable, the researcher will

prepare a total of 24 items. Just like the independent variable, each indicator of
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the dependent variable will have a total of 24 items. Overall, the questionnaire

will have 48 items. The respondents will answer the questionnaire using this

scale: 5 as strongly agree, 4 as agree, 3 as agree, 2 as disagree, and 1 as

strongly disagree. Before the researcher will distribute the survey questionnaire

to the respondents, it will first undergo validation and pilot-testing.

Data Gathering Procedure

To gather data for this study, the researcher will ask first a permission

from the Department of Education division office then, to the school principal of

Vicenta C. Nograles National High School. Once the permission is granted, the

researcher will coordinate with the curriculum head for Grade 10 students to ask

for a schedule for the teachers and the students to answer the questionnaire.

Before the distribution of the questionnaire, the researcher will give

explanation to the respondents the purpose of the survey and will answer all the

queries about the study. After that, the researcher will begin distributing the

questionnaire. Then, the researcher will collect the answered questionnaire and

formulate the data for statistical analysis. retrieve the answered questionnaire

and prepare the data for statistical analysis.

Data Analysis
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To analyze the data that will be gathered for this study, the following

statistical tools will be utilized:

Mean. This will be used to analyze the level of instructional technology

used by Grade 10 students as well as the level of academic performance of

Grade 10 students. This will answer the first and second statement of the

problem raised in the first chapter of this study.

Pearson-r. This will be used to analyze if there is a significant relationship

between instructional technology and academic performance of Grade 10

students. This will answer the third statement of the problem raised in the first

chapter of this study

References

Schlomer (n.d). Understanding correlation. Retrieved on September 25, 2020

from https://assets.reachfamilies.info/reachfamilies.umn.edu/files//rdoc/Underst
anding%20Correlation_0.pdf

Tan, L. (2014). Correlational study. In W. F. Thompson (Ed.), Music in the social

and behavioral sciences: An encyclopedia (pp. 269-271). Thousand Oaks:
SAGE Publications. Retrieved on September 25, 2020 from
https://repository.nie.edu.sg/bitstream/10497/18115/4/BC-MSB-2014-
269.pdf