Data Analysis

All data or information gathered for research study will be kept confidential. In quantitative
research, statistics are commonly used in data analysis techniques, and in this study, descriptive
statistical analysis will be used to analyse and evaluate the results of a study focusing on the preferences
of nursing students in metro Manila completing the required clinical hours amidst the pandemic or upon
the official opening of classes that will be gathered from respondents through the use of survey data.
According to Hayes (2021), a descriptive statistic is a kind of statistic that is used in quantitative research
data analysis to summarize a given data set, which might be a representation of the entire population or
a sample of a population. In addition to descriptive statistics, it is also used in an orderly manner by
describing the relationship between variables in a sample or population, as defined by Kaur et al. (2018).
It helps in the description and comprehension of the characteristics of a specific data set, and since it
condenses data into a simplified summation, it allows decision-makers to assess specific populations in a
more manageable form.
After the data collection is complete, the researchers will organize the data, and the method
that will be used is frequency distribution. Manikandan et al. (2011) defined frequency distribution as
"an organized tabulation/graphic representation of the number of individuals in each category on the
scale of measurement." Since it shows how the individual observations are distributed in the measuring
scale, this allows the researchers to conveniently view the entire data set. The researcher will also use a
percentage frequency distribution to determine how many nursing students in Metro Mila responded to
a specific research question on the required clinical hours in the midst of the pandemic. A percentage
frequency distribution, according to Lavrakas (2008), is a data display that specifies the percentage of
observations that exist for collection of data points. It is a useful method to express the relative
frequency of survey responses and describe the distribution of scores and frequently displayed as tables,
bar graphs, or pie charts. To generate a percentage frequency distribution, first determine the total
number of observations to be represented; next count the total number of observations within each
data point or grouping of data points; and finally, divide the number of observation by the total number
of observations within each data point or grouping of data points and multiply by 100.

Moreover, weighted mean will be used by the researchers to calculate measures of central
tendency, allowing to determine the typical numerical point in a set of data. According to Clark-Carter
(2010), the weighted average requires each data point in the set to be multiplied by a value that is
determined by certain characteristics of any characteristics that contributes to the data point. In
weighted mean, the larger the sample size, the more accurate the effect size identified in the study, and
this will be considered an estimate of the impact size in the population.
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