3.

3Respondents of the Study

The respondents of this study are "sari sari" store business owner of
Buenavista,Marinduque.Only thirty(30) "sari-sari"store owner will be used as
respondents.

3.4Research Instrument

The research Instrument.primarily include questionnaire.A consists of

three parts.The first part is the questionnaire which may answer the common
challenges encountered by sari-sari store owner.The second part may answer the
impact of these challenges and the third part questionnaire that may answer the
strategies used by sari-sari store owner to overcome the said challenges.