METHODOLOGY

The purpose of this chapter is to present the research design, research locale, research

respondents, research instrument, data gathering procedure, and the data analysis procedure.

Research Design

This study is a quantitative and non-experimental research.

According to SIS International Research (2018) quantitative research is a structured method of

collecting and analyzing data obtained from various sources. Quantitative research involves the

use of computational, statistical, and mathematical tools to obtain results. It is conclusive in its

purpose as it tries to quantify the problem and understand how widespread it is by finding

expected results in a larger population.

Research Locale

The research locale of the study consists of the areas where the study was conducted. The study

will be conducted in a Barangay located at Dinalupihan . The researchers selected respondents

farmers that are registered in the barangay said.

Research Respondents

The respondents in this study are the farmers in a Barangay located at Dinalupihan. The

respondents will be 60 farmers who use a mixture of chemical pesticides on their rice crops for

pilot testing.

Research Instrument

Research Instruments are the tools used by the researcher to collect data. A survey questionnaire

using a Likert Scale was used in this study. The likert scale is a psychometric scale. In response

to a likert scale questionnaire, respondents indicated their level of agreement with the statement.

The likert scale prepared by the researchers contains 5 likert items. The items are in a table, each

column has a corresponding scale (strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree)

where respondents choose the response by of checking the check marks.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researcher prepared a questionnaire for farmers who use chemical pesticides. The researcher

also prepared a letter for the Principal permission to conduct the study. The survey form

questionnaire prepared by the researchers was distributed to the farmers to be answered by them

to get the results of the survey done by the researchers.

Data Analysis Procedure

Lee Cronbach, is the developer of Cronbach’s Alpha (or coefficient alpha) in 1951. According to

(Tiong Kim) , cronbach’s alpha is a way to measure the reliability, or internal consistency of a

psychometric instrument. Cronbach’s alpha is commonly used to see if questions on a

questionnaire’s likert scale are reliable.

The table below shows Cronbach’s Alpha Interpretation.

RANGE INTERNAL

CONSISTENCY AND

RELIABILITY

A= 1.00 Perfect

0.90 > a ≥ 0.80 Excellent

0.70 > a ≥ 0.60 Acceptable

0.59 > a ≥ 0.50 Poor

0.5 > a Unacceptable

In the pilot testing conducted by the researchers using the results of their survey, they calculated

Cronbach’s alpha to determine its reliability.

The result they got by computing cronbach’s alpha is 0.61 (acceptable)

Cronbach’s alpha = 0.61, which meets standard criteria for scale reliability.

Cited in Taherdoost & Group (2017), it suggested that in the pilot study phase the reliability result should

be equal to or above 0.60 (Straub et al., 2004; Hinton et al., 2004) have suggested four cut-off points for

reliability, which includes excellent reliability (0.90 and above), high reliability (0.70-0.90), moderate

reliability (0.50-0.70) and low reliability (0.50 and below) (Hinton et al., 2004)