CHAPTER 4

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter presents the presentation, analysis, and interpretation of the

data gathered by the researchers. To understand fully, the results were

explored and portrayed. The researchers used the questionnaire as the key

method for data collection.

The following are the graph that shows the results of the data gathered.

Figure #1: Listening to music calms your mood and decrease your
negative thoughts.
As shown in figure 1, ___of the respondents

As shown in the figure, 58.1 percent strongly agreed, 31.1 percent agreed

while the remaining 10.3 percent answered neutral, it is clearly shown in the

figure that majority of the respondents claims that music calms their mood

and decrease their negative thoughts, it enhances their proneness to get

stuck in negative thinking as an escape way for anxiety

Figure #2: I usually listen to relaxing sound/music when doing school

works.

As shown in figure 2, ___of the respondents

In this figure, 37.2% strongly agreed, 32.4% agreed, 26.4% neutral, 2.5

disagreed while 1.5% strongly disagreed. Listening to music while doing

school works helps student's

mental behavior became more positive which makes them do their school

works enthusiastically.

Figure #3: Listening to music gives me motivations in doing my school

works.
As shown in figure 3, ___of the respondents
Figure #4: Listening to music while answering modules drives me to be
distracted and enable me to stop working on it.
As shown in figure 4, ___of the respondents

Figure #5: My anxiety prevents me from finishing my home works on

time.

As shown in figure 5, ___of the respondents

In this figure, 37.8% agreed, 30.4% answered neutral, 16.9% strongly

agreed, 13.5% disagreed while the remaining 1.4% strongly disagreed, of

the respondents that their anxiety prevents them from finishing their

homework on time. Homework stress can affect any students, but it's

especially difficult for students who suffer from an anxiety disorder. Driven

by pressure caused by procrastination or concerns about performance,

students who suffer from this type of disorder can tense up and become

irritable when homework assignments hit, becoming unable to get the job

done or spending hours trying to do it perfectly.

Figure #6: Music helps me to calm my anxiety.

As shown in figure 6, ___of the respondents

In this figured, 42.6% Agreed, 35.1% has Strongly agreed and 20.9

answered Neutral of the respondents that music helps to calm their anxiety.

Music can improve the mental health of the students for they are
bombarded with pressure and stress. They tend to lean on music to help

them cope with stressors.

Figure #7: There are times that I listen to music only instead of doing

class works

As shown in figure 7, ___of the respondents

There are times that I listen to music only instead of doing class works. In

this question 31.1% of students agreed, 22. 3% neutral, 21.6% strongly

agreed and 20.3% Disagreed. This shows that majority of the students

agree that sometimes they just listen to music instead of doing school works

and this can affect their academic performance, or their time in doing the

school works where instead of having time they will cram.

 Follow up questions:

Figure #1.1: How often do you listen to music?

As shown in figure 1.1, ___of the respondents

In this pie graph chart of number of hours in listening music ,38.5% listen 1-2 hours,

18.2% listen 6+ hours, 37.8% listen 3-6 hours while the remaining 5.5% of the

population minimums their music listening to 2 hours. Majority of the sample size of

the population choses to listen to music at 2 hours maximum which means they don't

listen to music while doing stuff that needs focus. Thus, music, based on the majority

of population, distracts your focus from completing an academic task which is

reasonable since our brain can't multitask but do things simultaneously so they had

to cut their music vibe if they are doing something that requires intense focus.
Figure #2.1: How positively do you feel about music as aid to academic

improvement?

As shown in figure 2.1, ___of the respondents

In this figure, 55.5% responded that they feel optimistic, 43.5% responded

that they feel very positive and 1% responded that music is not helping at

all, on how the respondents feel about music as aid to academic

improvements. Music can make us feel very good that it affects the

functionality of the brain, enabling the mind to flow freely. This can help us

in developing and improving our academic performances. As such, music is

very helpful in making our minds at ease.

Figure #3.1: What is your preferred genre?
As shown in figure 3.1, ___of the respondents

Figure #4.1: Do you listen to music to match your mood (e.g. sad music when
you're sad/ jolly music when you're happy)?
As shown in figure 4.1, ___of the respondents

The evidence of this pie chart shows that 87.2% of students listened to

music to match their mood while the remaining 12.8% doesn't listen to

music to match their moods.

Figure #5.1: Does listening to music improves relationships with major course
classmates?
As shown in figure 5.1, ___of the respondents

In this figured, 77% answered Yes while 23% answered No of the

respondents who claim that music improves the relationship with the major

course classmates. Together with the stress they experienced, the students

can relate with each other and are able to help one other through music.
Figure #6.1: Does listening to music provides emotional support?

As shown in figure 6.1, ___of the respondents

In this figure, 96.6% answered yes while the remaining 3.4% answered no,

of the respondents provides emotional support. Listening to music is a

popular way to cope with difficult times. It can express how they're feeling or

vent difficult thoughts and emotions for them. Students are able to relate to

the music and find comfort from the words in a song. By listening to music,

they can feel their mood or energy improve.

Figure #7.1: Does listening to music provides distraction/everyday life

experiences?

As shown in figure 7.1, ___of the respondents

In this statement 53. 4% says "No" and 46.6% says "Yes." This shows that

almost half of the students agreed that music can cause distraction whether

in a negative or positive way. This proves that music can divert the attention

of the students from the things they're focused on.

Figure #8.1: Does listening to music supports learning skills and

communication skills in major courses?

As shown in figure 8.1, ___of the respondents