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Chapter 3
METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology employed in this study. It
describes the research design, the locale, respondents and sampling technique,
the research procedure, the research instruments, and the statistical treatment of
data.
Research Design
This study will use the descriptive survey research design. Descriptive
research is a study designed to depict the participants in an accurate way. More
simply put, descriptive research is all about describing people who take part in
the study.
Research Locale
General Santos, officially the City of General Santos (Cebuano: Dakbayan
sa Heneral Santos; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Heneral Santos;
Filipino: Lungsod ng Heneral Santos; previously known as Dadiangás, and
abbreviated G.S.C. or GenSan) is the southernmost city in the Philippines.
Classified as a highly urbanized first class city, General Santos is the 15th most
populous city in the country with 594,446 inhabitants as per 2015 census.
General Santos City is the regional center for commerce and industry of the
SocSarGen region, and geographically located within the province of South
Cotabato but administered independent of it.
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General Santos City - a metropolis of 53,606 hectares and 453,840 people
(General Santos City Police Office record) – has not been spared of the rash of
crimes. Crimes have imperilled socio-economic activities in the city.
Like all police organizations, the General Santos City Police Office is
expected to perform its mandated tasks within the bounds of law, to uphold the
rights of the citizens, to protect the lives and properties of the members of society
and promote and keep civil order. As the people's servants and protectors, the
members of the police force are expected to satisfy the security needs of the
constituents of General Santos City.
Research Respondents
The researcher will use the snowball sampling technique in conducting the
study. Snowball sampling is an approach for locating information-rich key
informants. Using this approach, a few potential respondents are contacted and
asked whether they know of anybody with the characteristics that you are looking
for in your research.
Snowball sampling is not a stand-alone tool; the tool is a way of selecting
participants and then using other tools, such as interviews or surveys.
The researcher will identify the respondents in some establishments such
as Malls, Hotels, schools/institutions and Small Business Enterprise using CCTV
Cameras as means of their security and awareness. The respondents might be
an employee of the said establishment’s. The researcher will limit only ten (10)
respondents each establishments’.
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Research Instrument
The researcher will make use of a survey questionnaire. This self –made
questionnaire intends to gather data about the CCTV camera as means of
monitoring crime incident in General Santos City: Towards of police services. It is
subjected for validation by the three (3) experts to ensure the appropriateness of
the data gathered.
Data Gathering Procedure
The researcher will formulate a questionnaire that will be used in the study.
The questionnaires will check by the researcher’s adviser and take noted of the
corrections made. The researcher looks for an evaluator who can validate the
questionnaire. The researcher will write a letter of request for the conduct of the
study to the school/establishments. After identifying the respondents, the survey
will be conducted.
The instruments will then retrieve after the respondents were done
answering. The data gathered were analyzed and interpreted with the help of the
researcher’s statistician.
Statistical tools
For sub-problem number 1 frequency count, weighted mean and ranking
will be used to evaluate the gathered data about CCTV camera as means of
monitoring crime incident in General Santos City: Towards of police services.
