Chapter 2
METHODOLOGY
Shown in the chapter are the discussions on the research design, the
procedure in conducting and identifying the respondents, the instrument used,
and the statistical tools employed.
Research Design
This study employs a descriptive research design which generalizes or
draws inference to the population from the sample results. A descriptive research
design provides a quantitative or numeric description of trends, attitudes, or
opinions of a population by studying a sample of that population (Creswell, 2009).
This idea is supported by Farooq (2015) who defined descriptive research as an
extensive cross sectional approach, where a number of cases are considered at a
particular time and the data is gathered to study the opinions, behaviour, attitudes,
habits, desires, values and beliefs etc.
Educational problems are dealt through descriptive surveys by which they
are identified and then means and measures are introduced to solve these
problems (Farooq, 2015).
Research Locale
The research study will be conducted in one of the private school in Davao
city. The institution is composed of eight different departments; the College of
Business Administration, College of Education; College of Criminal Justice
Education; College of Nursing; College of Engineering, College of Hospitality
Management, College of Information Technology and the Senior High School
Department. The SHS Department has four strands which are the Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), Technical-Vocational (Tech-
Voc), General Academic Strand (GAS), and the Accountancy and Business
Management Strand (ABM).
Population and Sample
The respondents of the study will be grade 12 STEM Students wherein the
sampling technique utilized will be Stratified Random Sampling Technique. Twenty
seven (27) male students will be taken as respondents of the study and twenty
three (23) female students a total of 50 respondents. The study will be conducted
during the first semester of the academic year 2021-2022.
Research Instrument
The researchers utilized a modified survey questionnaire containing
knowledge regarding the subject matter, stress management skills of students on
physiological stress, emotional stress, and academic stress.
Research participants were asked to rate their level of agreement or
disagreement with the given statements using the 5-point Likert scale with the
following descriptive equivalent: 5- always; 4- sometimes; 3- seldom; 2-rarely; and
1- never.
The rating scales for statistical analysis are as follows:
Parameter Limit Descriptive Level Interpretation
4.20 – 5.00 Very High This means that the stress
management skills among grade
12 STEM students are always
evident.
3.40 – 4.19 High This means that the stress
management skills among grade
12 STEM students are sometimes
evident.
2.60 – 3.39 Moderate This means that the stress
management skills among grade
12 STEM students are seldom
evident.
1.80 – 2.59 Low This means that the stress
management skills among grade
12 STEM students are rarely
evident.
1.00 – 1.79 Very Low This means that the stress
management skills among grade
12 STEM students are never
evident.
Data Collection
The researchers requested permission from the Principal of the Senior High
School Department to conduct the study. Upon the approval of the principal, the
researcher administered the survey electronically through Google Forms to ensure
the safety of respondents due to the pandemic. The research subjects were
instructed on the use of the questionnaires as the basis for gathering information.
After the questionnaires were retrieved, the data were collated and tallied. The
data were analyzed and interpreted comprehensively and results, conclusions,
and recommendations were formed.
Statistical Tools
The data were treated using the following statistical tools:
Mean. This was used to determine the level of stress management skills
among grade 12 STEM students.
T-test. This was used to determine the significant difference on the level of
stress management skills among grade 12 STEM students when analyzed by sex.