Appendices & CV
Appendices & CV
Appendices & CV
APPENDIX A
LETTER TO THE PROGRAM HEAD
Greetings of peace.
We, the Senior High students of Grade 11 STEM-5, are currently working on
our quantitative study entitled “Factors Affecting the Grades 11 and 12 STEM Students
in Allowance Allocation: A Comparative Study”. The intent of this quantitative study
is to discover the different factors and find out the differences of each factors between
the two different grade levels.
Our study requires us to conduct a survey with the respondents. In line with this,
we would like to ask permission from your good office to allow us to conduct this study.
Rest assured that all respondents will be treated with utmost care and all information will
be held with strict confidentiality. We sincerely hope for your kind approval to this
request.
Respectfully yours,
Noted by:
Verona A. Vigor
Approved by:
APPENDIX B
LETTERS FOR VALIDATORS
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APPENDIX C
INFORMED CONSENT
This ICF is for Grade 11 and 12 STEM students of San Pedro College whom we are
inviting to participate in the research entitled " Factors Affecting the Grade 11 and 12
Research Title: Factors Affecting the Grades 11 and 12 Stem Students in Allowance
Name of Investigators:
Malanza, Matthew Z.
Tan, Bianca Jane NS.
• Information Sheet (to share information about the research with you)
• Certificate of Consent (for signatures if you agree to take part) You will
be given a copy of the full Informed Consent Form
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APPENDIX C.1
Information Sheet
Dear Ma'am/Sir:
Greetings.
We are the researchers from Grade 12 STEM 5. We are conducting a research about
students and discover the comparison between the two grade levels regarding their
allowance allocation. We are going to give you the information about our research and are
inviting you to be a part of our study. You will not be forced to decide today whether you
will participate in the research or not. Before you will decide, you can approach anyone
from us if you feel uncomfortable on any part of our research.
If there are some parts that you do not understand, you may ask us and we will take the
time to explain. If you have questions later, you can ask questions to any of the
researchers
Purpose
We will identify the factors that affect the students’ allocating skills, considering
their expenditures, and also, will assess how those factors affect the allocating skills of
the STEM students and also identify the effect if the allowance is given on daily or
weekly basis.
Participant Selection
We are inviting Grade 11 and 12 STEM students currently enrolled in the school
year 2018-2019. Your experience and knowledge will help us contribute to our research.
Vocabulary Participation
Procedures
We are inviting you to take part in this research project to help us learn more
about considering the factors and how you allocate plays an important role. If you
accept, you will be asked to answer a researcher-made survey questionnaire in order to
gather the data needed for the further development of the study. The research tool will
have two parts; first it will ask how often do the students receive their allowance and it
will survey the average school allowance of the students, then the next part asks for the
factors that affect their allocating skills.
Duration
The research takes place for two (2) days. During that time, it will be held
once and will take more or less than an hour depending on the speed of the responses.
Risks
We are asking you to share with us some personal and confidential information,
and if you feel uncomfortable talking about some topics. You do not have to answer
any question or the part in the interview if you do not desire to do so. You do not have
to give us any reason for not responding to any question, or for refusing to take part in
the interview.
Benefits
Reimbursements
Confidentiality
We will not be sharing any identity of the participants in this research. The result
of the interview will be collected and will be kept confidential. It will not be shared by
anyone except the for the researchers.
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APPENDIX C.2
CERTIFICATE OF CONSENT
This research is entitled as " Factors Affecting the Grades 11 and 12 Stem Students in
Allowance Allocation: A Comparative Study" and the researchers would like to know
I have read the foregoing information, or it has been read to me. I have had the
opportunity to ask question about it and any question I have asked have been answered
to my satisfactory. I consent voluntarily that I have the right to withdraw from this
I have accurately read out the information sheet to the potential participant, and to
the best of my ability made sure that the participant understands that the following
will be done:
1. Each participant will be sharing their knowledge on how they allocate plays an
important role
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2. During the interview, the answers will be survey questionnaire in order to gather
3. The participants’ answer will be used and interpreted to form a general conclusion
I confirm that the participant was given an opportunity to ask questions about
study, and all the questions asked by the participant have been answered correctly
and to the best of my ability. I confirm that the individual has not been coerced into
giving consent, and the consent has been given freely and voluntarily.
Date: ________________________
(Day/Month/Year)
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Submitted by:
Name:
________________________
Verona A. Vigor
Research Adviser
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APPENDIX D
INFORMED ASSENT
This informed assent form is for minors between the ages 16-17 Senior High School
students enrolled in this school year 2018-2019 who we are inviting to participate in our
quantitative research.
Research Title: Factors Affecting the Grades 11 and 12 STEM Students in Allowance
Allocation: A Comparative Study
Name of Researchers:
Introduction:
We are researchers from G-12 S5 of San Pedro College (Main Campus), in line
with our research subject we are task to conduct a quantitative research and we will be glad
if you would like to be become one of our respondents. Our study is entitled "Factors
Affecting The Grades 11 and 12 STEM Students in Allowance Allocation: A Comparative
Study" we would want to discover the comparison between the two grade levels regarding
their allowance allocation.
We are going to give you information about our study and invite you to become a part of
it. Please be reminded that this is neither required nor obligatory, you can choose whether
you want to participate or not. We also recommend you to ask permission from your parents
for it is necessary if you are going to participate in our research. But if you do not wish to
take part in our research, you do not have to, even if your parents have agreed.
You may discuss anything written in this form with your parents or anyone else you feel
comfortable discussing about this matter. We do not ask instantly for you to decide whether
you will participate or not. You can decide to participate after you have talked about it or
thought of it over.
There are maybe terms or things that you do not understand because you are interested or
concerned feel free to ask us about it. Do not hesitate to approach us because we will
prioritize your concerns and be giving you time for us to explain.
Purpose:
Aside from a requirement for our research subject, we would like to discover the
comparison of the Grades 11 and 12 students in allowance allocation since this is a
comparative study.
Participant Selection:
We are randomly selecting Grade 11 and Grade 12 STEM students of San Pedro
College (Main Campus) to become a part of our quantitative study.
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Voluntary Participation:
We would like to clearly tell you that we do not force you to become a part of this
if you do not want to be. It is still up to you whether you will participate or not. Even if
you have already say "yes" now, you can still change your decision and we will not have
issues on it but we will be glad to have you as one of our respondents.
Procedures:
First, we, the researchers will make a letter to the SHS coordinator to gather data.
We will also give letters to the validators in order to validate the research instrument. When
the research instrument is already validated, we will randomly select respondents, we will
hand over assent forms for our minor respondents and conduct the survey through giving
questionnaires to them. After the respondents answer the questionnaires given, the
researchers will collect and gather the data. Then the researchers will analyze and interpret
the results from the given data. Lastly, they will draw conclusions and offer
recommendations for the study.
Discomforts:
If you are not comfortable sharing your financial capability we will not enforce
you to share it.
Answering the questionnaires maybe time-consuming for you but we understand your
situation.
Benefits:
Our study will provide further understanding about factors affecting the allowance
allocation of Grades 11 and 12 STEM students. This proposed study will also help the
students avoid negligence and will make a way for the development of other positive
financial ties. By this, students will learn the importance of being financially capable in
terms of properly budgeting their allowance.
Confidentiality:
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For protection of your privacy, we will not tell other people that you are in this
research nor share the questionnaire that you have answered. Information about you that
will be collected will be kept
and no-one but the researchers will be able to see it. We will tally all the scores of our
respondents and no information about what have you answered will be detailed in our
paper.
If you would want to know the findings, we are willing to share the results of our
quantitative study after we finished it since this is not possible without your participation.
We are willing to hand over a copy of this research.
We would like to put an emphasis that you do not have to be in this research. No
one will be angry or disappointed if you will say no because it is your choice. We will give
you time to think about it and after coming up with a decision you still have the right to
refuse or withdraw.
Who to contact:
We, the researchers are always open for queries whenever and wherever. Contact
these numbers 09778394136 or 09293507069 for your queries. It is our responsibility to
answer your concerns for us to establish good respondent-researcher relationship.
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I fully understand the process of this research and that this is a quantitative study
and I am aware that I am answering questionnaires and this will be collected for data
gathering.
I have all read the information given above, from introduction down to the last section
and comprehended everything. I have answered questions and know that I can ask
questions later if I have them.
Or
I do not wish to take part in the research and I have not signed the assent below.
has had the opportunity to ask questions. I confirm that the individual has given
consent freely.
Signature of Witness:
Date:
We have accurately read or witnessed the accurate reading of the assent form
to the potential participant, and the individual has had the opportunity to ask
questions. I confirm that the individual has given assent freely.
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Date:
DD/MM/YY
We, the researchers have accurately read out the information sheet to the potential
participant, and to the best of my ability made sure that the child understands that
the
We confirm that the child was given an opportunity to ask questions about the study,
and all the questions asked him/her have been answered correctly and to the best of
my ability. I confirm that the individual has not been coerced into giving consent, and
the consent has been given freely and voluntarily.
A copy of this assent form has been provided to the participant.
APPENDIX E
Research Instrument
FACTORS PERCENTAGE
1. Food
2. Transportaion/ (Gas/Fare)
3. Load (Cellphone Load:Postpaid or
Prepaid)
4. School Requirements (eg.
Photocopy, cartolina, etc.)
5. Electronics (eg. Gadgets, cell
phones, etc.)
6. Entertainment ( eg. Playing
computer games, playing coin-
operated entertainment machines,
cinema, karaoke, etc.)
7. Others:_______(please specify)
TOTAL: 100%
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