Chapter Iii
Chapter Iii
Chapter Iii
METHODOLOGY
Research Methodology
This chapter contains the methods undertaken to achieve the primal target of the study
which is to know whether the factors affecting the academic performance of the students is
negative or positive. This study used quantitative approach in order to get valid information and
reliable results about the factors affecting the academic performance of the Senior High School
Research Design
The researcher chooses the Descriptive Research Design as its fits perfectly in the study
conducted which is its primal target is to know the factors affecting the academic performance of
the Senior High School Students of Tabango Senior High School Stand-Alone. This design used
will give the data needed in order to attain the main objective of the research. This design survey
questionnaires which were distributed to the respondents in order to attain the main objective of
the study which is to determine the factors affecting the academic performance of the Senior
The study conducted at Tabango Senior High School in which the target respondents of
this study are the Grade 11 and Grade12 students. Researcher will identify the factors that may
affect the academic performance of the students, its positive and negative effect to their study by
conducting a survey.
Table 1
Distribution of respondents
Strand and Grade Level Frequency Percentage
HUMSS 11
Descartes 62 13.39%
Marx 64 13.84%
Locke 67 14.47%
HUMSS 12
Plato 67 14.47%
Socrates 67 14.47%
Aristotle 63 13.67%
ABM 11
Kant 38 8.21%
ABM12
Dewey 35 7.56%
TOTAL 463 100%
Respondents that are involved in this study are the students of Tabango Senior High
School -Stand Alone with a total population of 463 respondents during the school year of 2019-
2020. The respondents were identified using Slovins Formula: , where n is the sample
size, N is the population size, and e is the margin of error. Then, it undergo stratified random
sampling to determine how many respondents that should the researcher target to conduct the
study.
Research Instrument
This study will be conducted, following all mentioned methods. Survey questionnaires
will be use in gathering data. This instrument gave researchers the platform to ask close ended
questions about the factors affecting the academic performance of the respondents.
Data Collection
the study will be conducted in Tabango Senior High School in which the respondents will
ask permission from the School Head, Mr. Antonio B. Dacatimbang Jr. with the permission,
researchers will be able to personally disseminate the survey questionnaires to the target
respondents.
Data Analysis
The gathered data from the respondents were collected, analyzed and interpreted to
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the significance difference on the
factors affecting the academic performance of the respondents when grouped according to the
Likert Scale Questionnaires will be use to collect data. To interpret the data, the
Likert Scale
4.2-5 Always
2.6-3.3 Seldom
1.8-2.5 Rarely
1.0-1.7 Never