BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM AND REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Research has a very significant part of man’s existence. Everything that are utilized by man and almost everything that is in environment we ought it to research. the cloth’s were wearing, the food were eating, almost everything. These things are being developed by the creative mind of man with the use of research. Since research has its great effect of mankind, Research subject has been introduce to students. it has been a pre-requisite in every Bachelor of Science (BS) courses. The students must accomplish the subject ant its requirements in order for him/her to qualify for graduation. Having a BS course, the Fides Christi batch 2008 (Bachelor of Science in Nursing Level III) is therefore required to accomplish a research work. The student’s will focused on the Nursing Research. After conducting their studies, the students are required to defend it to a set of panelist to defend their researches and for the panelist to assess on how familiar they are on their studies and how far have they learned in the research subject. This research study is therefore aimed in discovering the level of competency of the Fides Christi batch 2008. It is just right and timely that the Fides Christi are chosen to be the focus of the study since their research subject is about to end and the learning they gained are still fresh on their memories. This will assess how much they have learned and how competent they are in Research subject. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:
This research study is conducted to make a comparative assessment on the research competency of male and female Fides Christi.
Specifically this study aimed to answer the following questions: 1. What is the extent of the research competency of the respondents in terms of: a. Knowledge b. Skills c. Attitude 2. Is there a significant difference in research competency between male and female