CHAPTER 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the method of research utilized in the study, the population, sample size, and sampling technique, description of the respondents, research instrument, data-gathering procedure, and statistical treatment used for data analysis.
Research Method Used
The descriptive method of educational research was employed in the study, since it describes what traits or what it is of a certain educational phenomenon. Borg defines the descriptive method as a distinctive research methodology of systematic data collection, presentation, and analysis. The method of research is concerned with conditions and relations that exist, practices that prevail, processes that are going on, point of view effects that are being felt, or trends that are developing.
This method is the most appropriate method for this study, as Best asserts that the descriptive research goes beyond mere tabulation of data to the analysis and interpretation and meaning of what is being described. It involves a more in depth analysis through the use of numerical and comparative analysis.
Population, Sample Size and Sampling Technique
Table 1
Frequency and Percentage Distribution of Population and Sample
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|BSMT-A1 |48 |12 | |
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As shown in the Table 1, out of 801 freshmen in the College of Education,
473 were used in the study using the Slovin 's Formula. From BSMT-A1, there were 44 who were used as respondents; BSMT-A2, 44; BSMT-A3, 30;
BSMT-A4, 30; BSMT-A5, 30; BSMT-A6, 30; BSMT-A7, 30; BSMT-A8, 30;
BSMT-A9, 29; BSMT-A10, 31; BSMT-A11, 28; BSMT-A12,
References: Clark, Kevin. "The Case for Structured English Immersion." Educational Leadership 66.7 (2009): 42-46.