Research
Research
Research
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter provides a fully detailed account of the research methodology, the
reasons that the various research strategies were selected and the rationale for the
sample selection process. It also deals with the issues of why the particular survey
instrument was selected as being appropriate for the current study. To start with, the
study site were introduced, followed by a presentation of research design, the sample
selection, and data collection process, the data collection tool and further more a
Research Method
For this study, the qualitative method of research shall be used for data
collection. The primary source of data are the facts and figures gathered from the
Today our world is more complicated and it is difficult to understand what people think
more communicative and descriptive. This method is not only about what people think
and proven. In the conduct of this study, the respondents are the students of Argao
at the municipality of Argao, Cebu. The school was just recently established in 2010 by
the passing of Republic Act 9924, and since then, the institution served as a venue for
Currently, the school offers a general high school curriculum which is duly
recognized by DepEd. Also offered is a K-12 program open for students who can
choose different strands under its Academic and Technical-Vocational tracks. A strand
in ABM is open under its academic track, as well as the HUMSS strand. Moreover, its
TVL track offers a wide range of courses from Agri-fishery, Home Economics, and
Argao National High School is a research university. Students in this school have
a great percentage to use Social Media. They use computers because it helps them
with their studies and for doing some academic related tasks. Teachers did not require
the students to buy books. They are given a photocopy of their lessons and if they have
assignments and research to be done that is the time they are required to use internet.
Assignments and research that would be done using the internet often lead to the use of
The respondents of this study are the students of Argao National HIgh School.
Researchers argue that Junior High students are more exposed in the use of Social
Media especially facebook because it helps them in meeting their academic needs,
maintaining their social connection and communication with friends. They are also more
Networking Sites.
In this research, there are a total of respondents for the survey-questions. All
are students of Argao National High School that have been enrolled for the school year
Research Instrument
The questions that will be included in the research contain the following areas:
facebook usage among Argao National High School students specifically from
freshmen to senior year in terms of their purpose; effects of facebook sites to the
students, and the respondent’s communication effectiveness with the presence of social
networking sites.
The survey-questionnaire comprises of two main parts. The first section is the
profile question which consist the gender, age, year level, strand, name (optional) and
the specific social media sites used by the respondents. These profile questions have
been included in the first part to gather additional background of the respondents in
order to know the range of facebook usage to Argao National High School students
The next section of the survey-questionnaire is the survey proper which contains
the different questions aiming to answer the problems and sub-problems that are
mentioned in the study. Some questions are designed to come up with the frequency,
communication behavior, and purpose of the respondents’ use of social media, as well
as the activities they are engaged in during their use of the said media. It also scoped
out how these social media sites affect the effectiveness of students’ interpersonal
communication.
The survey entails 15 questions in order to target the answer of the problem and
Data-Gathering Procedure
The researchers asked permission form the dean of the School of Education to
administer the student-respondants of the study ( Appendix A ) and then the copy will
be submitted and furnished to the office of the dean of the School of Education of Argao
the questions statements. Students were allowed adequate time to complete the
assessment.
Treatment of data
The data and results gathered from the survey proper will be carefully examined
and interpreted in order to attain the needed information to be discussed. All of these
information shall then be put in to figures for a clearer and more comprehensive
analysis.
The figures would then be further analysed and discussed to see whether the
data acquired is indeed valid and true. It would then signify whether or not the data