Chapter 3

Research Design

This study is designed as a quantitative study aiming to determine the students’

favorability of the implementation of ID cards to be used as multipurpose cards in Holy

Spirit Academy of Malolos. ​Barnham (2015) defined quantitative research as a study that

tries to find answers to concrete questions by generating numbers and facts. Quantitative

research also focuses on statistical data and generalizing to a group of people who are

involved in the study.

Among all of the different quantitative research methods, feasibility study was

used to assess how favorable is the use of ID cards as multipurpose electronic cards to

students. The researchers used survey forms in data gathering procedure where they

handed out survey forms and used the internet as a medium of distribution. Hofstrand

(2009) defined feasibility study as ​an analysis of the viability of an idea. According to

Check and Schutt (2012 p.160)​, s​urvey research is defined as "the collection of

information from a sample of individuals through their responses to questions". Coe and

Almeida (2012) stated that questionnaires may include demographic questions in addition

to valid and reliable research instruments.

Population and Sampling Technique

The target population of the study are the Senior High School Students in Holy

Spirit Academy of Malolos. To gather the data needed to identify the level of favorability

of the students on the implementation of ID cards as multi-purpose cards, the researchers

looked for the number of the current Senior High School students which is 296 in total.

The intended number of respondents as computed were 171 (with margin of error of 5%)

using Slovin’s formula.

This study used stratified sampling which is a type of sampling technique where

the whole population is divided into strata or subgroups which share a common

characteristic (Maheshwari, 2018). To gather answers from Senior High School students,

the researchers divide the whole population by their section as the strata. The researchers

then randomly selected 82 students from Grade 11, and 89 from grade 12 to acquire the

sample size of 171 respondents.

Research Instrument

Researchers sought to collect high quality data by using a self-made instrument

which is a questionnaire that were spread through pen and papers and online forms to

senior high school students in Holy Spirit Academy of Malolos. The survey forms were

validated by two teachers to test the validity and reliability of the questionnaires. After

the validation the researchers immediately proceed for the pilot testing of the research

questionnaires where the researchers asked their classmates as the audience for pilot

testing. The researchers took this steps to ensure the trustworthiness of the data while in

the field so that the findings accurately reflect the experiences and viewpoints of the

respondents rather than the researcher’s perception.

Data Gathering Procedure

 The researchers set and processed surveys through online forms and

questionnaires for faster and more convenient gathering of data wherein 40 were gathered

through pen-and paper and 131 were gathered from the online survey form. Each

respondent was given a consent/confidentiality form. The questionnaire was distributed

to the Senior High School students in HSAM and they were given 3-5 minutes to answer

the question. After the researchers gathered the data, encoding of dataset was done. The

result and findings were tallied in a spreadsheet and presented through pie graph and bar

graph.

Data Analysis Procedure

The descriptive survey was held on a population sample of 171 students by the

researchers to gather information that is based on the questionnaires. Answers gathered

through online forms and survey questionnaires using a five-point Likert scale ranked the

level of favorability of the students in the implementation of ID cards as multi-purpose

cards. After gathering the results of the survey, the researchers then encoded and tallied

the results using percentage form. The final results were based on the answers with the

highest percentage chosen by the respondents. When the data has been completed, it was

presented though pie graph and bar graph as the visual representation of the results.