III.

METHODS AND PROCEDURES

This chapter presents the method used, the respondents
of the study, data gathering and instruments used and the
statistical tools.
Method Used
The method of research was utilized in the conduct of
the study. This method is intended to find existing facts
that shall serve as an information process in the study.
Descriptive

method

of

research

is

fact-finding

study

with adequate and accurate interpretation of the findings

it describes the emphasis of what actually exists such as
current

condition,

practices,

situations,

or

any

phenomenon.
Jose F. Calderon and Expectation C. Gozales, Method of
Research and Thesis Writings. P.193

Good

and

Descriptive

Scotes

method

is

defined
used

to

it

in

their

organize,

own

interpret

ways
and

report the present situation sufficient for examination. It

is concerned with determining the conditions that prevail
in a group of cases for study and is essential method of

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quantitative

description

of

the

characteristics

of

the

group. A questionnaire was used as a data gathering tool

in the study since it is the most practical tool to be
used. It is less time consuming and less invasive, allowing
the respondents to supply the needed data without getting
conscious or embarrassed about their views regarding this
subject.
Rose Ann Acoba, Zyrene dela Cruz and Vanessa Fernandez,
The Satisfaction Level of Customers of the Two Supermarkets
in Cauayan City, Isabela, Unpublished Thesis, Our Lady of
the Pillar College Cauayan City, Isabela, March 2009,
p.33

Respondents of the Study

The respondents of the study were the Batch 2014

2015 Accounting Technology students and their respective
instructors of the College of Accountancy of Our Lady of
the Pillar College Cauayan Campus. They were asked to
accomplish the questionnaire designed for the purpose and
to

answer

some

necessary

outcome of this study.

questions

needed

for

better

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Table 1
Profile of Teacher and Trainee-Respondents
Respondents

Frequency

Percentage

Students

32

82%

Teachers

18%

Total

39

100%

Instruments Used

In

order

respondents,

to
the

questionnaires

as

gather

relevant

researchers
its

main

information

made

instrument

use
in

from

the

set

of

assessing

the

of

skills and competencies of fourth year Bachelor of Science

in Accounting Technology students of OLPC-C. The informal
interview was complemented with a questionnaire to verify
and extract answers, which are relevant to the study.

Questionnaire
particularly

in

Method.

gathering

The
data

questionnaire
needed

in

was

assessing

used
the

skills and competencies of fourth year Bachelor of Science

in Accounting Technology students of OLPC-C. This method is
commonly used in descriptive survey studies.

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Interview

Method.

This

was

used

to

verify

the

responses in the questionnaire and to gather other relevant

information. This is a face to face encounter between the
interviewer and the interviewee. This method is commonly
used in descriptive survey studies.

Data Gathering Procedures

The researchers undertook the following data gathering

procedures:

letter

of

conduct

of

the

study

constructed

and

looked

permission

was
for

prepared
the

requesting
by

the

possible

for

the

researchers;

questionnaire;

floated the questionnaire personally and conducted a semiformal

interview;

retrieved

the

questionnaire;

tabulated

the data gathered; summarized, analyzed and interpreted the

data being gathered.

Statistical Tools

The researchers made used of the frequency count and

the percentage count.

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Percentage Count.

Percentage described the proportion of

items to the whole or a people to a group of people.

Mean.

This

tool

was

used

to

determine

the

average

perception of the respondents using the formula.

Where:

X = the mean
f = the frequency
n = the number of respondents
x

score

of

the

responses

of

the

respondents

Frequency and Percentage. These are numerical analysis to

describe every category in the frequency distribution in
relation to the number.

Where:

P = percentage
f = frequency
n = total number of cases
100 = given or constant

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t-Test.

This

was

used

to

determine

the

significant

difference in assessing the skills and competencies of the

fourth year Bachelor of Science in Accounting Technology
students

of

Our

Lady

of

the

Pillar

College

Cauayan

Campus.

Averaging test. This was used to determine the status of

the

fourth

Technology
relation

year

Bachelor

students

to

the

and

of

their

assessment

made

Science

in

respective
by

Accounting
teachers

student

in

student

approach and teacher student approach.

Where:

(1)

frequency of student respondent per

item
in different skill category
f

(2)

frequency of teacher respondent per

item
in different skill category

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n population of each respondent

Likert

Scale.

The

researchers

made

use

of

Likert

Scale

using the following:

Option

Scale

Description

1.00 1.79

Strongly Disagree

1.80 2.59

Disagree

2.60 3.39

Neutral

3.40 4.19

Agree

4.20 5.00

Strong Agree