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Jose F. Calderon / Expectacion C. Gonzales

Felix r. Librrero

Susteverio-Letada

CHAPTER 5

HOW TO WITE CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Chapter 3 of a thesis contain a discussion of each of the following topics:

Research Design

Research Locale

Research Population and Sample

Research Instrumentation

Data Gathering Procedure

Statistical Treatment

Research Design

* This describes the method of research used whether, historical, descriptive,, or experimental.

* The procedural part of the method, its appropriateness to the study, and some of its advantages should be given attention and should be well discussed.

Research Locale

* This discusses the place or setting of the study. It describes in brief the place where the study is conducted. Only important features which have the bearing on the present study are included.

* It shows the target population.

RESEARCH POPULATION AND SAMPLE

A sample is part of the population which is observed in order to make inferences about the whole population. It reflects the characteristics of the population.

Sample means the portion of a population taken as the subject of the study. For instance, one is buying mangoes. He picks up one mango from a crate of mangoes and tastes it. If the mango is sweet, then he concludes and says that the mangoes in the crate are sweet although he has tasted only one mango.

Sampling may be defined as measuring a small portion of something and then making a general statement about the whole thing. (Bradfield and Moredock, p/ 38). You use sampling when your research design requires that you collect information from or about a population, which is so large, or so widely scattered as to make it impractical to observe all the individuals in the population.

Why we need Sampling

1. Sampling makes possible the study of a large, heterogeneous population. The population to be studied may be too large or unlimited that it is almost...