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Chapter III
This chapter presents the method of research used, the sources of data, the
population and samples, the research instrument used and the data gathering process.
Research Design
This study utilized a quantitative design to find out the correlation of academic
University of Legazpi, S.Y. 2009-2010. The data were collated and presented in textual
Sources of Data
This study used secondary sources of data since the data needed were obtained
through academic grading sheets and clinical evaluation sheets of the respondents which
were gathered from the Nursing office of Aquinas University of Legazpi. Other sources
included books, magazines, journals, related literature, unpublished theses and Internet
websites.
The total population of the study was 4th year nursing students of Aquinas
Table 1
Population of the Study
Data Gathering
Utilizing the records whereby containing the list of academic grades and RLE
grades of the respondents, hereunder, is an explanation how the said tool was obtained
Following the proper protocol, permission was secured from the concerned
authorities, where the researchers were given access to the respondents’ records.
A stratified random sampling was employed based on the list of the population,
thus determining the sample size of the study from each block. Using the systematic
stratified random sampling method, the particular respondents were identified on each
stratum.
Whereas, all the aforementioned procedures were done, tabulation, tallying, then
Research Instrument
CORRELATION ACAD RLE 37
The tool utilized in this study was the respondents’ records consisting of the list of
Whereupon, such records were procured from the office of the College of Nursing
Statistical Treatment
To get the mean, the academic performance results were multiplied to the number
of the students and the product was divided by the total number of students (Levin,
2003).
To get the Standard Deviation, the number of students was multiplied to the
square of the difference of academic performance results and mean. The product was
divided by the total number of the students and the result of the square root of its quotient
Using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, the data gathered
were treated. This formula was used to determine if the two variables have correlation