Chapter III

Research design and methodology

This chapter is a presentation of the methodology and research design of this

study. It includes the discussion of the description of design and research setting, the

respondents, the research instrument used, validity and reliability of the instrument,

including the gathering procedure and statistical treatment of data.

Research design

This research study will use descriptive research design to gather information on

a current situations and conditions about Effects of Social Media to the Studying

Performance of Selected Grade 10 Students of Sacred Heart High School.

Research Setting

The study will be conduct at Sacred Heart High School, Calagbangan, Sipocot,

Camarines Sur.

Respondent

The respondents of this study are the selected grade 10 of Sacred Heart High

School.
Table 1. Participant of the study

GRADE LEVEL POPULATION SAMPLE

10 82 68

Table 1 shows the respondents of the study, the total population and the sample.

Research instrument

The researcher use survey questionnaire in gathering data to determine the Effects

of Social Media to the Studying Performance of Selected Grade 10 Students of Sacred

Heart High School. The set of questionnaire will be given to Grade 10 students of Sacred

High School. Regarding on how social media affect their studying performance.

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

To gather data, researcher first get the sample of respondents, then organized

the survey questionnaire and validated by the research adviser. Researcher ask

permission to the school principal and to the adviser of the selected students to conduct

the survey questionnaire to our respondents.

 STATISTICAL TOOL

The Statistical tool used in the research study were the SLOVIN formula, frequency

count, and percentage technique to determine the Effects of Social Media to the Studying

Performance of Selected Grade 10 Students of Sacred Heart High School.

In calculating the sample size the researcher use the SLOVIN formula:

𝑁
𝑛=
1 + 𝑁𝑒 2
82
𝑛=
1 + 82(.05)2
82
𝑛=
1 + 82(0.0025)
82
𝑛=
1 + 0.205
82
𝑛=
1.205
𝑛 = 68
Therefore the sample size is 68.

Frequency count and percentage technique was used to quantify the population

and percentage of the respondents.The percent formula is:

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦
%= x 100%
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦

Concerning the effects of social media sites in studying performance of student, the

rating scale and simple mean were used. The formula is:

𝑥 = ∑ 𝑥𝑖
𝑖=1
𝑛
 CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Findings and Discussion

To explore the effects of social media in the academic performance of the Grade

10 students of Sacred Heart High School, researcher chose a sample of students who are

involve in using different kinds of Social Media Site.

Figure 1 Gender distribution of respondent

Male Female

43%

57%
 The age distribution of the respondent.

Table 2 Age distributions of sample respondents

Age Frequency Percentage

18 7 10.30%

17 18 26.47%

16 38 55.88%

15 5 7.35%

Total 68 100%

The table shows the age distribution of the respondents of Grade 10 students

ranged from 15 to 18. On age 15 it has a frequency of 5 which is equivalent to 7.35% of

total population, on age 16 it has a frequency of 38 which is equivalent to 55.88% of

total population, on age 17 it has a frequency of 18 which is equivalent to 26.47% of

total population, and on age 18 it has a frequency of 7 which is equivalent to 10.30% of

the total population.

Social Media sites that mostly used by the Selected Grade 10 students of Sacred Heart

High School

Table 3 Uses of Social Networks

Social Media Sites Frequency Percentage

Facebook 50 73.53%

Twitter 15 22.06%

Instagram 3 4.41%

WhatsApp 0 0%

WeChat 0 0%

Total 68 100%

Table 2 shows that the respondents found Facebook as the most used social

networking site among Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, and WeChat. On the table above

facebook has a frequency of 50 which equevalent to 73.53% of the total population, on

the twitter has frequency of 15 which equevalent to 22.06%, the instagram has

frequency of 3 and 4.41% of the total population. The whatsApp and WeChat has 0

frequency and 0% of the population.

 Checklist that consist of hours that the respondent spent on using social media. It has

an interval of 1 hour.

Table 3 Time spent on using Social Media

Time Spent (Hours) Frequency Percentage

0-1 10 14.71%

2-3 45 66.18%

4-5 8 11.76%

5-6 4 5.88%

6 and above 1 1.47%

Total 68 100%

On 0-1 of hour of usage it has a frequency of 10 equivalent to 14.71%, on 2-3

hours of usage it has a frequency of 45 equivalent to 66.18%, on 4-5 hours of usage it

has a frequency of 8 equivalent to 11.76%, on 5-6 hours of usage it has a frequency of

4 equivalent to 5.88%, and on 6 and above hours of usage it has a frequency of 1 which

is equivalent to 1.47% out of 100%. Therefore the most time spent by the respondents

was 2-3 hours, it has a frequency of 45 which is equivalent to 66.18% out of 100%.
 Checklist that consist respondent’s uses of social media.

Table 4 Uses of Social Media

Uses Frequency Percentage

Social 38 55.88%

Games 14 20.59%

Academic 16 23.53%

Total 68 100%

On social use it has a frequency of 38 which is equivalent to 55.88%, on using it

for gaming it has a frequency of 14 which is equivalent to 20.59%, and on academic use

it has a frequency of 16 which is equivalent to 23.53% out of 100%. Therefore the

respondent’s use of social media is to use it as a social tool for communicating it,

according to result social use has a frequency of 38 which is equivalent to 55.88% out of

100%.
Table 5 Effect of Social Media sites in the studying performance of the students

Effects Mean Interpretation

Having high scores on quizzes 2.68 A

Being late in school 2.40 A

Losing focus on studying 4.09 H

Being dependent on social media 1.82 VL

Having difficulties in spelling words 3.76 H

Being a quick reader 2.50 L

Being able to answer assignment easily 3.23 A

Being able to add more words to own vocabulary 1.93 L

Being good at reasoning 1.76 VL

Table 5 shows the data gathered from the questionnaire that are answered by the

selected Grade 10 students of Sacred Heart High School. It shows the interpretation of

the data gathered from the questionnaire. The researchers provides a checklist that

consist of the effects of social media to their studying performance. The top 3 effects are

losing focus on studying, having difficulties in spelling words and being able to answer

assignments easily. Among 11 effects provided, losing focus on studying has the highest

weighted mean, with the average mean of 4.09 and interpreted as High.
Table 6

RATING SCALE INTERPRETATION SYMBOL

4.25-5.00 VERY HIGH VH

3.45-4.24 HIGH H

2.65-3.44 AVERRAGE A

1.85-2.64 LOW L

1.00-1.84 VERY LOW VL

Table 6 shows what will be the interpretation on the data gathered on table 5 it

serves as a legend.
 CHAPTER V

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

This chapter covers the results of the study with emphasis on summary of findings,

conclusions and recommendation based on the gathered data which were analyzed and

interpreted by the researchers.

Summary

The data gathered which have been presented, analyzed and interpreted revealed

the following:

Problem

1. What is the demographic profile in terms of:

 Age

 Gender

Findings

Among the 68 respondent the highest frequency count in terms of age is 16y/o

which is 55.88% of total respondents. Next is 17y/o (26.47%), 18y/o (10.30%), while

15y/o are 7.35% of the total respondents.

Among 68 respondents 57% are female and 43% are male.

Conclusion

The data show that there are more female respondents than the males and

majority of the respondents are 16 and 17 years old.

Recommendation

Future researcher should distribute the sampling well and follow a proper sampling

procedure to ensure the validity of study

Problem

2. What social media are mostly used by selected grade 10 learners?

Findings

The social media site that are commonly used by the junior high school students

of Sacred Heart High School is Facebook, 73.53% of the respondent’s answers Facebook

as their commonly used social media.

Conclusion

Facebook are very common social media site that can be access easily that’s why

the majority of the respondents use it.

Recommendation

The respondent must know the proper etiquette in using the site to avoid

problems.
Problem

3. How much time does the students spend on using their mostly used social media

sites?

Findings

The respondents reported the number of hours they spent on social media sites,

66.18% of the respondents spent two to three hours in using social media sites.

Conclusion

Social media are of the factor that affects why student spent 2 to 3 hours in using

of the different types of social media. The area or the location in the region has a slow

internet connection.

Using different social media has a positive effect to the studying performance.

Social media can be useful tool to in searching, finding and gathering data or information.

But some of social media helps to lessen the study habit of a students and give more

focus in such activities.

Recommendation

Student should focus in their academic performance and lesson the use of

the different types of social media.

Problem

4. What is the major use of social media site for grade 10 students of Sacred Heart High

School?

Findings

In table 4 uses of social media such as social, games and academic. The table

shows the highest percentage in which social has a percentage of 55.88% followed by

academic which has 23.53% and last games with 20.59% out of 100% of the total

population.

Conclusion

Student use social media mostly as social for them to be connected with their

friends and family. Followed by academic for getting information they need in school.

Recommendation

Students should maintain or lessen the use of different social media sites to avoid

negative effects of social media to their performance in studying.

Problem

5. What are the major effect of social media on the studying performance of selected

grade 10 students of sacred heart high school?

Findings

The result shows that the major effect of social media on studying performance of

grade 10 students of sacred heart high school is losing focus on Studying.

Conclusion

Because of social media grade 10 students lose their focus on studying.

Recommendation

Students must focus to their studies more than using social media.