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Chapter 3 Research Instrument

This document describes the research instrument and data gathering procedure used in a study about the effects of peer pressure on STEM students' study habits. The study used a 20-item questionnaire with questions about peer pressure and study habits on a 4-point Likert scale. The peer pressure questions came from a 2010 study on body image and the study habits questions came from another previous study. The questionnaire was modified and approved by the researchers' instructor. Data was gathered by distributing the questionnaire randomly to STEM students using simple random sampling. The completed questionnaires were analyzed using Microsoft Excel.

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Chapter 3 Research Instrument

This document describes the research instrument and data gathering procedure used in a study about the effects of peer pressure on STEM students' study habits. The study used a 20-item questionnaire with questions about peer pressure and study habits on a 4-point Likert scale. The peer pressure questions came from a 2010 study on body image and the study habits questions came from another previous study. The questionnaire was modified and approved by the researchers' instructor. Data was gathered by distributing the questionnaire randomly to STEM students using simple random sampling. The completed questionnaires were analyzed using Microsoft Excel.

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Research Instrument

This study used questionnaires that are used to survey the STEM
students in TIP-QC about the effects of peer pressure on the students' study
habits. The questionnaire was developed based on the study's objectives. The
questionnaire consisted of twenty (20) items. The first part of the
questionnaire was consisted of ten (10) questions about peer pressure and
the second part was also consisted of 10 questions about students' study
habits. The respondents answered these questions using the following 4-point
likert scale: 1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Slightly Disagree, 3-Slightly Agree and 4-
Strongly Agree.
In order to gather accurate data, the researchers looked for
questionnaire that is related to the study. The peer pressure's questionnaire
came from the study of Whitney Miller last December 2010 about "Body
Image, Peer Pressure and Sexual Activity". While the study habits'
questionnaire came from the study of Jennilyn Balbalosa. The questionnaires
that the researchers looked were modified by the researchers' instructor Ms.
Mary Stephanie Yaw.

Data Gathering Procedure

The original title proposed by the researchers was checked, revised and
rechecked by the researchers' adviser to maintain the conformity on the
subject of the researchers. The survey questionnaire that aims to draw out
proper responses on the objectives of this study came from the study of
Whitney Miller last December 2010 about "Body Image, Peer Pressure and
Sexual Activity" and Jennilyn Balbalosa. These questionnaires were modified,
presented, analyzed and check by the research adviser to ensure the validity
of responses it would explicit.
The total population of the STEM students was requested through a
letter and signed by the SHS Principal Brenda Corpuz in TIP – QC. Using the
Slovin's Formula, researchers computed the sample size. Then, the
questionnaires were distributed to the STEM students randomly
The data contained within this study were gathered using 4-point scale
survey questionnaire. Then, questionnaires were distributed from am and pm
shift. Researchers used simple random sampling wherein all STEM students
have equal chances to be part of this study. Information regarding the effects
of peer pressure on the study habits of Grade 12 STEM students was collected
from a self-observation questionnaire. The survey questionnaire was
administered in TIP-QC campus S.Y. 2017-2018. Researchers asked the
respondents to complete all the informed questions but then all the
information is confidential specifically their names.
The data gathered from answered questionnaires were checked,
classified, tabulated and analyzed according to the research design in this
chapter using Microsoft Excel and prepared for final presentation to the
experts.

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