Tools used in the present study

As the study aims to find out the Intrapersonal intelligence and self confidence
of high school students, the investigator has used the following standardized
tools.
Description of the tool
The intrapersonal intelligence self report inventory
The researcher has used standardized intrapersonal intelligence inventory for
measuring intrapersonal intelligence level of high school students. This
inventory contains 10 items.
The general information of the tool
It includes general information about the respondents regarding gender, place of
stay, locality of school, type of school, nature of school, locality of school,
nature of accommodation nature of the family, fathers education, mothers
education, fathers occupation, mothers occupation, mothers occupation
mothers monthly income, fathers monthly income.

Administration of the tool

The investigator approached the heads of the institution and sought permission
for the data collection. After getting permission from the heads of the
institution, the investigator himself with the help of the teacher in charge of
the class administered the tools.before administering the tools to the students,
they were given clear instruction to answer the items given in the inventories.
The investigator clarified the need and purpose of the collection, necessary
information needed to answer the questionnaire and about the confidentiality of
the data supplied by them. Then the inventories were collected from the
respondents . they were scored with the help of the scored with the help of the
scoring key provided by the author of the inventory.
Population for the study

A population refers to any collection of specified group of human beings or non

human entities. In the present study, the population consisted of the high school
students studying in IX standard in tuticorin district.
Sample for the study
A small proportion of a population, selected for the observation and analysis is
known as sample. The method of sampling is based on the nature of the
problem, size of the universe, avalibility of finance and personnel. According to
john w.best and james v. kahn (1980) a sample is a small proportion of a
population selected for observation and analysis. The investigator has
randomly selected 300 high school students from tuticorin district for the
present study.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE
TABLE
SCHOOL WISE DISTIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE
S.N
O

Name of the college

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Numbe
r of
student
s
30
30
30
30
30
30
30

8
9
10

30
30
30

percentage

TOTAL
GENDER WISE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE
Gender
Male

No.of students

Percentage

female
Total
300
100
The above table showsthat of the IX Standard students are male and
female.

of them

Statistical technique used

Statistical technique are necessary for understanding of the general trends and
group characteristics from a variety of individual characters. The investigator
has used following statistical techniques for analysis the data.