Chapter III:

Research Methodology

A. Research Design

Researchers used descriptive type of research. Descriptive research is

collecting, analyzing and interpreting data. It refers to meanings, definitions,
characteristics, and description of things. This design used survey questionnaires
which distributed to the respondents of ACLC Antipolo Grade 11 and Grade12
students to attain the main objective of the study.

Researchers will describe the data gathered to have further elaboration. They will
expand the data in order for it to be clarified. Researchers will be analyzing the data
to understand the main point of the research and then interpreting it to detail or bullet
those determined information.

Researchers will one by one mention the effects of depression. They will also
discuss the impacts of those among Grade 11 and Grade 12 students of ACLC
Antipolo. They will know all those effects among students and will clearly describe it.

A. Research Population

Researchers will have 50 randomly selected students. The research will be

conducted in ACLC Antipolo during S.Y. 2019-2020 at Antipolo City, where Grade
11 and Grade 12 students are the main target population.

B. Research Instrument

Researchers use survey form of instrument in gathering data from the

respondents. Survey is a process where researcher will collect information from a
target population through a form of questionnaires.
The researchers will prepare a set of questionnaire consisting of a question that is
related to the study and to be distributed to the respondents for them to fill out. The
functionality of the study will be determined through the questionnaires

C. Data Gathering Procedures

Researchers prepared one set of survey. Questionnaires were personally

administered by researcher in an organized way. Students were selected through
random sampling techniques.

The conducting of survey questionnaire to respondents used as our primary

sources, the secondary sources of data in this study are books and articles.
 Next, after they fill up the survey sheets, the researchers will interpret the data
gathered. The researchers will determine the different answers of the respondents.
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Then, as the researchers interpret the data gathered, researchers will come
summarizing the data, in order for it to be clear and more understandable.

Lastly, researchers will validate the data gathered, to make sure it is clean,
correct, and useful. Researchers will sort the data by arranging items in exact
sequence. Then researchers will summarize the data and reduce the detail to its
main point. And they will aggregate the data by combining multiple pieces of it and
then list detail, or summary data, or computed information.

D. Statistical Treatment Data

The data gathered will be analyzed if it is correct, clean and useful. It will be
educe to emphasize its main point. And then those main points will be listed for a
clarified discussion.
Responses to the questionnaire by Grade 11 and Grade 12 Senior High School
students of ACLC Antipolo were statistically analyzed with the data requirements of
the study. Pie graph were made to organized, summarize, and analyze the data
gathered for easy determination of its difference from each other.
 EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION TO GRADE 11 AND GARDE 12 SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF AMA COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER
OF ANTIPOLO CAMPUS 2019

Name: Age:

Gender: Section:

Direction: Check the most appropriate answer below.

Yes No Sometimes
1.Depression can affects people relationships (family,
friends, society)

2.Family problem can cause depression

3.Stresses from school activities contributes to
depression
4.Having been the victim or witness of violence, such
as physical or sexual abuse leads to depression
5.Depression changes behavioral (physical,
emotional, mental) traits of a person
6.Romantic problems such as break ups or unrequited
affection also lead to depression
7.Pressure of society’s expectations can also be the
reason of depression

8.Depression is the leading cause of death

9.Depression is one of the most common of all mental
health problems
10.Stresses from traffic and other work activities,
deadlines contributes to the effect of depression