CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter consists of presentation, analysis and interpretation of data gathered from the

questionnaires regarding on the Students’ Entrepreneurial Skills and Perception towards Business

Enterprising.

Demographic Profile

The profile variables of grade 12 ABM students considered by the researchers of this study

are the following: age, sex, and family monthly income. The distribution of grade 12 ABM students

according to their profile variables is shown in table 1.

Age. Most (77.4%) of the grade 12 ABM students were age 16-17 years old. Some (16.1%)

were 18-19 years old while the 6.5% were age 20-21 years old. It can be implied that Grade 12

ABM students of Jose Diva Avelino Jr. National High School are predominantly 16-17 years of

age.

Sex. Most (75% ) of the grade 12 ABM students were female. Some (25%) were male.

Therefore, most of the respondents of this study were female.

Family Monthly Income. The data revealed that most (64.5%) of the family monthly

income of the respondents is below Php 10,000. Some (32.3%) is Php 10,000 to 20,000 and 3.2%

has a monthly income of Php 20,000 and above.

Table 1. Distribution of Grade 12 students according to their demographic profile.
CHARACTERISTIC OF FREQUENCY (F) PERCENTAGE (%)
THE RESPONDENTS
AGE
16 – 17 years old 24 77.4%
18 – 19 years old 5 16.1%
20 – 21 years old 2 6.5%
Total 31 100.0%
SEX
Female 24 75%
Male 7 25%
Total 31 100.0%
FAMILY MONTHLY INCOME
Below Php 10,000 20 64.5%
Php 10,000 – 20,000 10 32.3%
Php 20,000 and above 1 3.2%
TOTAL 31 100.0%

Entrepreneurial Skills

The results about the entrepreneurial skills of the ABM students of Jose Diva Avelino Jr.

National High School according to the Part II of the research questionnaire that have been

distributed to the grade 12 ABM students shows the general average means of 3.3161 which have

a verbal interpretation of moderately acquired which means that the students sometimes practice

the skills. The highest weighted mean in terms of the entrepreneurial skills of the ABM students

is 3.61 which has a verbal interpretation of acquired while the lowest weighted mean is 3.13 which

has a verbal interpretation of moderately acquired.

 ENTREPRENEURIAL MEAN SD VERBAL
SKILLS OF STUDENTS INTERPRETATION

I have better understanding 3.61 0.80 Acquired

about business.
I have clear, realistic and 3.42 0.96 Acquired
achievable goals and procedures
about business.
I know the necessary practical 3.42 0.92 Acquired
details to start a business.
I have enough confidence to 3.39 0.92 Moderately Acquired
run my own business.
I understand complexities of 3.32 1.17 Moderately Acquired
setting up a Business.
I have the ability to prepare 3.26 0.86 Moderately Acquired
a business plan on my own.
I have the necessary skills to 3.26 0.10 Moderately Acquired
market my products or services.
I know how to develop an 3.19 0.95 Moderately Acquired
entrepreneurial project.
I have enough leadership and 3.16 1.00 Moderately Acquired
communication skills to run my
own business.
To start a business and keep 3.13 0.85 Moderately Acquired
it working would be easy for me.
GRAND MEAN 3.3161 Moderately Acquired

Students’ Perception Towards Business Enterprising

The results about the perception of grade 12 ABM students of Jose Diva Avelino Jr.

National High School according to the Part III of the research questionnaire that have been

distributed to the grade 12 ABM students shows the general average means of 4.0194 that have a

verbal interpretation of agree which means that the students oftentimes perceived positive

perception towards business enterprising. The highest weighted mean in terms of the perception
of the students towards business enterprising of the ABM students is 4.29 which has a verbal

interpretation of strongly agree while the lowest weighted mean is 3.71 which has a verbal

interpretation of moderately agree.

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION MEAN SD VERBAL

TOWARD BUSINESS INTERPRETATION
ENTERPRISING

Business Enterprising is 4.29 0.59 Strongly Agree

important to students.
I consider business enterprising 4.19 0.98 Agree
class as an ideal place to learn about
how to start a business.
Through business enterprising, 4.19 0.83 Agree
I have learn how to prepare a
business plan.
Business enterprising helped me 4.16 0.86 Agree
to meet people with good ideas
for new ventures.
Through business enterprising, 4.06 0.81 Agree
I understand the importance of
entrepreneurship.
Business enterprising can 3.97 0.80 Agree
broaden my career prospects and
choices in life.
I develop entrepreneurial knowledge, 3.94 0.81 Agree
skills and competencies through
business enterprising.
Through business enterprising, 3.87 0.76 Agree
I can create my own business.
Business enterprising is more 3.81 0.83 Agree
practical than other subject.
If I tried to start a business, 3.71 0.74 Agree
I would have a high probability
of succeeding.
GRAND MEAN 4.0194 Agree
 Entrepreneurial Skills of Students When Grouped According
to their Demographic Profile

CHARACTERISTIC OF TEST N MEAN SIG.

THE RESPONDENTS STATISTIC RANK (2-TAILED)

AGE Kruskal Wallis test 0.098

16 – 17 years old 24 15.40
18 – 19 years old 5 22.50
20 – 21 years old 2 7.00
SEX Mann-Whitney test 0.463
Female 24 18.21
Male 7 15.35
FAMILY MONTHLY Kruskal Wallis test 0.471
INCOME
Below Php 10,000 20 16.25
Php 10,000 – 20,000 10 14.50
Php 20,000 and above 1 26.00

AGE

In the table shown above, the 24 students who age 16-17 years old has a mean rank of

15.40, while the 5 students who age 18-19 years old has a mean rank of 22.50 and the 2 students

who age 20-21 years old has a mean rank of 7.00. The sig. (2-tailed) value shown above is 0.098

which is higher than 0.05, thus, the researchers of this study can conclude that there is no

significant difference between the age of the participants and their entrepreneurial skills. This

indicates that the age of the respondents of this study does not affect their entrepreneurial skills.

SEX
The 31 grade 12 ABM students are composed of 24 females and 7 males. The mean rank

for the female is 18.21 and the mean rank for the male is 15.35. The sig. (2-tailed) value for sex is
0.463 which is higher than 0.05. This implies that the sex of the participants does not affect their

entrepreneurial skills.

FAMILY MONTHLY INCOME

The mean rank of the family monthly income for Php 10,000 below is 16.25, Php 10,000-

20,000 is 14.50, Php20,000 and above is 26.00. The sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.471 shows that there

is no significant difference on the family monthly income of the students to their entrepreneurial

skills of the grade 12 ABM students.

Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Skills and Perceptiontowards Business Enterprising

VARIABLES MEAN TEST COEFFICIENT SIG.

STATISTIC VALUE (2-TAILED)

Entrepreneurial Skills 3.3161 Spearman’s rho 1.000 0.032

Perception of Students 4.0194 1.000 0.032

Towards Business
Enterprising

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

The result of this study shows that there is a significant relationship between the

entrepreneurial skills of the grade 12 ABM students and their perceptions towards business

enterprising as the correlation is 0.032 which is lower than 0.05 level (2-tailed). This implies that

the entrepreneurial skills of the the grade 12 ABM students and their perceptions towards business

enterprising is directly proportional to each other.

 Chapter V

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDTIONS

This chapter presents the summary of the study, the finding, the conclusion drawn from the

findings, and the recommendation arrived by researchers.

Summary

This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to determine entrepreneurial skills and

the perception towards business enterprise of the Grade 12 ABM students in Jose Diva Avelino Jr.

National High School year level 2019-2020. Specifically, the study sought to answer the following

questions:

1. What demographic profile could be drawn from the respondents in terms of?

a. Age

b. Sex

c. Family Monthly Income

2. What is the level of entrepreneurial skills possessed by the ABM students?

3. What is the level of perceptions of the students towards business enterprising in the ABM

strand?

4. Is there a significant differences on the entrepreneurial skills of the students when

grouped according to their demographic profile?

5. Is there a significant relationship between the entrepreneurial skills of the students and

their perception towards business enterprising subject?

 The respondents of this study were the 31 Grade 12 ABM students of Jose Diva Avelino

Jr. National High School, Hipona, Pontevedra, Capiz on the school year 2019-2020. Total

population sampling was used in the selection of 31 respondents of the study.

The adopted and modified survey questionnaire was the data gathering tool utilized. The

data gathered from the study were computer-processed using the Statistical Package for the Social

Sciences (SPSS) software. The descriptive statistics utilized was the mean. Mann-Whitney test

and Kruskal-Wallis was used to test the significant differences on the entrepreneurial skills of the

students when grouped according to their demographic profile. Spearman’s Rho test was used to

test the relationship between the entrepreneurial skills of the students and their perception towards

business enterprise.

Findings

The following are the significant findings of the study:

1. The respondents consisted of (7) males and (24) females, aged 16-21 years old.

Respondents of this study has a family monthly income that ranges from below Php

10,000 to Php 20,000 and above.

2. The level of entrepreneurial skills of the ABM students is “moderately acquired” with

general mean of 3.3161.

3. The level of perceptions of the students towards business enterprising in the ABM

strand is “agree” with general average mean of 4.0194.

 4. The results of this study shows that there is no significant difference between the

entrepreneurial skills of the ABM students when grouped according to their

demographic profile.

5. The result of this study shows that there is a significant relationship between the

perception of the students towards business enterprising and their entrepreneurial

skills.

Conclusions

Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn:

1. The grade 12 ABM students of Jose Diva Avelino Jr. National High School sometimes

practice the entrepreneurial skills.

2. The perceptions of the grade 12 ABM students oftentimes perceived the positive

perceptions towards business enterprising.

3. The demographic profile of the participants of this study, their age, sex and family

monthly income, does not affect their entrepreneurial skills.

4. The perceptions of the students towards business enterprising and their entrepreneurial

skills are directly proportional to each other. This means that the perceptions of the

students has a relationship to their entrepreneurial skills.

 Recommendations

Based on the derived conclusions in this study, the following recommendations are suggested:

1. Students are encouraged to continue practice and improve their entrepreneurial skills.

2. Students are advised to apply their knowledge about business enterprising and their

entrepreneurial skills in their entrepreneurship subject.

3. Teachers are encouraged to continue enhancing the skills of the students. They are also

encouraged to construct activities that can help the students in improving their skills.