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Chapter 3

METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methodology employed in this study. It

describes the research design, the locale, respondents and sampling technique,

the research procedure, the research instruments, and the statistical treatment of

data.

Research Design

This study will use the descriptive survey research design. Descriptive

research is a study designed to depict the participants in an accurate way. More

simply put, descriptive research is all about describing people who take part in

the study.

Research Locale

General Santos, officially the City of General Santos (Cebuano: Dakbayan

sa Heneral Santos; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Heneral Santos;

Filipino: Lungsod ng Heneral Santos; previously known as Dadiangás, and

abbreviated G.S.C. or GenSan) is the southernmost city in the Philippines.

Classified as a highly urbanized first class city, General Santos is the 15th most

populous city in the country with 594,446 inhabitants as per 2015 census.

General Santos City is the regional center for commerce and industry of the

SocSarGen region, and geographically located within the province of South

Cotabato but administered independent of it.

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General Santos City - a metropolis of 53,606 hectares and 453,840 people

(General Santos City Police Office record) – has not been spared of the rash of

crimes. Crimes have imperilled socio-economic activities in the city.

Like all police organizations, the General Santos City Police Office is

expected to perform its mandated tasks within the bounds of law, to uphold the

rights of the citizens, to protect the lives and properties of the members of society

and promote and keep civil order. As the people's servants and protectors, the

members of the police force are expected to satisfy the security needs of the

constituents of General Santos City.

Research Respondents

The researcher will use the snowball sampling technique in conducting the

study. Snowball sampling is an approach for locating information-rich key

informants. Using this approach, a few potential respondents are contacted and

asked whether they know of anybody with the characteristics that you are looking

for in your research.

Snowball sampling is not a stand-alone tool; the tool is a way of selecting

participants and then using other tools, such as interviews or surveys.

The researcher will identify the respondents in some establishments such

as Malls, Hotels, schools/institutions and Small Business Enterprise using CCTV

Cameras as means of their security and awareness. The respondents might be

an employee of the said establishment’s. The researcher will limit only ten (10)

respondents each establishments’.

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Research Instrument

The researcher will make use of a survey questionnaire. This self –made

questionnaire intends to gather data about the CCTV camera as means of

monitoring crime incident in General Santos City: Towards of police services. It is

subjected for validation by the three (3) experts to ensure the appropriateness of

the data gathered.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researcher will formulate a questionnaire that will be used in the study.

The questionnaires will check by the researcher’s adviser and take noted of the

corrections made. The researcher looks for an evaluator who can validate the

questionnaire. The researcher will write a letter of request for the conduct of the

study to the school/establishments. After identifying the respondents, the survey

will be conducted.

The instruments will then retrieve after the respondents were done

answering. The data gathered were analyzed and interpreted with the help of the

researcher’s statistician.

Statistical tools

For sub-problem number 1 frequency count, weighted mean and ranking

will be used to evaluate the gathered data about CCTV camera as means of

monitoring crime incident in General Santos City: Towards of police services.