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    CHAPTER 3

    Research Methodology

    Research Design

    The study will utilize a Mixed Method approach. It is a research design

    wherein both qualitative and quantitative methods are used. This method will

    not only provide a more comprehensive result but similarly this will help

    provide a better understanding in terms of the study's descriptive point-of-

    view beyond the limitations of a single approach. The mixed method approach

    as expounded by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL, 2009) may further help

    in strenghtening each approach -both qualitative and quantitative- and

    moreover, to offset their different weaknesses . With this type of approach, the

    research can then be used as a strong referential means in terms of validating

    the effects of colorful mask as a mood indicator and a protective device used

    against communicable disease.

    Locale and Population of the Study

    The study will be bound and limited to the responses and insights

    among the total sample of nurses assigned at the communicable disease ward

    regarding their preference and utilization of colourful mask as a protective

    device. The research group will amass a total of 30 respondents between the

    two (2) study areas. There are fifteen (15) respondents from Fatima University

    Medical Center and fifteen (15) respondents from San Lazaro Hospital. A

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    formal letter of request will be given to each respective institution (Appendix

    A).

    Description of the Respondents/Sample Size

    The respondents will be bound to both nurses and patients in each

    selected institutions. Fifteen (15) respondents (a total of thirty (30)

    respondents) from each locale - namely A and B- will be taken.

    The researchers will utilize a probability and a non-probability sampling

    techniques in determining the sample size to be obtain from the locale's total

    population.

    Stratified selection for the probability sampling technique will be utilized

    in order the group the respondents according to their respective classification;

    (1) nurse; and (2) patient.

    Purposive selection for the non-probability sampling technique will be

    utilized in order to identify the respondent's perception on the following

    inquiries based on their set criteria; (1) For nurses- their level of agreement in

    terms of using colorful mask as a mood indicator and a device of protection;

    (2) For patients- the mood elicited (if any) whenever their nurses wear colorful

    mask.

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    Instrumentation

    Quantitative Approach

    In gathering information from the respondents a self-made questionnaire

    will be used for the fulfillment of the study. The study tool will be formulated

    and will be influenced by the overall objective of the research and likewise by

    the information to be taken from the related literatures of the study. The self

    made questionnaire will undergo face and content validity.

    Qualitative Approach

    An interview to be guided by an aide memoir will be used as a research

    tool as to be influenced by the research's central question: Is there a

    significant difference in wearing a colorful mask in preventing the occurrence

    of communicable diseases and in setting the mood among nurses and patients

    in comparison with the traditional mask?

    Data Gathering

    Quantitative Approach

    The researchers will ask formal permission from the administrator and

    the nursing service of the respective hospitals. The researchers will then

    construct a questionnaire to be validated by at least two (2) knowledgeable

    and credible professors in communicable disease nursing and psychiatric

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    nursing. Floating of questionnaire will follow. The researchers will wait for the

    responses of their subjects in order to amass a one hundred percent retrieval

    rate. Quantitative research will be analyze with the use of statistics.

    Qualitative Approach

    The researchers will select six (6) respondents from the total sample of

    nurses assigned in the communicable disease and medical surgical ward to

    answer the central question placed in the questionnaire. The respondents

    will submit a written response. And the researchers will convert the written

    answers into transcription. Cool and warm analysis will be the method of

    choice in order to sort out similar responses or perceptions from the selected

    subjects; and for the research to come- up with its generel theme. Peer-

    checking technique will be used to validate the qualitative data.

    Statistical Treatment of Data

    The answers to the questionnaires will be tallied; and computations will

    be guided with the use of tables of frequency distribution, percentage, and t-

    test.

    The frequency distribution and percentages will be used to answer the

    inquiries of the research in terms of the respondent's profile such as their age,

    gender, profession, and areas of assignment for nurses. This will also answer

    the questions regarding the most common communicable diseases handled by

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    staff nurses. The t-test, on the other hand, will provide an accurate testimony

    to study's inquiry regarding the level of agreement among staff nurses

    regarding the effectiveness of colourful mask in decreasing the possibility of

    acquiring different communicable diseases being it as a medium of protection

    and likewise, to confirm if there is a significant difference in the posed

    hypothesis.