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CHAPTER 3
RESEARC H METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the Research design and method that is used in this
study. The following topics are the research design, research locale, research
respondents and sampling procedures, research instrument, statistical treatment.
Research Design
1. The researchers have chosen a descriptive and quantitative type of
research. The researchers used descriptive and quantitative research in
order to gather sufficient and valuable data for the evaluation of the
physical assessment of Safety and health of the employees/workers of
Mindanao Container Terminal of Philippine Veterans Investment
Development Corporation
Research Locale
Mindanao Container Terminal, PHIVIDEC otherwise known as the “Tagoloan
International Seaport”, is a public owned & controlled corporation established in
1974 mandated by PD 538 of the Philippines which mandates to design a
government-owned and controlled corporation and to identify and develop sites
in the country as prospective industrial areas. PIA will equip these areas with the
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necessary infrastructures to encourage the inflow of domestic and foreign
investments.
This study was conducted inside the terminal premises, with the total population
of 117 workers on the month of February year 2009.
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Research
Respondents
The Respondents
of the study were the sixty workers of Mindanao Container Terminal, Philippine
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Veterans Investment Development Corporation who were employed during the
month of February 2009. They were selected through the use of Slovin’s
Formula. They were taken from the department of the administration building and
of the departments of the terminal operations building identifiably the Port
Operations Division
Sampling Procedure
In the selection of the respondents, the following steps were followed: The
total number of the workers of Mindanao Container Terminal, Philippine Veterans
Investment Development Corporation was obtained from Mr. Gudufredo de
Guzman, Head of the Resource Management Division of Mindanao Container
Terminal, Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corporation of December
2008. The sample size was determined using the Slovin’s Formula. Random
Sampling was done for the workers of Mindanao Container Terminal, Philippine
Veterans Investment Development Corporation
Slovin’s Formula:
n = sample size
N = population size
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e = desired margin of error (.09)
n = ___N___
1 + Ne²
SOLUTION:
n= __117__
1+117(.09)²
n= __117__
1+.9477
n= 60.07
≈ 60 respondents is to be the sample size
To get the number of sample of the workers as the respondents, the simple
random sampling was used through the help of Mr. Gudufredo de Guzman, Head
of the Resource Management Division. The selection of the respondents was
done by random sampling to all the workers as respondents.
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The permission to conduct the study was sought from the Head of the
Resource Management Division. Upon his approval, the assistance of the
employees of the company was extended.
The distribution and answering of the survey was determined by using the
Slovin’s method. The researchers briefly explained the purpose of study.
The researchers also requested the respondents to answer the question
honestly basing on their views on the Safety & Health status of Mindanao
Container Terminal, Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corporation.
After answering the questionnaire the researchers gathered all the data sheets
and thanked the respondents, Mr. Gudufredo de Guzman & the employees of the
Resource Management Division for their overwhelming cooperation.
Table 2
Number of Respondents
No. of
Workers/Employees
No. of Respondents
TOTAL 117 60
Table 2 indicates the total number of employees employed during the month
of December 2008. The total number of employees is One Hundred seventeen
(117). With the calculation to get the number of respondents, Slovin’s Formula
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with a percentage error of zero point zero nine (.09) or nine percent (9%). The
number of respondents as the solution showed portrays the total number of
respondents which is considered to be Sixty (60).
Research Instrument
The World Health Organization (WHO) formulated family nursing care plan
questionnaire & data sheets was adopted & the researchers used three different
parts. Part one deals with the Biological & Socio-cultural factors. Part two tackles
the environmental factors. Part three questions focus on respondent’s health &
medical history.
Statistical Treatment
The researchers used the descriptive and quantitative method, such as
percentages employed to describe the variables in this study. Also the
researchers used the randomly selected respondents to represent the total
population and collected through stratified random sampling.
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