Chapter 3
METHODOLOGY
This chapter will describe the research design, the population and sampling techniques, research instruments, data gathering procedures, and general overview of each of the statistical treatment that will be used in analyzing the collected data.
Research Design
Descriptive – correlational research design will be used in this study. Descriptive design will be used to describe, analyze, and interpret quantitative data that determined the perception of students towards sports involvement on their behavior, conduct and mathematics grades. Correlational design will be used to find the relationship of Sports Involvements to behavior of athletes and academic performance.
Population and Sampling Technique
The respondents of the study were students of Adventist University of the Philippines Academy who are member of any sports club during second semester of S.Y. 2018-2019. The 13 teams within the Academy’s Sports Club will be included in the study. Six teams will be coming from Volleyball, 5 teams from Basketball, 1 team from Ultimate Frisbee, and 1 team coming from Swimming. A total of 85 student-athletes will be drawn as the sample of the study. Simple Random Sampling technique will be utilized within the whole sports club.
The result of the study shows that among 85 respondents, 9 of them are from Grade 7, 12 respondents are from Grade 8, 10 respondents are from Grade 9, 9 respondents are from Grade 10, 26 are from Grade 11, and the remaining 19 respondents are from Grade 12. 37 respondents are playing Volleyball, 34 respondents are playing Basketball, 7 respondents are playing Frisbee, and the remaining 7 respondents are involved in Swimming, among the 85 respondents, 44 of them are female and the rest of 41 are male.
Table 1
Distribution of the Respondents in terms of their Demographic Profiles included in the moderator variables
| Demographic | Frequency(n) | Percentage (%) | |
| Grade 12 | 19 | 22.40% | |
| Grade 11 | 26 | 30.60% | |
| Grade 10 | 9 | 10.60% | |
| Grade 9 | 10 | 11.80% | |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 14.10% | |
| Grade 7 | 9 | 10.60% | |
| Total | 85 | 100% | |
| Volleyball | 37 | 43.50% | |
| Basketball | 34 | 40% | |
| Frisbee | 7 | 8.20% | |
| Swimming | 7 | 8.20% | |
| Total | 85 | 100% | |
| Female | 44 | 51.80% | |
| Male | 41 | 48.20% | |
| Total | 85 | 100% |
Instrumentations
The selection and use of appropriate instruments are vital in the success of research. The main variables included in the study are student’s sports involvement and their behavior. The following instruments were employed for assessing these variables.
1. Sports Participation Model Evaluation Scale. The scale will measure the extent of sports involvement of the respondents. The instrument was established by Aicinena (2002) and the researchers will utilize it by adopting the concept of the survey which focuses the relationship of the two variables. The researchers will simply evaluate the results coming from the chosen scale.
The reliability of the Sports participation scale is shown in the table below
Table 2.
| Scale | Reliability |
| Sports Participation | .833 |
Criteria that was used in Measuring and Interpreting the Extent of Students Sports Involvement on their Behavior.
| Scaled Response/Qualitative Descriptor | Mean Score |
| Strongly Agree (5) | 4.50 – 5.00 |
| Agree (4) | 3.50 – 4.49 |
| Neutral (3) | 2.50 – 3.49 |
| Disagree (2) | 1.50 – 2.49 |
| Strongly Disagree (1) | 1.00 – 1.49 |
2. Behavioral Scale. The scale uses Likert Scale ranging from Strongly Agree (5) to Strongly Disagree (1). The researcher will adopt the stated instrument since it corresponds the research questions of this study regarding the behaviors of student-athlete.
The instrument was constructed and validated by Lujiaozi Wang (2011), but the researchers will revise most of the items. The reliability coefficient of the scale is.
The reliability of the behavioral scale is shown in the table below
Table 3. Reliability of Behavior
| Scale | Reliability |
| Behavior | .827 |
Criteria that was used in Measuring and Interpreting the Extent of Students Sports Involvement on their Behavior.
| Scaled Response/Qualitative Descriptor | Mean Score |
| Strongly Agree (5) | 4.50 – 5.00 |
| Agree (4) | 3.50 – 4.49 |
| Neutral (3) | 2.50 – 3.49 |
| Disagree (2) | 1.50 – 2.49 |
| Strongly Disagree (1) | 1.00 – 1.49 |
3. Open-ended Questions. Open-ended questions on the overall evaluations of student- athlete’s involvement and behaviors towards sports. Open-ended questions are designed to encourage full, meaningful answer using the subject’s own knowledge and feelings and to enhance the result of the quantitative data..
Data Gathering Procedure
A requisition letter to conduct the study in Influence of Students Sports Involvement on their Behavior and Mathematics Grade will be secured from our Practical Research 2 and will be handed to the principal of AUP Academy. The letter will be approved by the principal and it will be presented to advisers and coaches of the Academy’s sports club After the letter gets approval from the advisers and coaches, the researchers will start to gather the data from the randomly selected students by presenting them questionnaire which will be answered by them.
Data Analysis
The data collected were tabulated in SPSS version 23 to obtain the necessary statistical treatment for interpretation.Descriptive statistics of frequency and mean will be applied to get the profile of the respondents, their extent in sports involvement, their behavior and academic performance.The perception of students towards sports involvement, the level of student-athletes in terms of behavior, conduct, and mathematics grades.Correlation will be used to find the relationship of sports involvement to mathematics grade, conduct grade, and their behavior. T-test will be applied to find the significant difference of the behavior, conduct grade, and math academic performance of the respondents. Content analysis will be used to analyze the data from open-ended questions.
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Influence of Sports Involvement on their Behavior, Conduct, and Mathematics Grade 