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INTRODUCTION
“Quicksand is what it feels like… because the harder you struggle to escape, the
deeper you sink in.”
1. What is the level of anxiety of College students during the week of midterm exams?
2. What is the relationship of anxiety and the GWA of College Students of Mapua
University?
Students may benefit from the study as it may help give them a voice since it
aims to promote the seriousness of anxiety as an acceptable reason for school
establishments to put time and attention in handling such cases. In addition, the
teachers may be able to allot their attention to the students that need it most. Not only
does this promotes equity but also strengthens the need for teachers to inspire their
students to become the change that will shape the future. Parents may also benefit from
this study because it may give them the relief to the administration they entrusted their
children with. Moreover, school institutions and administration may benefit through the
study’s findings. It may give an overview of the emotional toll their students go through
during examination periods and entertain the concept of anxiety as a serious matter that
should be dealt with as soon as possible. Lastly, the future researchers will be able to
use this study as a reference for academic purposes.
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
Locale
Sampling
The first choice of sampling was cluster and systematic sampling. Wrote each
strand in College Level available at Mapua University and listed the sections in each
strand. After listing, every third section that would they will be chosen for our study.
Three sections are from the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Strand, two from Accountancy and Business Management Strand, and two from
Humanities and Social Science Strand. After their first run in conducting the survey, the
results was mostly from the Science Technology Engineering Mathematics track and
only a number of respondents know their Midterm Examinations Score in the available
subjects given to them. It was immediately altered to quota sampling. It was limited to
50 Mapua University students in all engineering courses.
Instrumentation
The instruments were prepared a month before the said schedule of conducting
the surveys itself. To ensure its effectiveness and content, the researchers sought for
peer validation among the other researchers. The researchers will conduct the survey
after the professor approved the study. The researcher will print 50 copies for the
survey in Mapua University. Surveys will be handed out to students who were
knowledgeable of their scores. Further explanations were given to the respondents to
reduce misunderstandings resulting to unusable inputs. Manual cleaning of data was
done after receiving the questionnaires handed by a representative who were tasked to
collect from each section. Soon after, the data was then inputted on excel. It will take 3
days for the researchers to complete and summarize the data.
Data Analysis
The variables of the research are interval and ratio values because the size or
nominal value of the variables has an order. Academic scores and CUXOS score values
mean differently depending on the magnitude of the value. However CUXOS scores
can have a value of zero which means the subject has no anxiety which makes this a
ratio variable. The raw data were inputted in a microsoft excel spreadsheet. To
normalize the Academic score data, they are converted into percentages.
To study the correlation of the variables, the two variables was illustrated in a
scatterplot. Using the scatterplot, the researchers can determine the trend of the
correlation. Using the excel features, a line was drawn automatically on the table that
shows the overall trend of the data. The data analysis technique used for the correlation
of interval/ratio is Pearson correlation. The Pearson product-moment correlation
coefficient also known as the Pearson correlation measures the strenght of the
association or relation between two variable denoted by “r”. This determines if the
relation of the two variables are significant and whether they are inversely or directly
related. A zero value of the coefficient indicates no correlation between Anxiety severity
and academic scores, a positive value means a direct correlation (both values increase
if one increases) while a negative value denoted an inverse correlation (one value
decreases as the other increases).
Research Ethics
Upon accomplishing the survey forms given, the researchers assured the participants
complete anonymity from the results of the study. All information used was for the sole
purpose of the present study. The CUXOS outcome scores remained confidential as
well as it was only be between the participants and the said researchers. Finally, the
first page of the given survey form stated the instructions, the significance of the
questionnaire, and an informed consent form; only those that have been signed was
used for the study.