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Kabanata 3

Kabanata 3

Dumating ang Practical Research I sa buhay namin nang mag-2nd semester na. Isa pa 'to sa nakakasira ng buhay.

Minsan napapatanong na lang ako na para saan ba ang Practical Research? Nabuhay naman ako ng ilang taon na wala ito — but that wasn't the case. Our world is like this because of research. Lahat ng bagay ay pinagaaralan muna bago ito nagiging bahagi ng mundo.

We live in an imperfect world. By conducting research, we seek for improvements and to make sure that our efforts won't go to waste all things that should be improved should be research-based.

"Sa scope ba, ABM lang ilalagay natin?" tanong ni Heranie, kagrupo ko siya sa PracRe.

Scope and Delimitations is a part of the research paper where you write the specific research area or parameter and the possible weaknesses of your study.

Tulad na lang ngayon, nagkakaroon kami ng brainstorming kung dapat bang ilagay ang lahat ng strand o may isang strand lang kami na pipiliin para sa research namin. Ito kasi ang magiging sakop namin at bibigyan namin ng focus kapag nagkataon.

"Hindi kaya maging bias masyado?" tanong ni Paulene.

It's true, it will be just limited to ABM students if that's the case.

"It's qualitative naman, it's prone to bias. Pero pwede naman natin i-sama 'yung ibang strands para mas malawak ang scope natin. Say, instead of ABM students why not senior highschool students of UJD?" I suggested, raising a brow upon knowing the current situation.

"Iba talaga kapag top 1," panga-alaska ni Melanie.

I rolled my eyes. "Ang topic naman natin ay tungkol sa mga achievers. Hindi naman siya para sa ABM lang."

I hate to admit but the other strands also excels too. May mga school activities kami na kailangan maglaban ang iba't-ibang strands. Of course, it's all competition friendly but sometimes we take them personally.

We take pride for our strand.

I will never get tired of being proud that I'm part of the ABM strand. Hindi rin kaya madaling mag-aral ng Applied Economics 'no.

"So, we'll have to interview them 'no? Since face-to-face interaction with the respondents is more suitable for quali." Heranie said while taking notes.

Tumango naman ako.

There are two types of research. The Qualitative and Quantitative. From the root words itself, Qualitative talks about quality so it's more about the hows and whys. On the other hand, Quantitative is about quantity so expect that it collects numerical data and analyzed it using mathematically based method.

"Bale, kukunin natin 'yung mga top 1 and 2 ng ABM 1, STEM 1, HUMSS 1, GAS 1, o tapos sa TVL?" tanong ni Melay.

"Sa TVL, bawat top 1 na lang per strand siguro." Tatlo lang naman 'yung ino-offer ng TVL sa UJD.

"Sige, pagha-hatian na natin 'yung mga respondents." Heranie said while writing it down.

We were busy with the paper, that's why I left the whole respondents thing to Heranie. Hindi ko alam na malakas din pala ang sapak nito sa utak dahil nilagay niya ako sa STEM.

Lipat na lang kaya ako sa STEM? Matagal na nila akong binubugaw dito e. Mukha ba akong interesado sa science at math? Well, ABM do have math also but it's more about math in money.

"Hindi ba ako naging mabuting kaklase sa inyo? Bakit niyo ako ginaganito?" I whined.

Tumawa lang si Heranie. "Inutusan lang ako ni Gio! Sabi niya kung may STEM related daw tayong gagawin para sa research, ikaw daw i-assign."