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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the used Descriptive Method of Research. The second
section describes used in development and evaluating the software Product. The third
part describes the populations of the respondents. Subsequent sections describes the
functionality of the study will evaluated based on its components and criteria in terms of
Accuracy, Reliability, Usability, Efficiency, User-Friendliness.
This research study was conducted based on the methodology. This
methodology plays an important role in implementing this research study accordingly.
The details of the methodology are explained in detail in this chapter.
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN
The proponents used Descriptive Method of Research to answer the questions
and describe the data and characteristics of the subject being studied. It is used in
many fields of investigation due to its applicability to solve different kinds of problem. It
involves the description, recording, analysis and interpretation.
FIGURE 3.2 FOURTH GENERATION TECHNIQUE
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The proponents used the 4th Generation Technique because it enables
developers to easily determine problems with the system. The first phase is the
information gathering. In this phase, the proponents gather data information needed in
working with the system. The second phase is the design strategy. In this phase, it
allows the user to show a monitor screen display on how the program runs with the
environment. The third phase is the implementation of 4GL. In this phase, it allows the
user to deals with the changeover to a new or improved system. The last phase is the
Testing and Evaluation. In this phase, it allows the user to fully test and evaluate the
software system.
3.2 Method used in development and evaluating the system
The researcher uses “descriptive Development Study” as a research design
strategy. The purpose of this of this design is to describe the nature of a situation as it
exists at the time of the study and to explore the course of particular phenomena. At the
same time, The Fourth generation techniques (4gt) were used as the research
paradigm where all activities were based on the steps involved.
The researcher gathered factual information through conducting informal
interview from people exposed to the new trend technology in order for the proponent to
get added information or reviews on the chosen study. Some information were found on
from different sources such as online materials, libraries, articles and other source
material that is significant to the study.
3.3 Respondents of the studies
The populations of the respondents are composed of Casual Gamer and Hardcore
Gamer who are beneficiaries of software. Hardcore Gamer are knowledgeable and wide
range of interest while Casual Gamer compose of mobile users that have less interest
about mobile games and don’t own any handsets.
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Table 3.1
Sample population of the Respondents
Respondent
No. in total
Percentage
Hardcore Gamer
40
80%
Casual Gamer
10
20%
Total
50
100%
3.4 Data gathering tools
The proponents gathered the necessary information for the study by conducting
actual survey to those people who have more or less knowledge about games. At the
same time, the respondents were also requested to answer questionnaires. Eventually,
the proponents tabulated the results of the survey from each question which able to
help analyzing the problem of the study.
Other data was also gathered by the researchers from books, magazine,
periodicals, and internet.
3.4.1 Instrument used
The proponent prepares a set of questionnaire to be distributed to the
respondent. The questionnaire will be consisting of a question that is related to the
study. The functionality of the study will be determined through the questionnaires.
The software will be evaluated based on its components and criteria in terms of
Accuracy, Reliability, Efficiency, and User-Friendliness.
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3.5 Statistical Treatment
The arithmetic mean, or simply the mean, is the most familiar among the
measures of position of central tendency. Sometimes, we refer the mean as the
average.
Arithmetic Mean is the quotient of the sum of two or more quantities divided by
the number of quantities; Webster Comprehensive Dictionary.
Average is the quotient of any sum divided by the number of its terms; Webster
Comprehensive Dictionary.
Standard Deviation is the square root of the arithmetic average of the squares off
all deviations form the mean value of series of observation; Webster Comprehensive
Dictionary
Percentage is used in manipulating the data to determine the present of
distribution of the certain population of sample.
Ranking enforced the description of percentage. It shows the importance of the
position of the term used.
Lickert’s scale will be used virtual interpretation that will be used in evaluating the
proposed software.
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TABLE 3.2
LICKERT’S SCALE TABLE
INTERVAL
RATING
INTERPRETATION
4.21-5.00
5
Strongly Agree (SA)
3.41-4.20
4
Agree (A)
2.61-3.40
3
Neutral (N)
1.81-2.60
2
Disagree (D)
1.00-1.80
1
Strongly Disagree (SD)
T-TEST METHOD:
T- Test is often called Student's T test in the name of its founder "Student". T test
is used to compare two different set of values. It is generally performed on a small set of
data. T test is generally applied to normal distribution which has a small set of values.
This test compares the mean of two samples. T test uses means and standard
deviations of two samples to make a comparison. The formula for T test is given below:
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The formula for the t-test is a ratio.
FIGURE 3.3
tcomputed
s pooled 
x1  x 2
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s pooled 
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n1 n2
n  1 s  n  1 s 
1
2
1
2
n1  n2  2
Where:
X1 = mean of the first sample
X2 = mean of the second sample
S1 = standard deviation of the first sample
S2 = standard deviation of the second sample
N1 = number of items of the first sample
N2 = number of items of the second sample
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