A CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF ACCLAIMED

FRIENDS AND THE DAILY SATISFACTION RATE OF GRADE 12 STUDENTS OF

RIZAL NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

A Research Proposal
Presented to
The Faculty of Senior High School
Rizal National Science High School
Binangonan, Rizal

In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Practical Research II
for the Strand – Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM)

Anton Fernandez
Jhosea Anthony Figueroa
Mickaella Bongalos
Khyla Sophia Geneblazo
Grade 12- Archimedes

2018
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APPROVAL SHEET

The thesis entitled: “A Correlational Analysis between the Number of Acclaimed

Friends and the Daily Satisfaction Rate of Grade 12 Students of Rizal National Science

High School” is prepared and submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the

Practical Research 2 -Science and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand

by _______________________________ is hereby recommended for approval.

Date;_____________ RAQUEL L. PANDIALAN, MAT

Mentor

Approved in partial fulfilment of the requirements in Practical Research 2 -Science and

Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand Oral Examination Committee.

______________________
Member

___________________________ ___________________________
Member Member

Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Practical Research 2 -Science

and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand.

_______________________ ELVIRA R. CONESE, Ed.D

Date Principal III, RNSHS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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The researchers would like to express their deepest gratitude to the following that helped

to their research study. To the ALMIGHTY GOD who gave them strength and determination to

accomplish their task.

To MR. AND MRS. FERNANDEZ, BONGALOS, GENEBLAZO AND MRS. FIGUEROA,

the researchers’ parents who gave them financial support in all expenses they need, likewise for

their open hearted encouragement and heartened forethought.

To their CLASSMATES AND FAMILIES who helped them distribute the questionnaire

checklist.

To all the RESPONDENTS who answered the survey with all their honesty that helped

the researcher to acquire data.

And to MRS. RACQUEL L. PANDIALAN, research mentor, who splendidly shared her

expertise to the researchers.

AJNF, MLB, KSTG, JAFF

DEDICATION

This research study is dedicated to Mrs. Racquel L. Pandialan, who guided the

researchers in constructing the research as a whole.

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To the students, who needs the necessary and basic education about mental health and

socialization.

To Rizal National Science High School, the school of the researchers that will, through

this research, focus on improving itself as a better learning campus.

To the people, not only the students as these individuals also need communication to

have better social lives.

To the nation, as communication provides a peaceful way of understanding each other

to be used for further improvements of the nation in unity and growth.

ABSTRACT

Life satisfaction has been defined as a “global evaluation by the person of his or her life”.

Though several life satisfaction surveys and studies were conducted, the life satisfaction of

childhood has just become the recent focus of the studies. It was stated that the life satisfaction

studies conducted to adolescents and children reflects ideas on how the respondents’
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psychological well-being work. From this, Huebner (2001) have made use of the MSLSS

(Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale) to coduct a study on children and

adolescents regarding the respondents Life Satisfaction.

The MSLSS was designed to provide a multidimensional profile of children’s life

satisfaction judgments. Such differentiated assessments are expected to enable more focused

diagnostic, prevention, and intervention efforts. For example, students who indicate relatively

high levels of dissatisfaction with their family experiences should necessitate different

intervention strategies than students who indicate greater dissatisfaction with their school

experiences. Such differentiated assessments may also yield more revealing comparisons with

traditional objective indicators used to assess the quality of life of children and adolescents

(e.g., divorce rates, family income levels, per pupil expenditures on schooling). [ CITATION Hue \l

1033 ]

Specifically, the MSLSS was designed to (a) provide a profile of children’s satisfaction

with important, specific domains (e.g., school, family, friends) in their lives; (b) assess their

general overall life satisfaction; (c) demonstrate acceptable psychometric properties (e.g.,

acceptable subscale reliability); (d) reveal a replicable factor structure indicating the

meaningfulness of the five dimensions; and (e) be used effectively with children across a wide

range of age (grades 3-12) and ability levels (e.g., children with mild developmental disabilities

through gifted children).[ CITATION Hue \l 1033 ]

From this, the researchers conducted a study on how the number of acclaimed friends

can correlate with the daily satisfaction rate of the grade 12 students of Rizal National Science

High School. Moreover, the researcehrs have made use of an adapted questionnaire to observe

a correlation between the number of acclaimed friends and the daily satisfaction rate of the

grade 12 students of Rizal National Science High School. The researchers also have made use
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of a classification table for the respondents to isolate and count the number of acclaimed

friends. Through this, the researchers were able to gather data from the respondents and

statistical treatments such as weighted mean, t-test and Pearson Correlation R were used to

interpret the gathered data.

It was shown in the results that the among the grade 12 students of Rizal National

Science High School, most of the students, considering the sample population, have

approximately 16-20 acclaimed friends in their social lives, the students of Rizal National

Science High School is satisfied with the day considering the presence of family, friends, school

and self circumstances and there is a relationship established between the number of acclaimed

friends and the daily satisfaction rate as interpreted and analyzed through the use of effective

statistical treatments.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRELIMINARIES

Title Page i

Approval Sheet ii

Acknowledgement iii

Dedication iv

Abstract v

Table of Contents vii

List of Tables x

List of Figures xi

I. CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

Introduction1

Background of the Study 3

Scope and Limitations 4

Statement of the Problem 5

Hypothesis 5

II. CHAPTER II: EVALUATION DESIGN AND FRAMEWORK

Discussion of Expected Output and Justification 6

Theoretical Framework 11
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Conceptual Framework 12

The Variables, Their Definitions and Importance to the Study 14

Definition of Terms 15

III. CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design 16

Setting of the Study 17

Subject of the Study 17

Procedure of the Study 18

Sources of Data 18

Statistical Treatment 19

IV. CHAPTER IV: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Frequency and Percent Distribution of Respondents by Sex and Age 20

Frequency and Percent Distribution of Respondents by Section and Number of

Acclaimed friends 20

Computed Weighted Mean and Verbal Interpretation on the Daily Satisfaction Rate of

Grade 12 Students related to Family Factor 21

Computed Weighted Mean and Verbal Interpretation on the Daily Satisfaction Rate of

Grade 12 Students related to Friends Factor 22

Computed Weighted Mean and Verbal Interpretation on the Daily Satisfaction Rate of

Grade 12 Students related to School Factor 23

Computed Weighted Mean and Verbal Interpretation on the Daily Satisfaction Rate of

Grade 12 Students related to Personal Factor 24

Composite Table of the Average Weighted Mean on the Extent of The daily

satisfaction rate of the respondents related to the 4 factors 25

Pearson Correlation R computation between the number of acclaimed friends and the

daily satisfaction rate among the respondents 28

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X-Y Scatter graph of the number of acclaimed friends (x) to the daily satisfaction rate

of the respondents(y) 30

Number of acclaimed friends per daily satisfaction rate 31

V. CHAPTER V: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary of Findings 32

Conclusions 33

Recommendations 34

VI. CHAPTER VI: THE OUTPUT

Tri-fold Seminar Brochure 38
Project Proposal 40
Bibliography / References 42

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: Gantt Chart 43

APPENDIX B: Permit to Conduct Study 45

APPENDIX C: Questionnaire 48

CURRICULUM VITAE 51

LIST OF TABLES

a. Establishing the definition of the “acclaimed friends” from the study of Thien, Razak, &
Jamil (2012)

b. Presentation of the items of Friendship Intensity Measurement Scale (FIMS)

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c. Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale questionnaire

d. Table 1. Frequency and Percent Distribution of Respondents by Sex and Age

e. Table 2. Frequency and Percent Distribution of Respondents by Section and Number of

Acclaimed friends

f. Table 3. Computed Weighted Mean and Verbal Interpretation on the Daily Satisfaction
Rate of Grade 12 Students related to Family Factor

g. Table 4. Computed Weighted Mean and Verbal Interpretation on the Daily Satisfaction
Rate of Grade 12 Students related to Friends Factor

h. Table 5. Computed Weighted Mean and Verbal Interpretation on the Daily Satisfaction
Rate of Grade 12 Students related to School Factor

i. Table 6. Computed Weighted Mean and Verbal Interpretation on the Daily Satisfaction
Rate of Grade 12 Students related to Personal Factor

j. Table 7. Composite Table of the Average Weighted Mean on the Extent of The daily
satisfaction rate of the respondents related to the 4 factors

LIST OF FIGURES

a. Figure 1. Conceptual Framework of A Correlational Analysis between the number of

acclaimed friends and the daily satisfaction rate of the grade 12 students of Rizal
National Science High School

b. Figure 2. Pearson Correlation R computation between the number of acclaimed friends

and the daily satisfaction rate among the respondents

c. Figure 3. X-Y Scatter graph of the number of acclaimed friends (x) to the daily
satisfaction rate of the respondents(y)

d. Figure 4. Number of acclaimed friends per daily satisfaction rate