Chapter 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter will describe how the study is undertaken. It

will discuss the research design, research instrument and data

sources and measures, procedure and statistical treatment of

data.

Research Design

The researchers will focus their study about the

innovativeness and creativeness of senior high school students in

Misamis University, Oroquieta Unit. The descriptive method will

be used as the type of research design of the study which will be

conducted through giving survey questionnaires to the

participants in order to gather the quantitative data.

The statistical tools of mean, percentage, frequency,

Pearson-R test and multiple-regression analysis were also used in

the interpretation of data.

Research Respondents and Sampling Procedure

A total of 89 senior high school students will be randomly

selected in Misamis University, Oroquieta Unit through their

availability of letting themselves to participate in the

conducted survey. The researchers will be randomly selecting

numbers of students per strand.

Data Source and Data Gathering Instrument

The research instrument will have three parts. Part I select

out simple demographics of the respondent. Demographics include

the age and gender of the respondents. Part II talks about the

innovativeness of the respondents. Part III is about their

creativeness. The researchers will use the terms innovative and

creative to measure the innovativeness and creativeness of the

respondents from the study entitled “Innovativeness and

Creativeness of Senior High School students in Misamis

University.” Specifically, the innovativeness of the respondents

is measured using the Individual Innovativeness (II) of Hurt,

H.T., Joseph, K., & Cook, C.D. Also, Short Scale of Creative Self

(SSCS) by Maciej Karwowski will be utilized to measure the

creativity of the respondents. The author of the instrument for

measuring the creativity of the respondents and the website from

where the instrument for measuring the innovativeness of the

respondents gave permission for the researcher to use or modify

their instrument.

Table 2.1 shows the summary of the item indicators for the

construct of the study.

Table 2.1. Item Indicators for the Construct of the Study

 Constructs & Sources Measuring Constructs
Innovativeness

 Individual Innovativeness 5 point Likert Scale

(Hurt, H.T., Joseph, K., & questionnaire from Strongly

Cook, C.D.) Agree to Strongly Disagree

Creativiness

 Short Scale of Creative 5 point Likert Scale

Self (Maciej Karwowski) questionnaire from Definitely

Yes to Definitely Not

Scoring Guidelines

Means score are used to measure the innovativeness and

creativity of the respondents. The following are the scoring

guidelines

Individual Innovativeness

Individual Innovativeness includes 20 items and a 5 point

scale ranging from 1 (Very Low) to 5 (Very High) was used.

Numbers 6, 7, 10, 13, 15 and 20 are reverse coded items. Table

2.2 shows the descriptions of the results.

Table 2.2. Individual Innovativeness’ range of scores and

description.

SCORES DESCRIPTION
4.50-5.00 Very High
3.50-4.49 High
2.50-3.49 Average
1.50-2.49 Low
1.00-1.49 Very Low
Short Scale of Creative Self

Short Scale of Creative Self includes 11 items and a 5 point

scale ranging from 1 (Very Low) to 5 (Very High) was used. Table

2.3 shows the descriptions of the results.

Table 2.3. Short Scale of Creative Self range of scores and

description.

SCORES DESCRIPTION
4.50-5.00 Very High
3.50-4.49 High
2.50-3.49 Average
1.50-2.49 Low
1.00-1.49 Very Low

Data Gathering Procedure

In order to gather the necessary data, the following

procedures will be done by the researchers:

First, the researchers will give the questionnaires to the

target respondents along with the letter of consent.

Lastly, the researchers will collect the given

questionnaires from the respondents. The answered questionnaires

will then be tabulated, analyzed and interpreted.

 Consent Form

Dear respondent,

We are students from Misamis University, Oroquieta Unit

pursuing Accountancy Business and Management. We are currently

conducting a research entitled “Innovativeness and Creativeness

of Senior High School in Misamis University” for academic

purposes.

May we solicit your participation in this study by answering

the questionnaire. Your consent to participate in this study is

assumed when you proceed to answer the survey. Otherwise please

return the unanswered questionnaire either to Ms. Kimberly Carla

Antiola, Ms. Marnee Caisip, Mr. Chrisdie Japon or to Ms. Lyanne

Mykah Malalis.

Nevertheless, we hope for your positive participation in the

survey conducted. Thank you.

Kimberly Carla Antiola

Marnee Caisip

Chrisdie Japon

Lyanne Mykah Malalis

-The researchers-

Part I. Demographics

(Optional) Name: _________________________

Gender

Male Female
Grade Level

Grade 11 Grade 12

Strand

Accountancy, Business and Management

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Humanities and Social Sciences

General Academic Strand

Part II. Innovativeness

Directions: Please indicate the degree to which each statement

applies to you by marking whether you: Strongly Disagree = 1; Disagree

= 2; are Neutral = 3; Agree = 4; Strongly Agree = 5

 1 2 3 4 5

1. My peers often ask me for

advice or information.

2. I enjoy trying new ideas.

3. I seek out new ways to do

things.

4. I am generally cautious about

accepting new ideas.

5. I frequently improvise

methods for solving a problem

when an answer is not

apparent.
6. I am suspicious of new

inventions and new ways of

thinking.
7. I rarely trust new ideas

until I can see whether the

vast majority of people

around me accept them.

8. I feel that I am an

influential member of my peer

group.
9. I consider myself to be

creative and original in my

thinking and behavior.

10. I am aware that I am

usually one of the last

 people in my group to accept

something new.
11. I am an inventive kind

of person.
12. I enjoy taking part in

the leadership

responsibilities of the group

I belong to.
13. I am reluctant about

adopting new ways of doing

things until I see them

working for people around me.

14. I find it stimulating

to be original in my thinking

and behavior.
15. I tend to feel that

the old way of living

and doing things is the

best way.
16. I am challenged by

ambiguities and unsolved

problems.
17. I must see other people

using new innovation before

I will consider them.

18. I am receptive to new

ideas.
19. I am challenged by

unanswered question.
20. I often find myself
skeptical of new ideas.
Part III. Creativeness

Directions: Please indicate the degree to which each statement

applies to you by marking whether you: Definitely not = 1;

Somewhat not = 2; Neither yes or no = 3; Somewhat yes = 4;

Definitely yes = 5

1 2 3 4 5

1. I think I am a creative

person.
2. My creativity is important

for who I am.

3. I know I can efficiently

solve even complicated

problems.

4. I trust my creative

abilities.

5. My imagination and

ingenuity distinguishes me

from my friends.

6. Many times I have proved

that I can cope with

difficult situations.

7. Being a creative person is

important to me

8. I am sure I can deal with

 problems requiring

creative thinking.
9. I am good at proposing

original solutions to

problems.
10. Creativity is an

important part of myself.

11. Ingenuity is a

characteristic that is

important to me.