3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Introduction

Methodology is a description of the procedures employed in order to achieve the objectives of the study. In this section, researchers try to translate all the raw data into scientific terms. This section includes research design, sample type and sampling of the data, measurement tools and variables. Sampling is the process of selecting a sample from population. It may be selected in a variety ways and it should be the representative of the population. The example is simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratified and cluster.

3.2 Respondents of the study

In Pusat Serenti Tiang Dua, Malacca the dwellers at this rehabilitation centre has become researcher’s respondents. They are 102 dweller consist of Malay, Chinese, Indian and others but the researcher only choose 60 respondents to answer the questionnaires.

3.3 Research instrument used

This research utilized the quantitative research methodology. The instruments used to collect the data were questionnaire. A set of questionnaire containing twenty questions divided into two sections. Different questions types have been highlighted such as open ended and closed ended consist of (yes/no), category, and likert-scales in the questionnaire. The different sections of the questionnaires are demographic sections (age, races, education and level of income) and the factors which influence the teenager involved in drug addiction.

3.4 Data Analysis

The research emphasized on the reason of male teenagers involved in drug addiction at Pusat Serenti Tiang Dua, Malacca which the dwellers at this rehabilitation centre have become researcher’s respondents. They are consisting of Malay, Chinese and Indian. The researchers have distributed 60 written questionnaires to 60 respondents in that rehabilitation centre. After distributing the questionnaires, the researcher will collect back all the questionnaires from the respondents on that day. This is because the researchers have value the answers in the form of numbers. After receive all the answer, the researcher start to analyzed all the data receive.

3.4.1 Data Sorting

For the first step, in order to analyze data receive is data sorting. In data sorting, the researcher had organized the data into two sections which is Section A and Section B. For the Section A, the researchers are more focus into the personal information of the respondents. For example, in the Section A, the researchers inquire the respondent’s about race, ages, monthly family income (RM), how long have been in this rehabilitation centre, education level, since when have been taking drug, how much spend to buy the drug (daily), the effectiveness of rehabilitation programme, hardcore addicts who frequent this centre, the place teenager get the drug and kind of pleasure that respondent get from taking drug. Meanwhile, for the section B, researchers are asking the questions of the reasons of involvement of male teenagers that have been categorized it into several reasons such as family crisis, peers influence, society and myself.

The structured questionnaire was prepared and given to a sample of population and is design to get specific and accurate information from selected respondents. In this research, there are four types of questions are been used in order to design the structured questions. There are open-ended question, closed-ended question consist of likert-scale question and listing or choice question. Under scale questions, the respondents are require to choose whether they are strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree toward the questions.

3.4.2 Data Entering

After completing the first step, researchers will go for the next step which is data entering. In this step, researchers enter all the data that get into computer. Researchers will use SPSS Software Version 12 programs to entering the data. The researchers choose the SPSS Version 12 program because it is easy to key in all the data and it is also suitable for quantitative data that have been used. The researchers key in the data from Section A and Section B. For instance, the question for Part B is asked about the peer influence that makes them involved in drug addiction. The researchers have classified all

the answer based on ordinal level of measurement. So, the researchers entered the answer that given by the respondents which are strongly disagree, disagree, agree and lastly is strongly agree.

3.4.3 Data Testing

Once the data is ready for analysis, the researchers are ready to test the hypotheses that already develop for the study. The researchers examine the results of the analyses of data obtained from the research title and how all the data are interpreted. So, by using the SPSS Version 12, the researchers use the descriptive statistic to measure the significant between the dependant variable which is involvement of male teenagers in drug addiction and independent variables which is reasons of involvement male teenagers in drug addiction. For example, to analyze the relationship between peers influence and

involvement of male teenagers in drug addiction, the researchers present the data in a table.

3.4.3 Data Presenting

For the data presenting, the researchers used table, pie chart, and bar charts to illustrate the data. For example, by using bar chart, firstly the researchers’ key in all the data that obtain in a table. The data are divided into 2 section which is Section A and Section B. Then, the SPSS Software Version 12 presents all the results of data in bar chart, pie chart and table.