A Correlation Analysis of the Career Choice of Grade 12 HUMSS and

HE of Ranzo National High School

ANTHONY GIL LUMOGDANG

RENGIE NEBRES
JERRY AGUSTIN
MAY ANAS
MAICA BARNACHEA
MARY CHELLE BUSAYONG

RANZO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

Choosing a career choice for college is one of the most common problems

students face in their senior year. Most of the time, they are unsure of what path they

want to take in tertiary education. Various factors influence them in decision making,

which is the main topic of this study.

Career selection is one of the important choices’ students will make in

determining future plan. This decision will impact through their lives. It is difficult for

everyone to make a decision regarding their career (Kazi,Akhlaq). Deciding on what

course to take is very crucial thing, especially because one’s life will depend on it. Thus,

it is therefore a must to think as early as possible. But unfortunately, not everyone at an

early age can make career-decision easily. They experience series of confusion,

anxiety, and priority can’t settle on an explicit career path. Most of the grade 12

students are having a difficulty in choosing their career because of the different factors

that can affect their decision. These factors are influence of the self-interest, family,

peers, and the community.

In this study, we are aiming to determine the factors affecting the career choice

of grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE of Ranzo National High School to determine the

correlation between their career choice and what factor do most affect in choosing their

career.
Statement of the Problem

This study aims to determine the correlation of the factors that affect the career

choice of grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE students of Ranzo National High School for

S.Y. 2022-2023.

Specifically, this study aims to answer the following questions:

1. Factors affecting the career choice of the grade 12 students of Ranzo National

High School.

 Self-interest

 Influence of the family

 Influence of the Peers

 Influence of the community

2. What factor do most affect in choosing their career? and,

3. What is the correlation between the career choice of grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-

HE students of Ranzo National High School.

Significance of the Study

The following individuals are benefited in this study:

Grade 12 students. They will determine the factors that can affect their decision

on their career choice and will know how these factors do affect their decision in

choosing their career.

 Future Researchers. They may pursue a study on the factors affecting the

career choice of the grade 12 students.

Scope and Limitations

This study focuses on the correlation of the factors affecting the career choice of

the grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE students. This will cover all the grade 12 students

enrolled in Ranzo National High School, Ranzo, Carmen, Cotabato for S.Y. 2022-2023.

The purpose of the study is to determine the factors that affect the career choice

of the grade 12 students and to determine the correlation on the factors affecting the

career choice of the grade 12 HUMSSS & TVL-HE students of Ranzo National High

School.

Conceptual Framework
 parent's choice
family and financial
support

peers peers influence

career choice
factors
self self interest

environment,
community
and community

Definition of Terms

Career choice- process of choosing a career path which can involve choices regarding

education and training for a given career

Career- a course to be taken in college.

Choice- an act of selecting or making decision when faced with two or more

possibilities

Peers- a person who is same or has the same social position or the same abilities as

other people in group (Cambridge dictionary)

Family- a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit
 CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

The choice of career is a delicate issue for students which require caution and serious

considerations – factors affecting their choices. The kind of career the youths pursue

can affect their lives in many ways. Hence, the following studies revealed some of their

factors affecting students’ decision in career selection. Rababah (2016) family members

and peers have an influence in the students’ choice of the major including personal

interests; gender, career opportunity and availability of jobs are some of the factors that

affect the students’ decision making in this matter. Khoo, Ban, Neng, Hooi and Joan

(2015) showed that college students and non-college students who were involved in this

study agreed that parents are the most influential or important person when choosing
their choice of college or university and course of study because parents perceive as

their main source of finance and normally seek advice from them due to the perception

that parents have the relevant information or experience with regards to higher

education, and hence, parents are viewed as a credible source of advice. In addition,

Kaneez and Medha (2018) supported that parental influence have significant effect on

the career choice of their children. Umar (2014) showed that although parents have

influence on the choice of career of their children so also other factors such as peer

group, employer and relatives. Identically, Dagang and de Mesa (2017) identified the

results which point to the strong influence of parents on their children choice of tertiary

school. It is deeply rooted in the consciousness of the Filipino people the respect for

elders, hence the strong influence of parents on children decision. In a Filipino family

child are financially dependent on their parents, hence their submission to their parent’s

decision, thus explaining the moderate influence of others such as the peers, friends

and relatives. Another factor were affordability of tuition, followed by scholarship.

Eremie and Okwulehie (2018) indicated that factors such as environmental, opportunity

and personality can influence the choice of career among secondary school students. In

terms of environmental factors, it revealed that family, socioeconomic status and peer

groups have significant influence of the students’ choice of career while in opportunity

factors such as education and mentorship also had influence to the choice of career as

well as the personality factors such as the students’ interest, values and skills in

choosing their courses.

Hoai, Thi and Thanh (2016) in their study factors influencing student’s choice of

accounting as a major shows that social norm has a great influence on students choice
of major including advice and orientation of acquaintances, friends, teachers, parents

which had a significant influence on their decisions in the selection of specific discipline.

It also revealed some significant differences between average level of male and female

students through perceptions of input scores, major pressure and suitability for the

people good at math, job availability, average income and advancement opportunity. In

comparison, study of Kazi and Akhlaq (2017) an individual environment, talents, skills

and academic achievements exert an influence on career choice. Olaosebikan and

Olusakin (2014) indicated that parental influence will not have significant effect on

adolescents’ career choice, and that perception of parental occupational satisfaction will

not have effect on career aspirations of adolescents based on the following intervening

variables such as sex, and type of school. Moreover, Ming (2010) stated that college or

university location can be a major factor for potential students’ decision to apply and

enroll. Some students maybe looking for a school close to their hometown or place of

work for convenience and accessibility. It is therefore concluded that location, academic

programme college reputation, educational facilities, cost, availability of financial aid,

employment opportunities, advertising are institutional factors that influence students’

college choice decision. Malubay, Mercado and Macasaet (2015) noticed the primary

factor affecting the decision of freshmen students in taking up specified courses or

programs is the economic factors that include economic stable wages and in-demand

jobs. It also discovers the top 5 reasons for choosing a major where: interest in a career

associated with the major, good job opportunities, abilities, a desire to run a business

someday, and projected earnings in the related career. The least selected reasons for

choosing a major were the reputation of the major at the university, the perceived
quality of instruction, the parents’ influence, the amount and type of promotional

information, and the influence of friends. Utilized factor analysis and determined the

following seven main factors in deciding career choice: high earnings expectations,

career expectations, job experience, knowledge and ability, family environment, social

status, and education environment. Interest in the subject, guaranteed employment, and

expected earnings after graduation are the most influential factors for college major

choice (Malgwi, Howe and Burnaby, 2005; Yazici and Yazici, 2010) Ahmed, Sharif and

Ahmad (2017) which revealed that interest in subject has strong and positive

relationship while ease in grades, financial outcomes, and future job opportunities had

minor impact on students’ decision for particular field and subject. It was also stated that

the career choice of the students was also influenced by the level of their social status,

financial resources, affordability and future employability.

CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY

This chapter reveals the methods of research to be employed by the researcher

in conducting the study which includes the research design, locale of the research,

respondent of the study, sampling technique, research instrument, data gathering

procedure, and data analysis.

Research design
 This study was made by the means of quantitative methods of researcher. The

researcher developed a questionnaire that answers the aforementioned problem and

justify the objectives of the study. Likewise, it also used to know the correlation of the

career choice of grad 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE of Ranzo National High School

S.Y.2022- 2023’.

Locale of the research

This study was conducted at Ranzo National High School, Brgy. Ranzo, Carmen,

Cotabato, Senior High Building.

Respondent of the study

The respondent of the study are the 32 students of grade 12 HUMSS and 22

students of Grade 12 TVL-HE, of Ranzo National High School.

Sampling technique

The participants were selected through non-random sampling. This sampling

method requires all grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE as a respondent of the study.

Research instrument

The questionnaires were used as the main data-gathering instrument. The

instrument to be prepared focused on answering the statement of the problem. The

questionnaire contains twenty (20) questions. The questionnaire will be distributed to

the respondents.

Data gathering procedure

The students were given questionnaires about the factors affecting their career choice

and let them check the number that corresponds to level on how they agree or disagree

on the given statements. 5 as strongly agree, 4 as agree, 3 as fair, 2 as disagree, 1 as

strongly disagree. The constructed questionnaire consists twenty statements fell into

four categories, self-interest influence, parental influence, peer’ influence, and

community influence. The questionnaire was distributed to the respondents and

gathered on march 21, 2023 at Ranzo National High School.

Data analysis

The data were analyzed by using the correlation formula of Spearman rho.

6 Σ ⅆ2
ρ=1−
n ( n −1 )
2

where d = difference between ranks

n = number of categories given ranks

The strength of correlation is indicated by the value of computed r. The closer it

gets to ±1, the higher or stronger is the correlation. The closer it is to 0, the lower or

weaker is the correlation. The maximum value that r can take is either +1 0r -1. No

value of r goes beyond these perfect values. A positive rank correlation indicates that

those categories that are given high ranks by one group are also the categories that are

assigned high ranks by the other group. Or those with low ranks in one have also low

ranks in the other. A negative rank correlation is the reverse. It means that those

categories who were assigned high ranks by the first group is given low ranks by the

second group, or vice versa.

 Pearson r Qualitative Description

±1 Perfect

±0.75 to < ±1 Very high

±0.50 to < ±0.75 Moderately high

±0.25 to < ±0.50 Moderately low

>0± to < ±0.25 Very low

0 No correlation

CHAPTER IV
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter presents the presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data

gathered by the researchers. This study aims to determine the correlation of the factors

affecting the career choice of grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE of Ranzo National High

School.

Table 1.1 shows the items under different factors

Self-interest Family Peers Community

 6 1 2 3

11 8 5 4

13 10 7 12

15 14 9 17

20 19 16 18

Table 1.2 Shows the result of grade 12 HUMSS

FACTORS WEIGHTED AVERAGE RANK

1. Self-interest 3.50 1

2. Family 3.01 3

3. Peers 2.71 4

4. Community 3.05 2

Table 1.3 shows the result of grade 12 TVL-HE

FACTORS WEIGHTED AVERAGE RANK

1. Self-interest 3.5 1

3. Family 2.39 4

2. Peers 2.75 3

4. Community 2.86 2
 Using the correlation analysis

Formula:

2
6Σⅆ
ρ=1−
n ( n −1 )
2

given:

Factors HUMSS TVL-HE d d2

(R1) (R2)
1. Self-Interest 1 1 0 0

2. Family 3 4 -1 1

3. Peers 4 3 1 1

4. Community 2 2 0 0

∑d2 = 2

6 Σ ⅆ2
ρ=1−
n ( n2−1 )

6(2)
¿ 1−
4 ( 4 2−1 )
12
¿ 1−
60
¿ 1−0.2
¿ 0.8

According to the result, the computed ρ = 0.8 indicates a “very high” positive

correlation between the ranks. This means that the ranking of factors affecting he career

choice of grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE have a “very high” degree of agreement.
 Factors given with high rank by HUMSS are also given high rank by TVL-HE 12.

Similarly, factors which ranked low in HUMSS were also ranked low by the TVL-HE.

CHAPTER V
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Chapter 5 contains the research summary, conclusions, and recommendations of

the whole study. The findings of the study without so much detailed information is

written on the summary. Generalizations and other inferences would be seen on the

conclusion while the recommendations of the researchers to the beneficiaries of the

study can also be seen on this chapter. Generally, this chapter aims to cover-up the end

result of the study.

Summary

This was conducted for the purpose of determining the correlation of the factors

affecting the career choice of grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE of Ranzo National High

School. This study was made by the means of quantitative methods of research and

survey technique was used for gathering data. The questionnaire served as the

instrument for collecting data. 32 students of grade 12 HUMSS and 22 students of TVL-

HE are the respondents of the study. The inquiry was conducted during the school year

2022-2023.

Conclusion

The research concludes that the correlation of the factors affecting the career

choice of grade 12 HUMSS and TVL-HE of Ranzo National High School have a very

high correlation.

Recommendation

We recommend to the future researchers to add questions in your questionnaires

regarding for those grade 12 students who will not take college and what factors do

influenced them not to take college.