Methodology

This section deals with the methodology and procedure that were used in the study. This

the research design, participants of the study, sampling techniques, data gathering procedure and

statistical treatment of data.

Research Design

This study will be using descriptive research. Descriptive research is designed to describe

systematically and accurately the facts and characteristics of a given population or area of interest

(Dulock, 1993). Descriptive research portray the characteristics of persons, situations, or groups

and the frequency with which certain phenomenon occur and discover associations or relationships

between or among selected variables.

Participants of the study

The respondents for this study will be the online sellers within the area of Cavite. The

researchers will be emailing 250 online sellers from social networking sites and shopping

application.

Online sellers were chosen as participants of this study since they’re the most user or

customer of logistics and supply chain management.

Sampling techniques

This study will be determined using quota sampling technique. Purposive sampling is a

process of the researcher of choosing a sample by the researcher’s judgement that is needed to the
study and has assured purpose (Crossman, 2017). It is a sampling method of gathering

representative data from a group. This requires that representative individuals are chosenout of

specific subgroups. Table 1 shows the first five cities in Cavite with the highest number of

population. Which are, Dasmarinas City, Bacoor City, Imus City, General Trias City, Trece

Martires City.

Table 1. Distribution of participants

CITIES IN CAVITE RESPONDENTS (N=250)

Dasmarinas City 50

Bacoor City 50

Imus City 50

General Trias City 50

Trece Martires City 50

Data Gatherings

The data will be gathered with the use of survey questionnaire. The researchers use Likert

Scale data questionnaire. The questionnaire has a scale and each numeric value has an assigned

level on the scale, usually starting at 1 and incremented by one for each level. In this way, the

respondents may easily answer the survey questionnaire.

The researcher choose to get the top five cities in Cavite with the highest number of

population, provided by the website citypopulation.info. First, the researcher provide an approved

letter from their university. And send or email it to the online sellers along with the covering letter

explaining the purpose of the study and the research questionnaire to be answered. Twenty-five

online sellers from each cities in Cavite are chosen to be respondents to complete the 250 required
respondents. After conducting the study, the researchers will summarize the data gathered and

gave the encoded data to the statistician. The statistician then computed the data using the

necessary statistical treatments and subsequently, the researchers analyzed the result of it.

Special Treatment of Data

A statistical method will be used to analyze the data that will be collected from the

respondents. In this study, the responses and information that will be collected from the survey

will be tested using a statistical technique.

The researcher will use a statistical tool to analyze the hypotheses. To determine the

relationship between the logistics and supply chain management and its impact on the online

sellers in Cavite.

Chi square test is designed to analyze categorical data. It is intended to test how likely it is

that an observed distribution is due to chance. It is also called a "goodness of fit"statistic, because

it measures how well the observed distribution of data fits with the distribution that is expected.

Chi-square test is that it tests the null hypothesis that the variables are independent. The

test compares the observed data to a model that distributes the data according to the expectation

that the variables are independent. Wherever the observed data doesn't fit the model, the likelihood

that the variables are dependent becomes stronger, thus proving the null hypothesis incorrect. The

formula is.
 This will be used to determine the relationship of logistics and supply chain management

and its impact on online sellers in Cavite.