Tools used in the present study

As the study aims to find out the Intrapersonal intelligence and self confidence of high school students, the investigator has used the following standardized tools.

Description of the tool

The intrapersonal intelligence self report inventory

The researcher has used standardized intrapersonal intelligence inventory for measuring intrapersonal intelligence level of high school students. This inventory contains 10 items.

The general information of the tool

It includes general information about the respondents regarding gender, place of stay, locality of school, type of school, nature of school, locality of school, nature of accommodation nature of the family, father’s education, mother’s education, father’s occupation, mother’s occupation, mother’s occupation mother’s monthly income, father’s monthly income.

Administration of the tool

The investigator approached the heads of the institution and sought permission for the data collection. After getting permission from the heads of the institution, the investigator himself with the help of the teacher in charge of the class administered the tools.before administering the tools to the students, they were given clear instruction to answer the items given in the inventories. The investigator clarified the need and purpose of the collection, necessary information needed to answer the questionnaire and about the confidentiality of the data supplied by them. Then the inventories were collected from the respondents . they were scored with the help of the scored with the help of the scoring key provided by the author of the inventory.

Population for the study

A population refers to any collection of specified group of human beings or non human entities. In the present study, the population consisted of the high school students studying in IX standard in tuticorin district.

Sample for the study

A small proportion of a population, selected for the observation and analysis is known as sample. The method of sampling is based on the nature of the problem, size of the universe, avalibility of finance and personnel. According to john w.best and james v. kahn (1980) a sample is a small proportion of a population selected for observation and analysis’. The investigator has randomly selected 300 high school students from tuticorin district for the present study.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE

TABLE

SCHOOL WISE DISTIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE

S.NO Name of the college Number of students

percentage

1 302 303 304 305 306 307 30

8 309 3010 30

TOTAL

GENDER WISE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE

Gender No.of students PercentageMalefemale

Total 300 100The above table showsthat of the IX Standard students are male and of them female.

Statistical technique used

Statistical technique are necessary for understanding of the general trends and group characteristics from a variety of individual characters. The investigator has used following statistical techniques for analysis the data.