Dressing Preferences

Clothing refers to a covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies. The amount of and type of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations. A feature of nearly all human societies is the wearing of clothing or clothes, a category encompassing a wide variety of materials that cover the body. The primary purpose of clothing is functional, as a protection from the elements. Clothes enhance safety during activity by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothing also acts as hygienic barrier keeping toxins away from the body and limiting the transmissions of bacteria and viruses.

Outside of their purely functional purpose, clothes often play an important social and cultural role. Most societies develop norms about modesty, religious practices, behavioural appropriateness, social status and even political affiliations in which clothes play an important role. Finally, clothing functions as a form of adornment and an expression of personal taste or style. The purpose of this research is to find out the dressing preferences of the Female Freshman BSA students as to school wear, church wear, casual wear and formal wear and the benefits they get from choosing them. Specifically, some of them are not required to wear school uniform so this research will find out on how they apply their dressing preference.

This research aims to find out the Dressing Preferences of Female BSA Freshman Students at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Second Semester, S.Y. 2011-2012) Specifically this research will answer the following questions:

1. What are the dressing preferences of the Female BSA Freshmen at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines for? a. School wear b. Church attire c. Casual wear d. Formal wear
2. What factors do the respondents consider in choosing clothes to wear?
3. Who/ what influences them on their dressing preferences?

4. How do they like their dresses made?

Scopes and Limitations
This study focused mainly on the dressing preferences of the female BSA Freshman students as well as the factors that help them in choosing their dressing preferences and the benefits they get in choosing them. Only 108 female freshman students from the College of Accountancy of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, S.Y. 2011-2012 were involved. The investigation was not concerned with the other factors involving fashion. This focused only on the dressing preferences they preferred. Only Female BSA Freshman students were involved.

Definition of terms
Casual wear/clothes – Casual clothes are ones that you normally wear at home or on holiday, and not on formal occasions. Formal wear – Attire, such as evening gowns and tuxedos, for wear on formal occasions. Clothing is an item which is made to cover part of the human body.

Research Methodology
The main objective of this study was to find out the dressing preferences of the female BSA freshman students. Research Design
The descriptive method was used in taking this research particularly the survey to realize the objective of the study. This was used to describe the present condition of Female BSA Freshman students regarding their dressing preferences and their ways of showing or applying in their daily lives especially in school. Respondents

The target population consisted of estimated 900 female freshman students of College of Accountancy. This target population was considered quite large; hence, the researcher opted to involve only 3 representatives from each section which has a total of 108 female freshman students in the research as respondents. Research Instrument

The close-ended type questions were used as a research instrument in gathering data from the respondents. These questions were prepared by the researchers in a pre-determined order. Data-Gathering Procedure

The data were drawn from 108 female freshman students of College Of Accountancy of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines who answered the questionnaires/checklist provided by the researchers. The researchers give the respondents a set of questionnaires through random sampling by getting selected female freshman students from section 1-36. Statistical Treatment

Individual responses were tallied before they were put in tables for the statistical treatment. Percentage was utilized to quantify the data gathered for sub-problem 1-6. The formula for percentage is: P= f/N x 100

Where P = percentage
`f = frequency
N= total number of respondents.

Chapter 2
Presentation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Data Gathered

The purpose of this study was to find out the dressing preferences of female BSA freshman students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, S.Y. 2011-2012. This chapter presents the data gathered regarding the dressing preferences of female BSA freshman students, the factor that affects them in choosing their dressing preference and the benefits they get in choosing them, then proceeds to the analysis of data.