Foot Powder Methodology

Chapter 2

METHODOLOGY

Research Design The experimental research design was employed in this study to explore the underlying principles the comparative analysis on the effectiveness of different commercialized foot powder products to home-made foot powder. Experimental research is often employed in sciences like social science and psychology, physics, chemistry, biology and medicine etc. This is an experiment where the researcher manipulates on variable, and control/randomizes the remainder of the variables, it is a sort of analysis where the scientist actively influences something to watch the implications or effects. The aim of experimental research is to be able to predict phenomena or to be able to explain some kind of causation. In

The third step that the researchers took is conducting the experiment. An experiment is usually administrated by manipulating a variable known as the independent variable, poignant the experimental group. The effect that the analysis is inquisitive about, the dependent variables, is measured. They conducted their experiment throughout the winter break in our school that lasted for sixteen days, they each gave the five test subjects with different foot powder products and monitored their condition daily. They kept a record of how each foot powder affected each test subject daily(dependent variable). The final step that the researchers did in their experimental research is analysis and conclusion. Data not prepared to be analyzed is called raw data(record of daily effects of foot powder to test subjects) which is often summarized to something called output data or the result. The aim of analysis is to draw a conclusion, together with other observations. Their experimental research concluded or gave the result of which of the five foot powder is most effective in treating Athlete 's foot disease.

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The first brand of foot powder is called the Milcu Underarm & Foot Deodorant Powder. Milcu is an all natural, mild, non-sticky and non darkening deodorant that is uniquely formulated to effectively stop body odor. Milcu has been formulated with Potassium Alum or Potash Alum which has anti-bacterial properties that can eliminate bacteria that could cause the Athlete 's foot disease. Milcu 's ingredients are Potash Alum and Hydrated Magnesium Silicate. It is manufactured by the Vicherey Corporation in Brgy. Paso de Blas, Valenzuela City, Philippines. Milcu is safe since it has no alcohol that could burn or irritate the skin, no perfume, no preservatives, no emulsifiers that could clog the pores of the skin, no parabens(linked to breast cancer) and no chemicals that may stain clothes. The second brand of foot powder is the Fissan Foot Deodorant Powder. Fissan is one of the products of the Unilever Philippines Inc. in 1351 United Nations Avenue, Manila, Philippines. Fissan has Zinc Oxide and Dimethyl Phenylbutanol which are effective anti-microbial agents that help prevent the development of Athlete 's foot disease and foul odor and it also includes talc that absorbs moisture. The ingredients of fissan are: Talc, Zinc Oxide, Perfume, Menthol, Water, Propylene Glycol, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) leaf extract and Dimethyl