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STATING THE PROBLEM
DAPHNIE S. MONTEVERDE, LPT
DO YOU “MAZE” ME?
WAYS TO WIN?
STRATEGIZE
REACH THE END GOAL
FIND A WAY
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KEY QUESTIONS
WHERE TO
BEGIN?
SOURCES OF INTEREST
DAILY LIFE EXPERIENCES
• Ex. Fishermen could have developed the most effective
way to grow fish because they are exposed to these
things.
ACADEMIC READINGS
• Can stimulate one’s interest to explore a particular topic.
PERSONAL HOBBIES
• Ex. Survey the views of people about a certain issue
because they enjoy doing so
ATTENTION-CATCHING SITUATION
• Researchers can formulate questions as to how this thing
became possible, how that thing is able to do those, etc.
IDENTIFYING A RESEARCH
TOPIC
1. Reading books, research articles, and
other professional publications
2. Asking helps from experts
3. Observing things for some experiences
about this interest
NARROWING DOWN A RESEARCH TOP
REMINDERS:
• What is current and what is new;
• Recommendations of researchers who have
conducted similar studies;
• What has already been studied; and
• New ways of gathering data
NARROW IT DOWN!
Health services
Malnourished children
Southeast Asia
Last 10
years
Historical
NARROW IT DOWN!
Housing projects
Informal settlers
Philippines
Last 6 years
economic
GIVE IT A TRY!
1. Look for a partner.
2. Think of a broad topic that interests you (e.g., animals,
ICT, games, medicine, etc.)
3. From this broad topic, think of a possible smaller topic
connected to this broad topic.
4. Make this topic more specific.
5. Ask questions regarding the specific you have chosen.
6. Use the inverted pyramid to concretize your idea.
RESEARCH PROBLEM
A statement about an area of concern, a
condition to be improved upon, a difficulty to
be eliminated, or a troubling question that
exists in scholarly literature, theory, or
practice that points to the need for a
meaningful understanding and deliberate
investigation.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A RESEARCH
PROBLEM
1. A research problem is not just answerable by yes or
no. It should imply that explanations and
justifications regarding the true situation or
observation are required.
2. It implies relationship between the variables of the
study.
3. The problem should be stated in clear,
unambiguous manner.
4. A researchable problem must imply interpretation
and analysis of data.
RESEARCH PROBLEM
It is what the
researchers aim to
answer later on as
they go through the
research endeavor.
WORK AT HOME
1 whole yellow paper
NOVEL
COST-
INTERESTING
EFFECTIVE
INNOVATIVE PRACTICAL
RESEARCH PROBLEM SHOULD
BE:
S • SPECIFIC
M
• MEASURABLE
• ATTAINABLE
A
• REALISTIC
R
• TIME-BOUND
T
RESEARC
H TITLE
RESEARCH TITLE
• Give weight and reputation to the research paper.
• In QUALITATIVE research, a researcher starts with a
tentative title. As the study progresses, the context of
the study and the manner of the research respondents
are revealed. The highlights of the research are then
included in the final title.
ELEMENTS OF A RESEARCH
TITLE
• PURPOSE • SUBJECT • LOCALE
• Why do I want MATTER • Where do I
to conduct this • What do I want conduct the
study? to study study?
about?
Topic:
science and mathematics teaching and learning
Place:
public high schools in NCR
Period:
7 years
Population:
students, teachers, and school administrators
LET ME CHECK YOUR BRAIN
BLUE PINK
WHITE
YELLOW
IDENTIFY THE ELEMENTS OF THE
GIVEN RESEARCH BELOW
Relationship of Perceived Stress and Self- Esteem among Grade 9
Students in Region IX for the School year 2015-2016.
Place: Region IX
Period: 1 year
Population: Grade 9 students
SHORT QUIZ
From the research titles you had gathered, identify the elements of each
title
Aim: ___________________________________
Topic: ___________________________________
Place: ___________________________________
Period: ___________________________________
Population: ___________________________________