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Jhon Keneth Namias• identifying the inquiry and stating the problem
1. Writing title for qualitative research - to write your title, you must start with a topic of your choice.
You may start by writing three topics of your choice
A. Problem situations
- In school
- At home
B. Consider your passion or interest - what are you passionate about or interested about? Where would
you like to make difference
C. Consider the settings available to you - in what places do you have convenient and regular access ?
What places will you be able to get permission from participants
D. Consider your subjects - in order to study people , you have to gain their permission after thoroughly
advising them of such things as who you are , how will you keep their responses confidential and what
happens if they want to quit
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS WITH ABSENTEE PARENTS
from this title of research the reader can find out a lot about the research before reading the actual
proposal or actual research report
1. What are we looking at - behavior of students with absentee parents
2. Who are the subjects - students with absentee parents
3. It is going to be a qualitative study and we know which will be used phenomenology
4. We will just be using a small sample
5. Data collection will involve obtaining information from the participants in some way interviews ,
observation , open ended questionnaires
6. Data analysis will not be statistical but the little does not give us a clue as how to the data will be
analyzed
• Before attempting to write your research proposal about the phenomenon of interest to you you need
to have spent sometime thinking about, reading about, theorizing on , rethinking and discussing your
ideas with colleague and experts in the field or in your area of interest
• nature and inquiry of research
• importance of research in daily life
• identifying the inquiry and stating the problem
• pointers on learning from other by reviewing related literature and studies
• Nature of inquiry - all common sense , what we have learned from others or personal experience or
observation
- to find solutions
- improve quality of life - research "re" "again" root word - "search"
- synonyms - look for, explore, investigate
∆ Characteristic of a good research
• Emperical - based on direct experience
• Logical - based on valid procedures and principles
• cylical - starts with a problem, ends with a problem
• analytical - proven analytical procedures in gathering the data
• critical - research exhibits careful and precise judgement
• methodical - conducted in a methodical manner w/o bias using system method and procedures
• replicability - arrive at valid and conclusive result
• prudence at time
∆ Factors to consider in selecting a research problem
1. Researcher's are of interest
2. Availability of funds
3. Investigators ability and training
∆ Characteristics of researcher
1. Intellectual curiosity - undertakes a deep thinking
2. Prudence - careful to conduct his research study at right time
3. Healthy criticism - always doubtful
4. Intellectual honesty - honest to collect or gather data in order to arrive a honest result
5. Intellectual creativity - productive and resourceful
1. Defining the problems
2. " Hypothesis
3. Planning out the study test hypothesis
4. Defining the variables
5. Forming all operational definitions
6. Carrying out the study
7. Collecting data
8. Interpreting the data
9. Presenting the data
10. Drawing the conclusions
11. Communicating the results
∆ ethnical considerations in conducting research
1. Objectivity and integrity
2. Respect of the research subject sign to privacy and dignity and protection of subjects from personal
harm
3. Presentation of research findings
4. Misuse of research role
5. Acknowledgement of research collaboration and assistance
6. Distortions of findings by sponsor
• Qualitative research - relies on the views of participants ask broad general questions , biased manner
• Quantitative research - educational reearch decides what to study , unbiased objective manner
∆ kinds of research across fields
1. Descriptive method - describes the phenomena being studied used to analyze such data
2. Correlational research - determines relation among two or more variables
3. Experimental method - manipulates one or more variable observes the impact of manipulation
• True experiments - individuals are randomly assigned to conditions or group
• quasi experiments - individual cannot be randomly assigned
4. The historical research - employed by researchers who are interested in reporting events and or
conditions that occured in the past
5. The market research - any organized effort to gather information about target markets or customers
6. Feasability study - analysis of the ability to complete a project succesfully economic, technical and
other factors
∆ ethics of research
1. Researchers should avoid any risk of considerably harming people, the environment or property
2. Researchers must not use deception on people participating
3. Researchers must obtain informed consent from all involved in the study
4. Researchers must preserves privacy and confidentiality
5. Researchers must take special precautions when involving populations or animals
6. Not plagiarize the work of others
7. Grant and limit autorship
8. Research result are accesible to the public
9. Must not twist their conclusions
10. Must not falsity research
11. Ensure that only the correct data info and research results shall be reported
12. Respect be confidentiality and proprietary rights of peers colleagues and students
