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Chapter 1

This document discusses research questions and statements of the problem. It notes that research questions investigate an issue, problem, or knowledge gap, while statements of the problem describe a specific issue that has not been answered by previous research. The document also discusses defining key terms for a study to clarify meanings and ensure reader understanding. It provides guidelines for how to write definitions of terms in a clear, concise manner.

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Chapter 1

This document discusses research questions and statements of the problem. It notes that research questions investigate an issue, problem, or knowledge gap, while statements of the problem describe a specific issue that has not been answered by previous research. The document also discusses defining key terms for a study to clarify meanings and ensure reader understanding. It provides guidelines for how to write definitions of terms in a clear, concise manner.

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Research question vs.
Statement of the1)Problem
Review the
research parts
and its
content.
Research question-
Statement of the Problem-
Significance of the Study

summarize the main idea


 concise statement of the main topic
 Include the major variable/s
 show the relationship of the main
variable of the study
 the “need”  question or  to provide
to conduct a problem knowledge.
a study that has not  published
been support
answered
 Clearly stated
 significant enough to
contribute to the existing
body of research
 deals more with precision and
specificity of the problem.
 quantitative research problem
describes trends and patterns of a
phenomenon.
 General problem
 specific problem
Characteristics:
 Feasible
 Clear
 Significant
 Ethical
 identify the
beneficiaries and the
benefits it will give
them when the
problem is solved.
Scope
specifies the coverage of your
study such as variables,
population or participant, and
timeline.
Limitation vs delimitation
Limitation
• reflect the shortcomings of your
study, based on practical or
theoretical constraints that you
faced.
Delimitation
• reflect the choices that you made in
terms of the focus and scope of your
research aims and research
questions.
Components of Scope and Delimitation
The following are the components of the
scope and delimitation of the study but not
limited to:
 Topic of the Study. What are the variables to
be included and excluded?
 Objectives or Problems to be Addressed. Why
are you doing this study?
Components of Scope and Delimitation
Time Frame. When are you going to conduct this
study?
Locale of the Study. Where are you going to gather
your data?
Characteristics of the Respondents. Who will be
your respondents?
Method and Research Instruments. How are you
going to collect the data?
 also called “Operational
Definition of Variables” (ODV).
 Two types of definition of
terms:
 Conceptual definition- the meaning
of the term that is based on how it is
define in the dictionary or
encyclopedia.
 Operational definition – based on
how the term is used in the study.
Two cases in which important terms need
to be defined:
1)If the term is not common or widely
known.
2) If the terms has a specific or unique
meaning in the context of the study.
BENEFITS:
1) A useful place to include technical terms
in the topic of the research questions.
2) Can clarify the definition of term
especially if it has a different meaning.
3) Makes it easier to revisit or check the
meaning of the term instead of trying to
licate it through the paper.
4) Helps ensure that readers are able
to understand technical terminologies
and jargons while reading the paper.
GUIDELINES ON HOW TO WRITE DEFINITION OF
TERMS:
1) Write a brief introductory statement.
2) List/write the words/terms (which are
technical) that would be included (make sure
that the variables and key words found in the
title are included.)
3) Terms should be arranged alphabetically.
4) Indention should be applied on each term.
5) Term should be followed with a
period.
6) It can be underlined or not.
7) It can be bold and italic or not.
8) It does not have to be lengthy
(direct to the point).
9) Acronym/initials should be defined clearly.
Complete name should be written first,
followed by the acronym/initials in open-close
parenthesis, then the definition/meaning.
10) Do not overflow with technical terms (only
those relevant and significant to the study).
11) Keep the definition brief and basic. You will
elaborate on it more in the body of your paper.

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