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Practical Research 1: Identifying The Inquiry and Stating The Problem

This document discusses how to identify an inquiry and state the problem for a research project. It provides guidance on designing a research project related to daily life, writing a research title, describing justifications for the research, and stating research questions. An example is given of a research problem statement and three specific research questions related to exploring parents' experiences with children aged 3-5 who have poor eating habits. The document also covers distinguishing between basic and applied research and how to properly formulate research questions.

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Practical Research 1: Identifying The Inquiry and Stating The Problem

This document discusses how to identify an inquiry and state the problem for a research project. It provides guidance on designing a research project related to daily life, writing a research title, describing justifications for the research, and stating research questions. An example is given of a research problem statement and three specific research questions related to exploring parents' experiences with children aged 3-5 who have poor eating habits. The document also covers distinguishing between basic and applied research and how to properly formulate research questions.

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Practical Research 1

IDENTIFYING THE INQUIRY AND


STATING THE PROBLEM
Identifying the Inquiry and Stating the Problem
Design a research project related to daily life
Write a research title
Describe the justifications/reasons for conducting
the research
State research questions
Research Project Related to Daily Life
Everyday life is a methodology which examines and uncovers the
realization of daily life and how they are communicated and
interpreted by an observer and/or a participant.
Everyday life is a participatory action research method embedded in
people and situations.
Everyday life research focuses on the details and seemingly
insignificant occurrences that collectively contribute to how a
situation, phenomenon or incident is interpreted and experienced.
Exploring everyday life requires the researcher to focus on details,
make connections and associations between emergent and repetitive
themes, focus equally on sameness and difference ( what happened
today that did not happen yesterday and how that influences the
research topic or focus), and make comparisons between the
researcher's experience and the topic being studied.
Research Project Related to Daily Life
Everyday life is often written in a first or third-hand person
voice and relies on rich descriptions, sharp detail, creative
construction, and comparative analysis.
This approach is useful in analyzing qualitative data
because it requires the researcher t o consider and
negotiate ubiquitous themes that occur in everyday life,
from work t o play.
Everyday life as a research approach encourages diversity;
it is widely used among marginalized groups to privilege
their personal perspectives and viewpoints that might
otherwise be silenced or misinterpreted.
Formulating the Research Title
The title embodies substantive words or keywords or
phrases that describe one's research study. The title must
also reflect the variables under study.
Independent variables are factors or stimuli that directly
affect or cause changes to the dependent variables.
Dependent variables are factors affected or changed by the
independent variable(s).
Formulating the Research Title
A well-formulated title must state both variables in a clear, concise,
and precise way
Independent
Title Dependent Variable
Variable
Train Delay: Academic
Academic Dilemma of
Dilemma of Young Commuters Train Delay
Young Commuters of LRT 1
of LRT 1
Selfie: The "Status Quo" of Selfie The "Status Quo" of
Millennials in the Philippines Millennials in the
Philippines
Emotional Responses and Toddlers' Eating Emotional Responses and
Intervention of Parents to Habits Intervention of Parents
Toddlers' Eating Habits
Purpose of Research
Basic / Pure Research Applied Research
Basis for future research
Acquire new knowledge Derive knowledge
Develop or refine theories Apply theories
Not immediately applicable to
Immediate solution
solve immediate problems
Researches done in real-life
Researches done in laboratories
settings such as schools,
or via computer simulation
hospitals, etc.
Formulating the Research Questions
The major problem governs the entire study. It is usually in a
statement form that introduces the general problem of the
research.
The specific questions must contribute to development of the
whole research problem or topic. The number of specific
questions should be enough to cover the development of the
entire study. They must be clear and free from double
meanings. It must give precise answers that will determine the
difference or relationship, or implication of the variables under
study. Avoid rhetorical questions (answerable by yes/no) for
they only elicit either of the two responses and may result to
vagueness.
Formulating the Research Questions
Statement of the Problem
In this study, the researchers explored how parents of children aged 3-5
years old who have poor eating habits, view their experiences with the
child's health condition.
Specifically, the study will attempt to answer the following questions :
1. What kinds of food do children aged 3-5 years old avoid to eat?
2. How do children aged 3-5 years old develop poor eating habits?
3 . What is the experience of the parents o f 3-5 year-old children who
have poo r eating habits?
Thank you.

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