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Identifying The Inquiry and Stating The Problem: Group 2

The document provides guidelines for identifying a quantitative research problem, including stating the overall goal or purpose in 1-2 sentences, describing general characteristics, and presenting the problem as either a general research problem or more specific research statements and questions. It distinguishes between researchable and non-researchable problems, and discusses sources of research problems such as personal interests, theory, and replicating previous studies. Research topics that are controversial, highly technical, hard to investigate, too narrow or vague should be avoided.

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Identifying The Inquiry and Stating The Problem: Group 2

The document provides guidelines for identifying a quantitative research problem, including stating the overall goal or purpose in 1-2 sentences, describing general characteristics, and presenting the problem as either a general research problem or more specific research statements and questions. It distinguishes between researchable and non-researchable problems, and discusses sources of research problems such as personal interests, theory, and replicating previous studies. Research topics that are controversial, highly technical, hard to investigate, too narrow or vague should be avoided.

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IDENTIFYING THE INQUIRY AND

STATING THE PROBLEM

Group 2
Calanza, Christine May
Tagulinao, Rica Ella
Seruela, Erma
Tan, Hazel Pearl
Toremotcha, Ramli Kp M.
Lesson 3

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH PROBLEM


RESEARCH IN OUR DAILY LIFE
Guideliness in making a Research Problem
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1. One or more sentences indicating the goal, purpose, or overall direction of the study
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2. General characteristics
- Implies the posibility of empirical investigation
- Identifies a ned for the research
- Provides focus
- Provides a concise overview of the research
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3. Two ways of stating the problem:

 Research problems: typically a rather general overview of the problem with just enough information about the scope and
purpose of the study to provide an initial understanding of the research

 Research statements and/or questions: more specific, focused statements and questions that communicate in detail
the nature of the study
4. A general research problem
• (e.g.) The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes of high school students to mandated drug testing
programs.
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5. Specific statements
• (e.g.) This study examines the differences between males’ and females’ attitudes toward mandated high school
drug testing programs.
• (e.g.) What are the differences between freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior students attitudes mandated
high school drug testing programs?
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6. Researchable and non-researchable problems


• Researchable problems imply the possibility of empirical investigation
• What are the achievement and social skill differences between children attending an academically or socially
oriented pre-school program?
• What is the relationship between teachers knowledge of assessment methods and their use of them
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7. Researchable and non-researchable problems


• Non-researchable problems include explanations of how to do something, vague propositions, and balue-based
concerns
- Is democracy a good form of goverment?
- Should values clarification be taught in public schools?
- Can crime be prevented?
- Should physical education classes be dropped from the high school curriculum?
QUANTITATIVE VS QUALITATIVE

Quantitative problems Qualitative problems


- Specific - General
- Closed - Open
- Static - Evolving
-Outcome oriented - Process orented
-Use of specific variables
SOURCES OF RESEARCH PROBLEMS

- Personal interests and experiences


• The use of formative tests in a statistics class
• The use of technology in a research class
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- Deductions from theory


• The effectiveness of math manipulative
• The effectiveness of a mastery approach to learning research
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- Replication of studies
• Checking the findings of a major study
• Checking the validity of research findings with different subjects
• Checking trens or changes over time
RESEARCH TOPICS TO BE AVOIDED

1. Controversal topics
- These are topics that depend greatly on the writer’s opinion, which tend to be biased or prejudicial. Facts cannot
topics like these.
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2. Highly technical subjects


- For a beginner, researching on topics that require an advance study, technical knowledge, and vast experience is a
Very difficult.
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3. Hard-to-investigate Subjects
- A topic or a subject is hard to investigate if there is no available data or reading materials about it and if such
materials are not-up-date or obsolete.
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4. Too narrow subjects


- A subject or a topic that are too broad will prevent the researcher from concentrated or in -depth analysis of the
subject matter of the research paper.
SOURCES OF RESEARCH PROBLEMS
5. Too narrow subjects
- The subjects are so limited or specific that an extensive or through searching or reading for information about
the subject is necessary
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6. Vague subjects
- Choosing topics like these will prevent you from having a clear insights or focus on your study. For instance, titles
beginning with indefinite adjectives such as several, many, some, etc, as in “Some Remarkable Traits of a Ilocano”
Several people’s Comments on the Extra judicial kilings,” are vague enough to decrease the reader’s interest and
curiosity.

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