Lesson: Research Problems

Question 1

Is an area affected by the identified topic or trend in the field that you would like to address, investigate, or study, whether historically, descriptively, or experimentally (De Guzman 2015).

Answer 1

Research Problem

Question 2

It is the focus or reason for engaging in your research. It is typically a topic, a phenomenon, or a challenge that you are interested in and with which you are at least somewhat familiar.

Answer 2

Research Problem

Question 3

What three concerns that require research are?

Answer 3

• The increasing cost of gasoline and electricity

• The daily magnitude of collected garbage

• The amount of carbon dioxide that diesel engines emit

Question 4

How do you determine the research problem, what questions should be asked?

Answer 4

• What issue, problem, or controversy would I like to address in the situation or topic of interest?

• What do I already know about the topic of interest?

• What else do I need to know about the topic of interest?

• What studies were already done on the topic of interest?

• What were the findings of the previous studies done on the topic?

•Were the findings of previous researches similar or diverse?

Question 5

How many components there are at the Research Problem Write-up?

Answer 5

8/Eight

Question 6

Shows how the problem is formulated. It places the “There research problem within a bigger setting.”
This could be done on a first or person point of view.

Answer 6

Context or Background

Question 7

It indicates the major purpose and the specific objectives for the conduct of the study. It shows in a more specific manner what is being investigated.

Answer 7

Rationale

Question 8

What examples of broad statements are to be used in the Rationale of the study.

Answer 8

• The purpose of this study is to investigate effective approaches to diminishing math anxiety among students
• The purpose of this study is to determine the employability rate of high school graduates
• The purpose of this study is to investigate the casual relationship between ____________

Question 9

Without defining ______ what the term really means, the readers may not be able to fully understand the study or determine whether the researcher was able to accomplish the given problem statement.

Answer 9

Explicitly

Question 10

Where do beginner researchers rely on at the Definition Of Terms?

Answer 10

Dictionary Definition

Question 11

Makes the term mean what exactly the researcher wants it to mean within the context of his research problem.

Answer 11

Operational Definition

Question 12

A formal definition of a term consists of three parts:

Answer 12

(1) the term or concept to be defined, (2) the collective term or general class to which the concept belongs and (3) the differentia, the specific characteristics or attributes that distinguish the concept defined from all other concepts in its general classification

Question 13

Where should definitions also come from?

Answer 13

Books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines, referred to as lexical definitions.

Question 14

What should a researcher avoid in Definition in which the term being defined is used in the definition itself.

Answer 14

Circular Definition

Question 15

What is not accepted as a valid definition because of its lack of credibility?

Answer 15

Wikipedia

Question 16

Describes exactly what the researcher intends to do.

But it is also of equal importance to indicate what the researcher will not be able to cover.

Answer 16

Statement of the Problem

Question 17

What the researcher intends to do or does not intend or may not be able to is stated in the?

Answer 17

Scope and Limitations of the Study

Question 18

It should be carefully identified and specifics should be itemized so as to set to its readers the appropriate expectations and applications for the output of the study.

Answer 18

Limits of the Study

Question 19

Provides a backdrop as to how the study will make a contribution to current knowledge and/or practice. This also indicates the group of people and/or institutions to which findings of the study will prove to be relevant.

Answer 19

Significance of the Study

Question 20

The role of a ________ is to provide a tentative explanation to these questions which serves as a basis of the solutions to the identified problems in the investigation.

Answer 20

Hyphothesis

Question 21

According to ____ and ____, a hyphothesis is a “Logical supposition, a reasonable guess, an educated conjecture” that is based on an extensive review of literature.

Answer 21

Leedy and Omrod (2013)

Question 22

What are the three things used in the formulations of the hyphothesis?

Answer 22

Variables/Constructs/Concepts

Used in the formulation of the hypothesis should be operationally defined which means that its meaning should be in accordance with how it is used in the study.

Question 23

Characteristics of a Usable Hyphothesis?

Answer 23

• It should be conceptually clear.

The hypothesis must be easily understood by the readers.