Week 5 - Identifying the Inquiry and Stating the Problem Flashcards
(45 cards)
Daily activities are the routine activities that you do everyday. You are very
familiar doing them regularly in public and private places such as
commuting, eating, shopping, sleeping, and so on. These regular activities can
be a significant object for analysis for improvement, or on these ordinary
activities, prevalence of something extraordinary could be a reason for
qualitative research.
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The strengths of qualitative research (as discussed previously) are the
considerations in choosing the daily life as a research project. Here are the
descriptions and specifications of everyday life as a research project as
explained by Robin Boylorn (in Given, 2008)
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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.
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Everyday life is a participatory action research method embedded in
people and situations.
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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.
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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.
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Everyday life is often written in a ________ and
relies on rich descriptions, sharp detail, creative construction, and
comparative analysis.
-first or third-hand person voice
This approach is useful in analyzing qualitative data because it
requires the researcher to consider and negotiate ubiquitous themes
that occur in everyday life, from work to play.
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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.
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The _____ embodies substantive words or keywords or phrases that describe
one’s research study. The ____ must also reflect the variables under study.
Title
___ are factors or stimuli that directly affect or cause
changes to the independent variables
Independent variable
___ are factors
affected or changed by the independent variable(s).
Dependent variable
______ is the cause, while the _______ is the effect. A
well-formulated title must state both variables in a clear, concise, and precise
way (Casela & Cuevas, 2010).
-independent variable is the cause, while the dependent variable is the effect.
The perspective of daily life becomes a study of social interaction in a natural
environment that shows extraordinary happenings while situating the
ordinary events of life. Basically, you must determine the purpose of the
research you intend to investigate. Here are some guide questions that you
wish to answer to clearly define your research purpose.
Do you intend to convince the people about the practices which would
lead them to make their own judgment based on the data presented in
your study
Do you intend to discuss issues which would allow people to decide
and act on the results of the research?
Do you intend to analyze incidents by determining the causes and
effects or the nature of the condition?
Do you intend to explain interventions done to treat the affected data
in order to see other outcomes?
The purpose of research leads to the construction of research questions.
Basically, this part has the statement of the problem. There should be a
general statement of the problem which narrows down to sub-problems or
specific questions.
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The major problem governs the entire study. It is usually in a statement
form that introduces the general problem of the research.
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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.
Example
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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
Statement of the problem
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 of 3-5 year-old children who have
poor eating habits?
This section discusses the focus or concern of the study in terms of the
specific areas to be included and to be given emphasis or concentration so
that relevant data will be obtained
-scope
Moreover, the _____ identifies the
possibilities to which to which the study becomes manageable in terms of
issues, respondents, and time. Moreover, this part distinguishes the
constraints of the study by delimiting the topic in terms of time,
measurability, availability of subjects, resources and ethical considerations.
The limitation and delimitation is purposefully indentified and anticipated by
the researcher.
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______ refers to the areas which the researcher does
not intend to include in the study. Whereas, limitation pertains to the
restrictions identified by the researcher that may affect the outcome of the
study but over which he/she has little or no control, but are anticipated
Casela & Cuevas, 2010).
-delimitation
Content of the Scope and Delimitation (Calderon & Gonzales, 2008)
A brief statement of the general purpose of the study.
The subject matter and topics studied and discussed.
The locale of the study, where the data were gathered or the entity to
which the data belong.
The population or universe from which the respondents/participants
were selected. This must be large enough to make generalizations
significant.
The period of the study which includes the time, either months or
years, during which the data were gathered.
Limitations of the study include the weaknesses of the study beyond
the control of the researcher. The weaknesses spring out of the
inaccuracies of the perceptions of the respondents
Example of Scope (Calderon & Gonzales, 2008)
This investigation was conducted to determine the status of the teaching of
science in the high schools of Province A as perceived by the teachers and
students in science classes during the school year 1989-1990. The aspects
looked into were the qualifications of teachers, their methods and strategies,
facilities forms of supervisory assistance, problems and proposed solutions to problems
General purpose: To determine the status of the teaching of science.
Subject matter: The teaching of science.
Topics (aspects) studied: Qualifications of teachers. Their methods and
strategies, facilities, form of supervisory assistance, problems and proposed
solutions to the problems.
Population or universe: teachers and students
Locale of the study: High schools of province A.
Period of the study: School year 1989-1990.
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