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Practical
Research 2
Module 5:
RESEARCH QUESTIONS,
SCOPE, & DELIMITATION

CS_RS12-Id-e-4

CS_RS12-Id-e-5
Subject Area – Grade Level
Self-Learning Module
(SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 5: Research Questions, Scope, & Delimitation
First Edition, 2020

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For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Practical Research 2 for Grade 12 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on

Research Questions, Scope, & Delimitation!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both
from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping
the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

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learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration
their needs and circumstances.

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manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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Welcome to the Practical Research 2 for Grade 12 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on

Research Questions, Scope, & Delimitation!

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 What I Need to Know

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this module.

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We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
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This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the Research Questions, Scope, & Delimitation.

The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations.
The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons
are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which
you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.
The module is composed of one lesson only:

• Lesson 1 – Research Questions, Scope, & Delimitation

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Discuss the concept of research questions, scope and

delimitation of study;
2. Formulate research questions based on the research title presented; and
3. Compare and contrast the word delimitation and limitation.
 What I Know

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. What is the difference between objective or purpose of the study and research
questions or investigative problems?
A. Objective or purpose of the study talks about variable while research
topic or investigative problems deal with the scope of the study.
B. Objective or purpose of the study is a long-term objective expected to be
achieved by the study while research questions or investigative problems
are specific questions of the study.
C. Objective or purpose of the study is a chronological order of the research
problem while research questions or investigative problems are concepts
of the study that talk about the entire context.
D. Objective or purpose of the study deals with different concepts of the
study while research questions or investigative problem pertains to the
definition of the concept of the study.
2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good research question?
A. It is worth investigating.
B. It improves human condition.
C. It confuses the totality of the study’s concept.
D. It contributes knowledge and value to the field.

3. What does scope and delimitation of the study tell?

A. It is used to inform the reader the limitation and boundary included in
the research.
B. It sets forth the history and background information on your thesis
problem.
C. It is a brief description of the issue that needs to be addressed or
created.
D. It provides information to the reader on how the study will contribute and
who will benefit from it.
4. What does delimitation mean?
A. To set everything free
B. To remove the boundary
C. To extend the limit of the boundary
D. To establish the limit or boundary

5. Which of the following statements DOES NOT correctly define the scope of
the study?
A. It explains what information or subject is being analyzed in the study.
B. It tells about the sample size, time the study was conducted and the
geographical area.
C. It tells the specific coverage in terms of concept, number of subjects as
well as the timeline.
D. It tells the general information on how the data are being interpreted to
conclude the study.
 Lesson
RESEARCH QUESTIONS,
5 SCOPE, & DELIMITATION

What’s In

Directions: Arrange the scrambled letters to form a word and give your own definition
of each word. Write your answers on the space provided before the
number.

1. U E Q S O I N T S-

2. R C H A E S R E-

3. T L E I T-

4. B C A K R G O N D U-

5. P X E L O M C-

Notes to the Teacher

Should you have queries on the given tasks, always ask or communicate your subject teacher.
 What’s New

Directions: Describe or define the following terms in your own words. Write your
answers on the corresponding column.

Research Questions Scope Delimitation

1. 1. 1.

2. 2. 2.

3. 3. 3.

4. 4. 4.

5 5. 5.

What is It

Steps in developing a research question:

1. Choose an interesting general topic. Even directed academic

research should focus on a topic in which the writer is at least
somewhat personally invested.
2. Do some preliminary research on your general topic. Do a few quick
searches in current periodicals and journals on your topic to see
what’s already been done and to help you narrow your focus. What
questions does this early research raise?
3. Consider your audience. For most college papers, your audience
will be academic, but always keep your audience in mind when
narrowing your topic and developing your question. Would that
particular audience be interested in this question?
4. Start asking questions. Taking into consideration all of the above,
start asking yourself open-ended “how” and “why” questions
about your general topic.
5. Evaluate your question. After enlisting the questions, evaluate
these questions to realize if they would be effective research
questions, or if they need more revisions (Creswell, 2012).

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Let us take a look the example below:

Research Title:

Writing Proficiency Level of Grade 11 HUMSS Students: Basis for Contextualized Teaching-Learning Module

Research Questions:

What is the writing proficiency level of Grade 11 HUMSS students in terms of:
grammar;
mechanics; and
organization?

What contextualized teaching-learning module can be designed on the least developed writing skill/s of Grade 11 HUMS

What is the validity level of the module?

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What is scope and delimitation of the study?

The scope of study in the thesis or research paper contains the

explanation of what information or subject is being analyzed. It is
followed by an explanation of the limitation of the research. Research
usually limited in scope by sample size, time and geographic area.
While the delimitation of study is the description of the scope of
study. It will explain why definite aspects of a subject were chosen and
why others were excluded. It mentions the research method used as
well as the certain theories that applied to the data (Esposito, 2002).

Delimitations and limitations clarify the boundaries, exceptions,

and reservations inherent in every study. The two concepts are
different in that:

Delimitations
It involves the scope of a study. For example, the scope may focus on
specific variables, specific participants, specific sites, or narrowed to one
type of research design (e.g., ethnography or experimental research).

Limitations
It aims to identify potential weaknesses of the study. For example, all
statistical procedures and research strategies, such as surveys or
grounded theory studies have limitations. In introductory discussions
about these strategies, authors typically mention both their strengths
and their weaknesses (Fatatado, 2016).

Sample Scope and Delimitations

The main focus of this project was the design of an efficient

Energy Recovery System of Seawater Reverse Osmosis Plant. The system
will be using pressure technology by application of pressure exchanger
as an energy recovery device. Pressure exchanger transfer pressure from
a high-pressure stream to slow pressure stream in a ceramic motor. The
proposed system is limited only in reducing high power consumption of
the high-pressure pump. The project can be used in all existing Seawater
Reverse Osmosis Plant in the Philippines. Some calculations,
assumptions, and selections were made as a consideration of a proper
and realistic design (Creswell, 2012).

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 What’s More

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Directions: Answer what is asked.

1. What are the steps in developing a research question? Write your

answers on the space provided below.

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2. Discuss the concept of scope and delimitation of the study. Write it inside
the figure below.

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 What I Have Learned

Direction: Discuss the following terms in three sentences only.

1. delimitation-

2. scope-

3. limitation-

4. research questions-

5. statement of the problem-

 What I Can Do

Directions: From the given scope and delimitation below, give the following:

This study focused only on the writing proficiency level of students in English in terms
of grammar, which included subject-verb agreement, verbs/tenses of verbs,
adjectives, adverb, and pronoun; mechanics of writing that entailed capitalization,
punctuation and spelling; and organization, which involved unity, completeness,
coherence and order. The Grade 11 HUMSS students of Koronadal National
Comprehensive High School enrolled in the School Year 2018-2019 were the
respondents of the study. The researcher’s validated questionnaire was used to assess
learners’ writing proficiency level. Only the least learned area of writing was
addressed using the researcher’s developed contextualized module.

A. Formulate two possible research questions:

1.

2.

B. Determine the delimitation on:

3. topic to be covered

4. respondents

5. methodology

C. Make your own research title about COVID-19 Pandemic and craft at least three
(3) research questions.
 Assessment

Direction: Answer what is asked. Write your answers on the space provided.

1. Based on the research title below, craft at least three (3) research questions. Write
these on the blanks provided.

STUDY HABITS AND LEARNING PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 11 TVL STUDENTS

a.

b.

c.

2. Formulate at least two quantitative research questions about each of the

following topics:

a. Gender Equality

b. Learning Styles (visual, audio, kinesthetic, etc.)

c. School Policy
 Additional Activities

Directions: Write a short essay about the things that you have learned the most and
the least in this lesson. Write your essay on the space provided below.
Give an interesting title to your essay.

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source: https://www.thoughtco.com/essay-rubric-2081
Answer Key
References

Creswell, J.W. (2012). Educational research: planning, conducting, and

evaluating Quantitative and qualitative research, 4th ed. Boston, MA:
Pearson Education.

Esposito, J. L. (2002). Interactive, multiple-method questionnaire

evaluation research. Retrieved from www.researchedu.com

Fatatado III, R. (2016). Practical research 2 (quantitative research for

SHS). Lorimar Publishing House. Quezon City. Metro Manila.
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