SILVANIA, LOVE ANGEL P.

12 – STEM MITIGATION
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2
MODULE 8 – Scope and Delimitation of the Study

What I Know
Before you proceed to the different activities inside the module, answer first the short pre-
assessment activity below to find out what you already know about the topic of indicating scope and
delimitation of the study.

Select your answers from the options provided after each item. Choose and encircle the letter
of the correct answer.

B 1. What element of research serves as a guide to achieve the objectives of the study?
A. Assumption of the study
B. Delimitation of the study
C. Limitation of the study
D. Scope of the study

B 2. What word refers to the time that the data was gathered?
A. The locale of the study
B. The period of the study
C. The population of the study
D. The sample of the study

C 3. Which of the following refers to constraints that are inherent to any type of research?
A. Delimitation of the study
B. Hypothesis of the study
C. Limitations of the study
D. Scope of the study

B 4. All are examples of delimitation except what letter?

A. Methodological framework
B. Participant dropout
C. Research problems and questions
D. Variables to be measured

C 5. What element of a research states the rationale on why a researcher decided to delimit sets of specific
boundaries in a research?
A. Research questions
B. Research title
C. Scope and delimitation
D. Statement of the problem
 What I Can Do
Apply what you have learned about scope and limitation by writing the scope and
delimitation of your research.

Write the scope and delimitation of your study.

Scope and Delimitation:

The study’s purpose is to know the effectiveness of using QR code as an
alternative form of logging of the grade 12 senior high school parents in Parang
High School, it covers the enhancement of the flow of information in terms of
identity of the parents and number of the modules of the students that are
marked in the system of the school. This study would proceed from November to
December 2020 ranging all the parents in every section whose child is a modular
learner and uses the QR code to answer the school's contact tracing form. Data
gathering procedures will be focused on online surveys administered by the
researcher. Other forms of data gathering such as interview and actual
observation will not be conducted. And also other parents in grade 12 senior
high school whose child is an online learner is not included in this research.

Assessment
Showcase the knowledge and skills you have learned in this lesson by answering the assessment
activity.

Select your answers from the options provided after each item. Choose and encircle the letter
of the correct answer.

C 1. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. Delimitations are part of every research.
B. Delimitation aims to narrow the scope of a study.
C. Delimitations are threats to the study’s internal validity.
D. Delimitations are based on intentional choices of a researcher.

D 2. What element of a research discusses the domain of the study?

A. Research questions
B. Research title
C. Research problem
D. Scope of the study

C 3. Which of the following refers to the statement of the weaknesses of the study that is beyond the
control of the researcher?
A. Locale of the study
 B. Subject matter
C. Delimitations
D. Limitations
B 4. Which of the following statements best explains why there is a need to delimit your study?
A. Because the researcher cannot study everything at once.
B. Because it will help to show the weaknesses of the study.
C. Because it will help to hide the weaknesses of the study.
D. Because the researcher’s knowledge is not enough to conduct a study.
D 5. What word refers to the freedom of a researcher to determine the parameters of his or her study?

A. Purpose of the study

B. Locale of the study
C. Limitation of the study
D. Delimitation of the study