What is research problem?

A gap between actual and desired state of research is called research problem. In other words
the things that need to be solved by researcher is called research problem. Some definitions of
research problems are as:

According to Sekaran, "Research problem is any situation where a gap exists before and the
actual and the desired ideal state"
According to Kerlinger," A good problem is defined as interrogative sentence that shows what
relation exists between two or more variables"

Conclusively, research the interrogative sentences that show the relation between variables is
called research problems.
Explain about the identification of research problems.
The process of identifying research problems are as follows:
1. The management problem: In the first step, researcher has to identify the management
problems. For that researcher has to interact with the management and other officials of
organization. Due to their inefficiency, organization may not have achieved desired results.

2. The research problems: In second step, management problems should be converted into
research problems.
For example: Reduction in sales is management probems where why the sales have been
reduced will be the research problem.

3. Research Questions: In third step, research problems are broken down into research
questions.
For examples: What cause the reduction in sale is a research problems where the alternatives
for this problems can be research questions.

An example of identifying research problem is as follows:

Case: Sherpa Jeeps take a small market in Nepal because of its quality and appearance . People
know that its quality not fit for fine roads.

The management problem: market share

The research problem: How can the quality of Sherpa jeep be improved so as to increase its
market share?
The research questions: Can Sherpa jeep be sold of by improving its design?|
Hypothesis: Improve in design is positively related to sale of Sherpa jeep.