Francine Arielle Bernales ABM 12 MINSKY

Module 5 – Reflection
A Research Problem is a statement about an area of concern, a condition to
be improved, a difficulty to be eliminated, or a troubling question that exists in scholarly
literature, in theory, or in practice that points to the need for meaningful understanding and
deliberate investigation that address issues about social organizations, social process, and
social behavior. The common sources of research problem or statement of the problem, it can
be from a reproduction of a previous related studies, personal experiences and interests of the
researcher, related literature from one’s own area of interest, and can be in various theories in
the discipline. There are two different types of a Research Questions which is the Problem
Questions and the Topic Questions. Problem Questions are generally and explanatory and have
a crucial influence on the form of topic questions, While Topic Questions are specific and
descriptive type of questions. In developing a research questions there are certain steps to have
a good Questions, First, choose a topic by identifying a broad area of interest. Second, find
background information or do some preliminary research to help you understand your topic.
Third, Consider your audience. Fourth, start asking questions such us “how” and “why”. Ang
lastly, after enlisting the questions, evaluate these questions to realize if they would be effective
research questions. On the top of that, in writing a statement of the problem you must follow a
guidelines such as you have to put the problem in the context, you have describe the precise
issue that the research will address, you need to show the relevance of the problem, and set the
objectives of the research. Indicates Scope and Delimitations of the study are two elements of a
research paper or thesis, Scope is a study explains the extent to which the research area will be
explored in the work and specifies the parameters within which the study will be operating
including facts or theories. For example, a researcher wants to study the impact of mobile
phones on behavior patterns of elementary school children. However, it is not possible for the
researcher to cover every aspect of the topic, so the scope will have to be narrowed down to a
certain section of the target population. In this case, it might be narrowed down to a group of 50
children in grades 3-5 of one specific school. Their behavior patterns in school may have been
observed for a duration of 6 months. These would form the delimitations of the study.
Delimitations are the characteristics that limit the scope and describe the boundaries of the
study, such as the sample size, geographical location or setting in which the study takes place,
population traits, etc. Additionally, the researcher might also choose to use some research tools
and methodologies to collect data but not others. These delimitations might be imposed for
practical reasons, such as lack of time or financial resources to carry out a more thorough
investigation. The delimitation section of the study should explain why specific choices were
made while others were excluded and how this might affect the outcome of the research. In the
example mentioned above, the researcher might state why he/she chose to study a sample
population of 50 students, why he/she selected students from Grades 3-5 and not grades 1-2,
and why he/she chose students of an Elementary Public School over other schools.