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Practical Research 2
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 9: Presenting the Written Statement of the Problem
First Edition, 2020

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Practical Research 2 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)

Module on Presenting the Written Statement of the Problem!
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.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this
also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st-century skills while taking
into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in
the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

In view to the new normal world we are facing,
this module was created to answer that education
should not stop for our learners.
This Practical Research 2 Module for Quarter
1 is all about Presenting the Written Statement of the
Problem. With this we are trying to allow our learners
to work independently in discovering through simple
and enjoyable activities/ experimentation that are
aligned to the competencies that they should learn.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use

this module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while
allowing them to manage their learning. Furthermore, you are expected to
encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the Practical Research 2 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)

Module on Presenting the Written Statement of the Problem!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while
being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

This will give you an idea of the skills or

What I Need to Know
competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.
This part includes an activity that aims to
What I Know
check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.
This is a brief drill or review to help you link
What’s In
the current lesson with the previous one.

In this portion, the new lesson will be

What’s New
introduced to you in various ways; a story, a
song, a poem, a problem opener, an activity
or a situation.
This section provides a brief discussion of the
What is It
lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.
This comprises activities for independent
What’s More
practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the answers
to the exercises using the Answer Key at the
end of the module.
This includes questions or blank
What I Have Learned
sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.
This section provides an activity which will
What I Can Do
help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.
This is a task which aims to evaluate your
Assessment
level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

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In this portion, another activity will be given
Additional Activities to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part
of the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other
activities included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through
with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module,
do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that
you are not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful

learning and gain a deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You
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What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to
help you master the nature and inquiry of research. 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.

After going through this lesson, you are expected to present written
statement of the problem.

What I Know

A. Directions: Read the questions carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.

1. The Statement of the Problem (SOP) is a __________description of the

issues that need to be addressed by the researcher.
a. short b. lengthy c. wordy d. elaborate

2. It should be a ___________ statement of the whole problem followed by the

specific questions or subproblems into which the general problem is
broken up.
a. General b. Specific c. Detailed d. especial

3. The problem statement is the research ____________ during the research

process.
a. inquiry b. question c. guide d. protocol

4. The problem statement is the __________of the specific question which the
researcher wants to answer.
a. verbalization c. summary
b. graphical presentation d. gist

5. The general statement of the problem and the specific subproblems or

questions should be formulated first before conducting the research.

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a. Always true c. False
b. Sometimes true d. Sometimes False
6. What does it mean by this “Statement of the problem must be a specific
question, it has only one meaning or must not have dual meaning?
a. SOP must be broad
b. SOP must be general
c. SOP must be wide
d. SOP must be clear

7. The number of specific questions should be _________ to cover the

development of the whole research problem or study.
a. limited b. controlled c. enough d. few

8. What is the basis in writing specific question? The data must be accessible
to make the specific question researchable.
a. Known facts c. Heresy
b. Controversy d. Trends

9. Answers to each specific question can be _______ apart from the answers
to other specific questions.
a. asked b. interpreted c. answered d. examined

10. What is one of the best characteristic of specific question?

a. General b. Wordy c. Researchable d. Broad

For item Nos. 11 – 15.

Select from the choices below, which item is NOT a specific questions of a
statement of the problem

11. a. Is tardiness a habit among students?

b. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age and gender?
c. What are the causes of the high academic performance of the students?
d. What is the relationship between the tardiness and academic
performance of students?

12. a. What is educational attainment for you?

b. What is the significant relationship between reading comprehension
and the ability to solve math word problems?
c. What is the association between the regular exercise and the achieving
slimmer body?
d. What is the relationship between eating fatty foods and high blood
pressure?

13. a. What describes the frequency of the use of cell phones of the
respondents?
b. What is the significant relationship between reading speed and
reading comprehension?

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c. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of the number of
siblings and average family income?
d. Are parents the ones who chose the course of their children?
14. a. What do you think is the high academic performance of the students?
b. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender, and grade
level?
c. What is the association of tardiness and academic performance of
students?
d. Is there a significant difference between the academic performance of
students and their study habits?

15. a. Does internet connection affects online learning?

b. What describes online learning and the availability of an internet
connection?
c. Why does online learning affected by the availability of internet
connection?
d. What are the effects of the availability of internet connection to online
learning?

Lesson Presenting the Written

1 Statement of the Problem

What’s In

Directions: Describe the scope and delimitation of a study in at least three

sentences and a maximum of five sentences.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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What’s New

Directions: Study the given sample of statements of the problem of research.

Then answer the questions that follow:

Statement of the Problem

The main objective of this research
undertaking was to investigate the
relationship between the relationship of
playing mobile games and the academic
performance of Grade 11 EIM students of
MNHS.
Specifically, this attempted to
answer the following questions:
1. What describes the academic
performance of the Grade 11 EIM
students of MNHS?
2. Is there a significant relationship
between playing mobile games and
the academic performance of the
Grade 11 EIM students of MNHS?
3. What program can be implemented
to help parents and the school to
regulate students in playing mobile
games?

1. What is the main problem?

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

2. What are the minor or specific problems?

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

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What is It

• A statement of the problem is a concise

description of the issues that need to be
addressed by the researcher.
• There should be a general statement of the
whole problem followed by the specific
questions or sub problems into which the
general problem is broken up.
• The problem statement is the researcher’s
guide during the research process. It is the
verbalization and articulation as well as the
analysis of the question in which the researcher wants the research to
answer.

Guidelines in formulating the general problem and the specific sub

problems or specific questions. The following are suggested to guide the
researcher in the formulation of his or her general as well as his specific sub
problems or questions. These are also the characteristics of specific questions:
1. The general statement of the problem and the specific sub problems or
questions should be formulated first before conducting the research.
2. It is customary to state the specific problems in the interrogative form.
Hence, sub problems are called specific questions.
3. Each specific question must be clear and unequivocal, that is, it has only
one meaning. It must not have dual meaning.
4. Each specific question is researchable apart from the other questions, that
is, answers to each specific question can be found even without
considering the other questions.
5. Each specific question must be based upon known facts and phenomena.
Besides, data from such known facts and phenomena must be accessible
to make the specific question researchable.
6. Answers to each specific can be interpreted apart from the answers to their
specific questions.
7. Answers to each specific question must contribute to the development of
the whole research problem or topic.
8. Summing up the answers to all the specific questions will give a complete
development of the entire study.
9. The number of specific questions should be enough to cover the
development of the whole research problem or study.
10. Generally, there should be a general statement of the problem and then
this should be broken up into as many subproblems or specific questions
as necessary.

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Sample Statement of the Problem
This study was conducted to determine the status of the teaching in
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
investigated 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, forms of supervisory
assistance, problems, and proposed solutions to
the problems.
Population : Teachers and students
Locale of the Study : High schools of Province A
Period of Study : School Year 1989-1990

What’s More

Activity 1
Directions: Read the sample statement of the problem and be able to
answer the questions that follow.

Statement of the Problem

The main objective of this research undertaking was to find out
what is the comparison of the academic performance of Senior High
School students who have internet access at home and those who do not
have.
Specifically, the study aimed to answer the following questions:
1. What is the level of academic performance of the Senior High School
students who have internet access at home and those who not
have?
2. Is there a significant difference between the academic performance
of Senior High School students who have internet access at home
and those who do not have?
3. What improvement plan can be introduced in school to offer free
internet access in school for students?

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• What is the main problem?

_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
• What are the minor or specific problems?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Directions: If for instance you will be asked by your teacher to write down
about what you learned about the statement of the study, what
will you write? Write a paragraph composed of 5 sentences
describing the statement of the problem of the study.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

What I Can Do

Suppose you are a researcher who focused on the effects of the COVID-19
pandemic to your Barangay, write a probable statement of the problem of your
study.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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Assessment
Directions: Read the following questions carefully. Encircle the letter of the
best answer.
For item Nos. 1-5.
Each of the following items is a sample of a statement of the problem
composed of a general problem and specific questions. Identify the question
which should not belong to the specific questions.
1. This study aimed to find out the relationship between the reading
comprehension and academic performance of Grade 11 students of
Maasin National High School for SY 2019-2020. Specifically, it aimed to
answer the following questions:
a. What describes the reading comprehension of the respondents?
b. What describes the academic performance of the respondents?
c. What is the relationship between the reading comprehension and
academic performance of the respondents?
d. What can be done to know the comprehension of the respondents?

2. This study was conducted to investigate the association between the

reading comprehension and the ability of Maasin National High School
Grade 11 students to solve Math problems. Specifically, it aimed to answer
the following questions:
a. What is the reading comprehension level of Maasin National High
School Grade 11 students for?
b. What describes the reading comprehension level of the respondents?
c. What describes the ability of Maasin National High School Grade 11
students to solve Math problems?
d. What is the association between the reading comprehension and the
ability of Maasin National High School Grade 11 students to solve Math
problems?

3. This study aimed to find out the effect of the new teaching strategy used
by Maasin National High School Math teachers in teaching Statistics and
Probability for SY 2019-2020. Specifically, it attempted to answer the
following questions:
a. What describes the scores of students before the new teaching strategy
was used?
b. What describes the scores of students after the new teaching strategy
was used?
c. What is the purpose of getting the scores of students before and after
the new teaching strategy was used?
d. What is the difference between the scores of students before and after
the new teaching strategy was used by the teachers?

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4. This study aimed to find out the relationship of the parental support and
self-confidence of the Senior High School students of Marilag National
High School SY 2019-2020. Specifically, it attempted to answer the
following questions:
a. What describes the parental support of parents to the respondents?
b. What describes the self-confidence of the respondents?
c. What is the meaning parental support and self-confidence?
d. What is the relationship of parental support and self-confidence of the
respondents?

5. This study aimed to find out the association between the use of Tiktok and
the level of enjoyment of its users in Palawan. Specifically, it attempted to
answer the following questions:
a. What is the level of enjoyment of Tiktok users?
b. What is the frequency of the use of Tiktok by the respondents?
c. What is Tiktok all about?
d. What is the association between the use of Tiktok and the level of
enjoyment of the respondents?

For item Nos. 6 – 10.

Which of the following choices is NOT a correct specific questions in a statement of

the problem?

6. a. Is absenteeism a habit among students?

b. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age and gender?
c. What are the causes of high academic performance of the students?
d. What is the relationship between absenteeism and academic
performance of
students?

7. a. What is social status and educational attainment for you?

b. What is the significant relationship between social status and
educational attainment of the respondents?
c. What is the association between the regular exercise and the achieving
slimmer body?
d. What is the relationship between eating fatty foods and high blood
pressure?

8. a. What describes the frequency of the use of laptop of the respondents?

b. What is the significant relationship of motivation and school
performance of the respondents?
c. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of the number of
siblings and average family income?
d. What is the meaning motivation for the respondents?
9. a. What do you think makes the high academic performance of the
students?
b. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender, and
grade level?
c. What is the association of exercise and proper diet of the respondents?

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d. Is there a significant difference between the academic performance of
students and their study habits?

10. a. Does internet connection affects online classes?

b. What describes online learning and availability of internet
connection?
c. Why is online learning affected by the availability of internet
connection?
d. What are the effects of the availability of internet connection to online
learning?

For item Nos. 11-15.

Which of the questions in each item is correctly stated as quantitative research
questions?

11. a. Is the new ID system effective?

b. What is the extent of the effectiveness of the new ID system?
c. Students prefer the new ID system. Why?
d. Some teaching strategies are more effective than the others. How?

12. a. What is the relationship of time spent in studying and the scores of
students?
b. Should there be a relationship between the tardiness of students and
their academic performance?
c. Why should there be a relationship between the tardiness and
academic performance of students?
d. Is the relationship between the tardiness of students and their
academic performance needed?

13. a. Why do other students have better performance than their peers?
b. What is the difference of the grades of students when they are
grouped according to their grade level?
c. Who among the students have better grades?
d. Other students have better performance than their peers. How could it
be possible?

14. a. What are the effects of reading habits of students to their spelling
ability?
b. Which of the reading habits of students are better? Why?
c. Is it sure that reading habits can affect their spelling ability?
d. Can be reading habits of students really affect their spelling ability?

15. a. Why do the respondents have low self-confidence?

b. Why did the respondents got good grades in the second semester?
c. Are the grades of students better during the first or second semester?
d. What is the significant difference between the level of self-confidence of
students when they are grouped according to their age?

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Additional Activities

Directions: Write a statement of the problem using the given data.

Specific questions
• level of the psychological effects of bullying in school to the bullied
students
• demographic profile of the respondents in terms of their:
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Grade level
• program can be developed to lessen the bullying incidents in school

Main Problem: Level of Psychological effects of bullying in school to the

bullied students

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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What I Know What's More Assessment
1. A Main Problem 1. D
To find out what is the 2. A
2. A
comparison of the 3. C
3. C academic performance of
Senior High School
4. C
4. A students who have 5. C
internet access at home 6. A
5. A and those who do not 7. A
have.
6. D 8. D
Specific Problem 9. A
7. C 1. What is the academic
performance of the 10. A
8. A Senior High School 11. B
students who have 12. A
9. B internet access at
home and those who 13. B
10.C not have? 14. A
2. Is there a significant
difference between
15. D
11. A
the academic
12. A performance of Senior
High School students
13. D who have internet
access at home and
those who do not
14. A have?
3. What improvement
15. A plan can be
introduced in school to
offer free internet
access in school for
students?
Answer Key
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References

Books
Calderon, Jose F. and Gonzales, Expectacion C. Methods of Research and
Thesis Writing, (National Bookstore, Mandaluyong City, 1993) 28-29,
183
Almeida, Adelaida B., Gaerlan, Amelita A., and Manly, Norita E. Research
Fundamentals (Adriana Publishing Co., Inc., 2016) 40-41

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