NCM 111 Lesson # 10 (LECTURE)

Topic: Making of Chapter 1 Date: 09-29-2022

Chapter 1 Making
INTRODUCTION
 “Catch phrase” – first few lines should catch the reader’s attention, not divert; usually on qualitative
research
 First paragraph should tell what the readers are about to read
 Write the paper with not too long paragraph
 Cohesive sentences – short sentences, medium sentences, long sentences alternating
 Use intelligent words
 Thesaurus; instead of “big”, use “enormous”
 1st paragraph (3-5 lines)
 Contain succinct & concise data (Like a teaser)
 Should tell the research topic/problem
 Next paragraphs
 Crescendo – should build the problem/case upon each paragraph
 Includes
o previous research
o statistics (WHO, PSA)
o current trends (news, articles)
o gray literature (magazines, pocket books)
 Should work from global to local (World  Asia  Philippines  Luzon  Benguet)
 Weave the significance of the study to introduction [not in separate area]
o Principle of RECIPROCITY
o Significant of the study – must be included in the introduction
 Define terms along the way
o State explicitly on what use/ from what dictionary
 Wrap it up by saying, “It’s truly important…”
 Do not saturate with a lot of information to prevent pre-empting your research [QUALITATIVE]

THEORETICAL/CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS [QUANTITATIVE]

 Used in quantitative research
 Paradigm of the study
o Independent variable and Dependent variables

RESEARCH PROBLEM/STATEMENTS
 QN – Statement of the Problem
 QL – Objective of the Study
 One problem
 Do not specify the objective
 Consider how the study is going to be utilized (Output)

INSTRUMENT/ TOOLS
 Can be obtain via Eric.org

HYPOTHESIS [QUANTITATIVE]
 1 SOP = 1 Hypothesis