Discuss potential topic with your group

Write your ideas about a possible research problem(new topic or topic provided by your promoter etc.) you may be
interested in pursuing. Write down how you intend to analyze the problem and challenges you may encounter.

Guide to Topic Selection

Ask yourself and honestly consider the following thesis or dissertation topic questions before you rush headlong into a
literature search on a subject area that you have not thoroughly examined from a personal standpoint.

1. Consider your own personal interest in the topic.

Are you genuinely interested in this topic and willing to spend days, weeks, months and maybe years focused
on it?

2. Evaluate the importance of the topic.

Is this topic something that will be of benefit to the field you are part of? Will your work on this topic add to the
body of knowledge?

3. Assess the usefulness of the topic.

Is there some practical value that other professionals in your field can use or apply that makes your topic of
actionable value?

4. Ask whether the topic is relevant and timely.

Is your topic something that others in your field have written about in the recent past? Is it an area of discussion
right now or is it passé?

5. Judge whether the time required to complete the research on this topic is realistic.
Is the topic something you can research within a timeframe that is realistic or is the commitment of time too
great for you to undertake as a doctoral project?

6. Weigh the level of topic difficulty.

Is your topic one that has sensitivity, geography or complexity that will make the process of investigating it filled
with extra stress? Does controversy surround it? Do you have to travel far and wide to access the data sources? Is it so
complex that you will drown in the process of doing the research?

7. Analyze the expense of pursuing the topic.

Is the topic one that fits within a student's limited budget or will the cost exceed the pocketbook?
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With your selected topic, Prepare a 1-page review for each paper (journal, proceedings and scientific articles).
Journals must be 2010-2021 published
Minimum number of journal, proceedings and scientific articles : 4 per member
Font type: Times New Roman
Font size: 9
Margin: 1” all sides
Spacing: Single Spaced
Answer guide questions in paragraph form.
Deadline: October 16, 2021
Write your Name and ID number on each paper you reviewed Compile
and submit as a group. Submit one (1) file only.
Guide to Review of Literature:

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE:

What is the research about? What were the aims of the research?
What was the phenomenon being observed? Why is it being observed?
What is the significance of the study?

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BACKGROUND AND THEORIES

What concepts, reviews and explanations were known before the study?
What theories were offered before the study? Who were the references used by the author? (List them)
What is being proposed to be tested or predicted?
What were the scope, delimitations, and limitations?

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN and METHOD

What is(are) the objective(s) of the research design and method(s) used?
What tests or observations are conducted in the specific situation?
How were these operationalized? Look into the framework, research design and methodologies.
What are the variables considered and how are they organized by theories?

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESULTS and FINDINGS

What were the results of the research?

What was proven? What were the bias/errors? Implications of the study to existing theories or situations?
What were the conclusions?
What needs to be tested further or predicted in the author’s study? Future Research

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR RESEARCH

Do you agree or disagree with the results? Why?

Are there grey areas in this research? Do you think that further verification or follow –up researches is/are needed?
Is there a need to find out more about the processes, or a better structure for the experimentation? What? Why? How?

Do you find the author’s research findings useful for your research? Which part(s) of the author’s study do you find as
useful for your research? How? How do you intend to incorporate it in your research?

LIST OF REFERENCES

Prepare a list of these references reviewed. Follow APA (American Psychological Association) style.

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