Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan

LEARNING ACTIVITY # 4

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Type of Activity (Check or choose from below)

 Concept Notes  Laboratory Report  Formal Theme  Others:
 Skills: Exercise / Drill  Illustration  Informal Theme ____________

Activity Title : Identifying the Problems and Asking Questions (Part 2)

Learning Target : I can formulate clearly the statement of research problem.
References : Del Rosario B. Science Technology and Society. San Gabriel Archangel Publishing House.
2019.

Research Hypothesis - is vital to all research endeavours, whether qualitative or quantitative, exploratory or
explanatory. In developing a testable research hypotheses takes skill, however, along with careful attention to
how the proposed research method treats the development and testing of hypotheses.

Purpose of Statement of the Problem:

Marshall and Rossman (1995) explain clearly the purposes of the problem statement or inquiry.
1. To describe the substantive focus of the research study
2. To frame it as
a. A larger theoretical policy
b. A practical problem and thereby, develop its significance
3. To pose initial research questions
4. To forecast the literature to be discussed in the second section and
5. To discuss the limitations of the study.

Significance of the Study:

This portion discusses how to write this section and provides an example to illustrate the different
techniques. In actual fact, the section on significance of the study provides information to the reader on how the
study will contribute. It must be exactly stated, however, what the study will contribute and who will benefit
from it.

Scope and Limitation of the Study:

As mentioned in other topics, to broad topics will lead the research nowhere. The scope and delimitation
of the study sets borders and limitations of the problem inquiry and narrows down the scope of the inquiry.

Definition of Terms:
Glossary of Research Terms- this glossary is intended to assist you in understanding commonly used terms and
concepts when reading, interpreting, and evaluating scholarly research in the social sciences.

Types and Functions

a. Conceptual Definition
Refers to the dictionary meaning.
b. Operational Definition
Is the meaning of the concept or terms as used in a particular study.

ACTIVITY:
1. What is the importance of research hypothesis and statement of the problem?
2. Differentiate Conceptual Definition from Operational Definition.