Stating

Research
Questions
 According to the
Thompson Writing
Program of the Duke
University (February
2014), a research
question guides and
centers your research.
 Researcher’s
formulation of
research questions
is of primary
importance.
 The research
questions you
formulate give focus to
the research, as well as
guide the appropriacy
of the decisions you
make.
 If the research question
are not clearly
formulated, or have NO
direction, you will find
yourself with too much
data, and yet, not
knowing what to do with
them.
Research Questions
- depend on the type of your
research study
- set the direction as to where
your study will go
- state what you want to
accomplish or achieve in the study
Two (2) Parts of the
Statement of the Problem
1. General Problem –
sentences that serves as an
opening statement which is
based on the research title.
2. Specific Problem
– these are your 3
research questions.
 Two (2) General Types of Research
Questions
1. Non-Researchable Questions – are
questions of value answerable by YES or NO.

Example:
a. Do all Grade 11 students eat breakfast before
attending their morning class?
b. Should Senior High School students taking
ABM be good in Mathematics?
2. Researchable
Questions – are questions
of value, opinions, or policy
raised to gather data and
answers the WHs
questions.
Types of Researchable
Questions:
a. Factor-Isolating Question –
sometimes called as factor-
naming questions. Used to
isolate, categorize, describe or
name factors and situations.
Example:
What is the profile of the
students in terms of:
1.1. Age;
1.2. Gender;
1.3. Grade and Strand;
1.4. Health Condition
Types of Researchable
Questions:
b. Factor-Relating Question –
the goal is to determine the
relationship among factors that
have been identified and to
establish relationship.
 Example:
How does a study habit
influence the level of
achievement of Grade 12
students in English subject?
Types of Researchable
Questions:
c. Situation-Relating Question –
usually yield hypotheses testing or
experimental study designs in
which the researchers
manipulates the variables to see
what will happen.
 Example:
What are the effects of
online learning on the level
of performance of Senior
High School students?
Types of Researchable
Questions:
d. Situation-Producing Question
– these questions establish explicit
goals for actions, develop plan and
specify conditions under which
these goals will be accomplished.
 Example:
Based on the findings, what
policy may be formulated to
improve the school’s modular
distance learning modality?