DESIGNING A RESEARCH

PROJECT RELATED TO
DAILY LIFE
Prepared by: Hanzel G. Damiago
 OBJECTIVES
✓ Narrow down a general topic into a
smaller one;
✓ Identify possible research problems;
and
✓ Design a research project useful to
daily life.
 UNLOCKING OF TERMS
✓ Research Topic- A subject or issue that a
researcher is interested in when conducting
research.

✓ Narrowed Topic- A slice of the general topic needed

to explore and focus on the issue in detail.

✓ Research Design- The strategy for a study and the

plan or method by which the strategy is to be carried
out.
Tagboards Up!
 Give the kind of qualitative research applicable if you were to study the following:

01 02
Wedding rituals of the Styles of parenting in urban
Higaonon tribe. areas.
Phenomenology
Ethnography
04
Investigating the personality
03 of a suicidal teenager
Poor performance in English
among senior high school Case Study
students. 05
Explaining the common themes
Content & Discourse Analysis of the books written by Rizal.
Historical Analysis
➢ From among the list, choose what you want to build, accomplish, create or
make. Then determine the materials that you need in order to accomplish it
List of choices:
House Cake
Car Dress
Bag others, please specify

I decided to make a ________

In making this, I need these materials: __________________
REPORTING
BY GROUP
 PRACTICE TASK 1 Highly Hard-to-
RESEARCH TOPICS Controversial Vague Narrow Broad
Technical Investigate

1. Filipinos’ Admiration for the

Current First Lady /
1. Comma as a Punctuation
Mark /
1. Pluses and Minuses of all
English 2 Textbooks /
1. The Structure of a nuclear
weapon
/
1. Several People’s Comments
on the RH Law
/
 PRACTICE TASK 2
Write the title that appears to be the best in terms of narrowing down a broad topic.

1. ______ Symptoms of AIDS

/ Physical Symptoms of AIDS
______
______ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS
2. ______ World Ideologies
______ Feminism in the Digital Era
/ Feminism in Nick Joaquin’s Latest Novel
______
3. ______ Communication Skills
/ Pre-Writing Strategies
______
______ The Writing Process
/ Russian-Plate Service
4. ______
______ Food Serving Techniques
______ Hotel and Restaurant Management
5. ______ Philippine Transportation System
______ Manila’s Transportation System
/ Metro Manila’s LRT/MRT Systems
______
 PRACTICE TASK 3
Use numbers 1 to 5 to show the order of these topics if you narrow them from general to the most limited
topic. Number 1 being the general topic and 5 as the most limited one.

1 Man’s Personality
1. ______

5 The Right Lobe of the Brain

______

2 The Five Aspects of Personality

______

3 The Intellectual Aspect of a Person

______

4 Brain Components
______

2 Prose and Poetry

2. ______

3 Fiction
______

5 The Legend of Mayon Volcano

______
1 Philippine Literature
______

4 Legends
______
 PRACTICE TASK 3
Use numbers 1 to 5 to show the order of these topics if you narrow them from general to the most
limited topic. Number 1 being the general topic and 5 as the most limited one.

4 Pluses and Minuses of Teenage Marriage

3. ______
3 Teenage Marriage
______

5 The Advantages of Early Marriage

______

2 Marriage
______

1 Human Relationship
______
 PRACTICE TASK 4
• Narrow down each of the following general subjects to make it a good research
topic.

1. General subject: Bullying

CYBERBULLYING
NARROWED _________________________________
Manifestations of a Cyberbullying Victim
Narrowed further ______________________________

2. General subject: Online Gaming

Mobile Legends
NARROWED _________________________________
Effects of Playing Mobile Legends
Narrowed further ______________________________
 GUIDELINES
IN CHOOSING A
TOPIC
Presented By: Group 1

group_one
 Table of
CONTENTS
1. Interest in the 2. Availability of
subject matter information

3. Timeliness and
relevance of the topic

4. Limitations on the
subject 5. Personal Resources

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 TOPICS TO BE AVOIDED
❑HARD TO INVESTIGATE SUBJECTS .
✓ Unavailability of reading materials and materials that
are not updated make the subject hard to investigate.

❑TOO BROAD SUBJECTS.

✓ You lack focus if you deal with broad topics.
✓ The remedy is to narrow it down.

❑TOO NARROW SUBJECTS.

✓ Some subjects are too narrow that extensive and
through reading are required. 3
 TOPICS TO BE AVOIDED

❑VAGUE SUBJECTS.
✓Titles that start with indefinite adjectives such as
several, many, some, etc., make the topic vague.

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SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS
The sources of research topics are the
following:

1. Mass media communication-

television, newspaper, ads, radio,
films, etc.

2. Books, internet, journals,

government publications.
3. Professional periodicals-
specialized periodicals in different
fields like College English Language
Teaching Forum, English Forum, the
Economist, Academia, Business
Circle, Law Review, etc.
4.General periodicals- Reader’s
Digest, Time Magazine, Women’s
Magazine, etc.

5. Previous readings- Previous

reading assignments in your other
subjects,
work experience clues to a
researchable topic from full-time or
part-time jobs, experience, fieldwork,
etc.

6. Work experience
HOW TO NARROW DOWN A TOPIC

1. You can narrow down the topic by exploring and extending the explanation
of a theory.
2. Talk over ideas with people who know research.
3. Focuss on specific group. Ex: Students, Mothers, Teachers
4. Define the aim or desired outcome of the study.
 Is the study exploratory, explanatory, or descriptive?
 Is the study applied or basic?
Before deciding on your topic, ask:

1. What areas are not yet explored that I want to

investigate?
2. Is my research useful to me, to my school, to my family
and to my community?

Remember, a research study must be significant enough to

make it worth your efforts as the researcher.
Example of a Broad Topic Narrowed
Down to Specific One

 General Concept: Early Pregnancy

 Narrow: Early Pregnancy among Senior High
School Students
 Narrow: Prevention of Early Pregnancy among
Senior High School Students
 More Examples of broad and specific
topics:
BROAD SPECIFIC

Lack of Self-esteem Lack of Self-Esteem among Introverts: Remedies and

Intervention
Drug Addiction Health Hazards of Vaping: Prevention and Intervention

Suicide Suicidal Teenagers in Urban Areas: A Case Study

COVID-19 Causes, Prevention, and Treatment of COVID-19

 GROUP 5
“HOW TO
FORMULATE
RESEARCH TITLE”
 Research title

◦> is the most important element of

your research as it clearly expresses
the problem to be explored.
➢A research title capsulizes the main
thought or idea ot the whole research
paper. It also reflects the variables
under study
➢It is expressed in few words possible
and just enough to describe the
contents and the purpose of your
research.
>It needs to be informative.
>It needs to be informative
>It contains the:
- What: the subject matter or topic to
be investigated
- Where: place or local where the
research is to be conducted
 - Who: the participants of respondent of the
study
- When: the time period of the conduct of
the study

EXAMPLE:
° Struggles in Online Learning among
Students of Quezon National High School
during School Year 2020-2021.
 What: Struggles in Online Learning
Modality
Where : Quezon National High School
Who : Students
When : School Year 2021-2021

° Less Mastered Competencies of Senior

High School Students in Bukidnon during
School Year 2020-2021
 What: Less Mastered Competencies
Where : Bukidnon
Who : Senior High School Students
When: School Year 2020-2021
In qualitative research, it is not necessary
to complete the data on what, where, who,
and when in the title. Consider the research
titles
° Study Habits of Senior High School Students in Public
Schools of Bukidnon
° Understanding the Academic Journey of Senior High
School Students
° The Pulse of the People on the Leadership Style of
President Rodrigo R. Duterte
° Phenomenology of Pioneering Sinior High School Students
in Private Schools
° Body Tattoo: Is it an Art?