FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

Accountancy, Business and Management

Nicanor Reyes Sr. St., Sampaloc, Manila

Practical Research 1

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

READING MATERIAL #6

PARTS OF CHAPTER 1

Chapter 1 includes a brief overview of the context in which the research paper is taking
place. Your first chapter should be able to catch the reader’s interest and motivate them
to keep reading. You can do this by making sure that your introduction is concise but
precise.

The first chapter includes the following parts:

1. Introduction

2. Background of the Study

3. Theoretical Framework

4. Conceptual Framework

5. Statement of the Problem

6. Assumptions

7. Significance of the Study

8. Scope and Limitations

9. Definition of Terms

A. Introduction

The Introduction established the foundation on which you have built your research paper.
It should be able to properly and concisely state the main research problem and the thesis
argument. The introduction should discuss these four relevant ideas:

1. Topic or Subject Matter

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2. Importance of the Topic

3. Reasons for Choosing the Topic

4. Purpose of the Study

B. Background of the Study

The study's background consists of statements outlining the events that lead to the
researcher launching it. It may have arisen from some empirical observations, the need
to explore the problem, and some other relevant conditions. Describe, as clearly as
possible, the problem intended to be addressed and refer to the relevant literature in the
field. The background of the study also provides an overview of factors which have led to
the problem, comprise the problem, and historical significance relative to the problem.

C. Theoretical Framework

A theoretical framework is an essential examination of existing theories that acts as a

blueprint to construct the arguments you will employ in your own research (George,
2023). Theories were formulated by researchers to explain phenomena, draw
connections, and make predictions. In the theoretical framework part of your research,
you present the theories that can explain and support your research, which shows that
your paper is based on relevant and grounded ideas.

D. Conceptual Framework

The conceptual framework contains a tentative explanation or theoretical explanation of

the phenomenon or problem and serves as the basis for the formulation of the research
hypothesis. At its most basic sense, the conceptual framework shows the researcher’s
understanding of the relationships between the variables involved in the research,
considering the knowledge he has gained from the literature review.

E. Statement of the Problem

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We have already tackled Research Questions before and now, in chapter 1 of the
research paper is where you should present it. Just a recap, the research questions
should contain a general statement of the whole problem followed by specific questions
or subproblems into which the general problem is broken up.

F. Assumptions

Just like hypotheses in quantitative research, assumptions are statements that try to
answer your research questions. Their difference is that you do not need to test and prove
the assumptions in qualitative research.

G. Significance of the Study

The rationale, timeliness, and/or relevance of the research paper is outlined in the study's
significance. In this, the researcher enumerates the parties that may be benefited by the
completion of the research. This is also where the researcher can discuss how this
research contributes to the fund of knowledge and how it attempts to solve existing
problems or improve upon unsatisfactory conditions among its beneficiaries.

H. Scope and Limitations

Here, the researcher should indicate what he or she intends to do, and what he/she is not
going to attempt. The researcher also enumerates here the different ways in which he
may limit the study. Examples of these limits include time, personnel gender, age,
geographical location, nationality and so on.

I. Definition of Terms

This part of the research paper is where the researcher defines terms, words, or phrases
which have special or unique meanings in the study. These terms are to be defined
operationally or how they were used in the study.