IDENTIFYING AND

STATING THE PROBLEM

• SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS OR
PROBLEMS
• SELECTING THE RESEARCH TOPIC
• SELECTED GUIDELINES IN THE
FORMULATION OF A RESEARCH TITLE
• CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD TITLE
 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE
STUDY
• THE SCOPE DESCRIBES THE COVERAGE OF THE
STUDY.
• IT SPECIFIES WHAT IS COVERED IN TERMS OF
CONCEPT, NUMBER OF SUBJECTS OR THE
POPULATION INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, AS
WELL AS THE TIMELINE WHEN THE STUDY WAS
CONDUCTED.
 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE
STUDY
• DELIMIT BY CITING FACTORS OR VARIABLES
THAT ARE NOT TO BE INCLUDED AND THE
BOUNDARY IN TERMS OF TIME FRAME,
NUMBER OF SUBJECTS, PARTICIPANTS OR
RESPONDENTS WHO ARE EXCLUDED.
• SPECIFY THAT WHICH YOU WILL NOT DEAL
WITHIN THE STUDY.
 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE
STUDY
• DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY IS THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY.
• IT WILL EXPLAIN WHY DEFINITE ASPECTS OF A SUBJECT
WERE CHOSEN AND WHY OTHERS WERE EXCLUDED.
• IT ALSO MENTIONS THE RESEARCH METHOD USED AS
WELL AS THE CERTAIN THEORIES THAT APPLIED TO THE
DATA.
• THIS SECTION DISCUSSES THE PARAMETERS OF THE
RESEARCH IN PARAGRAPH.
 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE
STUDY
• IT ANSWERS THE BASIC QUESTIONS:
a. WHAT- THE TOPIC OF INVESTIGATION AND
VARIABLES INCLUDED
b. WHERE- THE VENUE OR THE SETTING OF THE
RESEARCH
c. WHEN- THE TIME FRAME BY WHICH THE
STUDY WAS CONDUCTED
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE
STUDY
d. WHY- THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE
RESEARCH
e. WHO- THE SUBJECT OF THE STUDY, THE
POPULATION AND SAMPLING
f. HOW- THE METHODOLOGY OF THE
RESEARCH WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE
RESEARCH DESIGN, METHODOLOGY AND THE
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT.