Week 4-5

Research Questions, and Presenting

Statement of the Problem
Research must be innovative in
nature; it must operate on areas
between disciplines. Your
research topic must be
concerning your field of
specialization or anything that
might interest you.
•Topics or specific situations that
are answerable by a simple inquiry
process are NOT Researchable.
•If the topic cannot be answered by
simple inquiry and needs further
investigation and data analysis,
then the topic is Researchable.
 O T
Researchable or NOT
N
A person wants to
know the occupant of
the hotel room 210.
Researchable
E SE AR C H
or NOT
R
A student wants to
know the medicinal
effects of guava.
 O T
Researchable or NOT
NMr. Cruz wants to
know the technique to
make his television
function efficiently.
Researchable
E SE AR C H
or NOT
R
A teacher wants to
know the impact of
ICT on student’s
performance.
 O T
Researchable or NOT
N
Mang Gustin wants to
know the reason behind
his decrease in sales in
his sari-sari store.
 Researchable
R
SE
C
A
H
or NOT
RE
A manager wants to
know which form of
advertising is useful in
the business.
 Researchable
E SERA
C H
or NOT
R
Mr. Rico wants to discover
the impact of social
networking on his
students’ learning abilities.
 O T
Researchable or NOT
N Clara wants to
know the study
habits of his
classmate.
 Researchable
R
SE
C
A
H
or NOT
RE
Mr. Vien wants to know
the reason behind the
Grade 12 tardiness.
 Researchable
R
SE
C
A
H
or NOT
RE
Group 2 wants to know
the acceptability of their
newly developed
product.
Week 1 : Identifying the Topic
Factors to Consider when Choosing a
Research Topic
● A topic you are curious about
● A topic that interests you
● A topic that is manageable
● A topic that is significant
● Avoid over-exhausted topics
● A topic that is challenging
● Availability of sources

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 Week 4-5

Research Questions, and Presenting

Statement of the Problem
•A research problem is simple as a problem
you would like to research.
•Quantitative Research Problem dealt more
with the precision and specificity of the
problem.
•Furthermore, the quantitative research
problem describes trends and patterns of a
phenomenon.
• The research questions help to clarify and
specify the research problem.
• Research questions are also considered as sub-
problems of your research problem.
• These questions are informative in nature.
• It specifies the method of collecting and
analyzing data and the type of data to be
collected since you are exploring a quantitative
research problem.
Formulating Research Questions

• Research questions can be generally

classified into two: general and specific.
• The general question of the study is derived
from the research problem while the specific
questions are anchored on the general
research problem.
 Research Question
(Statement of the Problem)
● The general problem is in a
declarative form which usually starts
with, “This study aims to…”
● There should be three to five specific
problems in interrogative form. The
specific questions must be able to
cover the idea concepts in the main
problem.
 This study aims to determine the relationship between the
types learning delivery mode and students’ learning styles.
Furthermore, it seeks to answer the following research questions:
(1)What are the different learning delivery modes of the
school?
(2)What are the various learning styles of the students?
(3)Is there a significant relationship between the different
learning delivery modes of the school and the learning
styles of its students?
Write one general research question and two specific research
questions for the given research problem below.

•The Relationship between Media

Exposure and Health Anxiety
•Organization’s Leadership Practices
and Employee’s Job Satisfaction
•Effects of Parenting Style and
Children Study Habits
GROUP TASK
• Prepare at least 3 research topics that
your group would like to study.
• Write one general research question, and
3 to 5 specific research questions about
each topic.
• Arrange them based on your level of priority,
#1 as the most preferred topic of all the
members of the group.