WEEK 5

ITS ME AGAIN!!!!
FOCUSING ON THE RESEARCH
PROBLEM
SOURCES OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
• PERSONAL INTERESTS AND OBSERVATIONS
• PRESSING PROBLEM NEEDING SOLUTION
• OTHER INVESTIGATOR’S THEORIES AND RESEARCH
• LITERATURE IN ONE’S FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
• COMPLETED THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
• SUGGESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES AND PROFESSORS
FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN THE CHOICE OF A RESEARCH
PROBLEM
• NOVEL
• RELEVANT
• INTERESTING
• FEASIBLE
• RESEARCHABLE
• ETHICAL
TYPES OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
• A DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH QUESTION TYPICALLY ASKS “WHAT IS” AND SUGGESTS
A SURVEY RESEARCH DESIGN.
• EXAMPLE;
• WHAT ARE THE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS MANIFESTED BY THE NEW BREED
OF LAW ENFORCERS
• WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT OF THE UNIFORMED AND NON-
UNIFORMED OFFICERS OF THE PNP TO THEIR JOB AND ORGANIZATION?
• RELATIONSHIP RESEARCH QUESTION ASKS, “WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN TWO OR MORE VARIABLES OR FACTORS UNDER STUDY?” AND
IMPLIES A CORRELATIONAL DESIGN.
• EXAMPLES:
• IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND
OMISSION OF CRIMES IN TWO SLUM AREAS IN QUEZON CITY?
• IS THERE AS SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP SKILLS
AND THE ABILITY OF THE POLICE INVESTIGATORS TO HANDLE CRIME
INCIDENTS IN MANILA?
• A DIFFERENCE RESEARCH QUESTIONS TYPICALLY ASKS, “IS THERE A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OR AMONG THE RESPONDENTS IN RELATION TO A
CHARACTERISTIC OR FACTOR UNDER STUDY? THIS TYPE OF QUESTION IS
OFTEN USED WHEN A RESEARCHER IS AFTER COMPARING TWO OR MORE
OBSERVATIONS.
• EXAMPLES;
• HOW DO MALE AND FEMALE CRIMINOLOGY GRADUATES COMPARE IN
THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE CRIMINOLOGY LICENSURE EXAMINATION
STATING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
• DECLARATIVE FORM
• THE LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND PERFORMANCE OF POLICE
INVESTIGATORS IN HANDLING CRIME INCIDENCE IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION

• MAIN PROBLEM
• SUB-PROBLEM
WRITING THE TITLE OF THE STUDY
• AFTER IDENTIFYING YOUR RESEARCH PROBLEM, YOU NEED TO GIVE IT A TILE.
• THE LABEL FOR THE RESEARCH PROBLEM IS YOUR RESEARCH TITLE.
• THERE ARE CERTAIN FUNCTIONS SERVED BY THE RESEARCH TITLE.
• NOTABLE AMONG THESE FUNCTIONS ARE THE FOLLOWING:
• IT SHOWS WHAT THE STUDY ALL ABOUT
• IT SERVE AS FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR THE ENTIRE STUDY
• IT ENABLES THE RESEARCHER TO CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF THE STUDY
• IT CAN HELP OTHER RESEARCHERS REFER TO THE WORK FOR POSSIBLE THEORIES
RELATED TO THEIR PROPOSED STUDIES.
END

•KEEP SAFE!!!
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
• PROBLEM SITUATION- GLOBAL, NATIONAL, LOCAL
• MAXIMUM OF 5 PARAGRAPHS
• 1 PAR- INTRODUCTION (OWN WORDS)
ST

• 2 PAR- GLOBAL PROBLEM SITUATION

ND

• 3 - NATIONAL PROBLEM SITUATION

RD

• 4 - LOCAL PROBLEM SITUATION

TH

• 5 - OBJECTIVE
TH
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
HYPOTHESIS
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
PARADIGM
SCOPE AND LIMITATION
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
DEFINITION OF TERMS