RESEARCH

PROBLEM
NEIL RYAN B. ADO, PhD
Professor
St. Mary’s College of Tagum, Inc.
What is a
research
problem?
?
Problem
anything w/c gives a person a feeling
of discomfort

could be a situation that needs to be

changed or anything that is not working
as expected
As researcher, problems could be:
• conditions you want to improve
• difficulties you want to eliminate
• questions for w/c you want answers
• information gaps you wish to fill
• theories you wish to validate
• an issue that should be settled
• question about an unknown characteristics of a
population
• about factors that explain the presence or
occurrence of a phenomenon
 1. Feasible
Criteria for
a Good • Adequate number of
participants
Research • Adequate technical expertise
Topic • Affordable in time and money
• Manageable in scope
 2. Interesting
Criteria for
a Good  Aligned to issues and
Research trends
Topic  What’s new in the study?
 3. Novel
Criteria for
a Good • Confirms or refutes
Research previous finding
Topic • Extends previous finding
• Provides new finding
 4. Ethical

Criteria for • not pose any danger, hurt or any

a Good risk to
Research anyone
• no violation of rights on the
Topic process of
collecting information
• respondents' privacy is protected
 5. Relevant
Criteria for
a Good
there is significance/
Research
importance
Topic
Defining the Research Problem
• explains the existence and seriousness of the
problem
• The problem definition must show that the problem
needs serious attention because many people are or
will be affected by it.
• the following questions are usually answered:
 Does the problem really exist? What are the
evidences of the problem’s existence?
 Is the problem serious? Who and how many are
affected by it?
 What places are affected? How widespread is it?
 How often does the problem occur?
End of the presentation