PRACTICAL

RESEARCH 1
Direction: Identify how a research project is described on
the following statements.
1. A business student plans a research project of an online
business. Due to its limited information (the title) on the
nature of the business, which one of these best applies to
the idea?
a. It is too broad.
b. It is a highly technical subject.
c. It has an acceptable method.
d. It has an acceptable purpose.
2. What is the main advantage of producing a written research
project?
a. Helps with liability.
b. Helps the society.
c. Informs all interested parties.
d. Helps keep people employed.
3. Good research proposals will always:
a. focus on the written style.
b. provides respondent names and addresses.
c. consider all possible research previously been done on the
topic.
d. focus on addressing the research objectives.
4. What is the reason for consulting handbooks, yearbooks,
encyclopedias, or reviews in the initial stages of identifying a research
topic?
a. They are readily available.
b. They provide an overview of the issues related to a topic.
c. They are primary sources.
d. They avoid reporting statistical data to interpret the results more
readily.
5. Which of the following are excellent sources for research topics?
a. Theory
b. Personal experience
c. Replication of prior research
d. All of the above
6. Mr. Santos identified his research topic as "classroom
assessment." He recognized very quickly his topic was far too
broad. Which of the following is likely to have led to that
conclusion?
a. There was far too much written on the topic to understand
it all.
b. It was difficult to organize the material collected in an
effective manner.
c. The potential problems he began thinking would be next
to impossible to
study.
7. What is a research project?
a. A way of conducting research that is not grounded in
theory.
b. A choice between using qualitative or quantitative
methods.
c. A style in which you present your research findings,
e.g. a graph.
d. A framework for every stage of the collection and
analysis of data.
8. Which of these would be assured by you when
selecting factors for a study in general?
a. They have been investigated before
b. They are available to investigate
c. They are not of interest to you
d. They do not lead to another question
9. Which of the following is a good way to find a research
topic?
a. Personal experience
b. Getting an idea from your advisor
c. Looking for the next step in the research process
d. All of the above
10. What is not true of a research title?
a. Read the most, and it is usually read first
b. Least important element that defines the research
problem.
c. Contains few words that describe the purpose of the
research
d. All of the above
 The Subject Matter of the Research
I. What is a Research Title1?
1. The most important element that defines the research
problem.
2. It is usually read first and the most read part of the
research.
3. It contains the least words enough to describe the
contents and the purpose of your research paper.
4. It can be revised any and many times as the research
develops and reach its final phase. It becomes final on its
final defence before the panel of judges.
  Elements of a Research Title
The research title does not need to be entertaining but
informative.
A part of a research title has the following information:
1. The subject matter or topic to be investigated. (“What?”)
2. The place or locale where the research is to be conducted.
(“Where?”)
3. The population like the respondents’ interviewees.
(“Who”?)
4. The time period of the study during which the data are to
be collected. (“When”?)
Example:

Subject matter: The teaching of English

Place or locale: in the high schools of Province
A Time period: during the school year 1989-
1990
Population: as perceived by teachers and
students
Subject matter: The effects of the use of cell
phones on the academic performance
Population: to senior high school students
Place or locale:at Department of Education
Time period: during the first semester, school
year 2018-2019
II. Rules in Choosing a Research Topic

1. Interest in the subject matter. Interest

in a subject drives you to research,
investigate, or inquire about it with full
motivation, enthusiasm, and energy.
2. Availability of information. Information will serve as
evidence to support your claims about your subject
matter from varied forms of literature like books,
journals, and newspapers, among others, is a part and
parcel of any research work.
What to include in the investigation of the available
materials?
a. Update and authority of the materials.
b. Copyright dates of the materials? Are they new or
old?
c. Expert or qualification of the writers of reading
3. Timeliness and relevance of the topic.
How relevant is the topic?
a. It yields results that are useful in
society
b. Related to the present. (Except for
pure or historical research)
4. Limitations on the subject.
Connect your choice with course
requirements. You need
•to decide on one topic to
•finish your course.
5. Personal resources. Do an assessment on
your research abilities in terms of your
financial standing, health condition, mental
capacity, needed facilities, and time schedule
to enable you to complete your research. You
have to raise an amount of money needed to
spend on questionnaire printing and
interview trips.
III. Research Topics to be avoided
1. Controversial topics.
It depends more on the writer’s opinion leading to
biases. Facts cannot support this topic.

2. Highly technical subjects.

Not advisable for beginners as these topics require
an advanced study, technical knowledge, and skills.
3. Hard-to-investigate subjects.
Happens if there are no available reading
materials about it and if such materials are not up-
to-date.
4. Too broad subjects.
It prevents you from to focus on the subject
matter of the paper.
Narrow down or limit the subject to eliminate the
problem.
5. Too narrow subjects.
Subjects that are so limited where an extensive
searching is necessary.
6. Vague subjects.
Titles beginning with indefinite adjectives such as
several, many, some, etc., as in
“Some Remarkable Traits of a Filipino” or “Several
People’s Comments on the RH Law,” are vague
enough to decrease the readers’ interests and
curiosity
IV. Sources of Research Topics

1. Mass media communication –

press (newspapers, ads, TV, radio,
films, etc.)
2. Books, Internet, peer-reviewed
journals, government publications
3. Professional periodicals like College
English Language Teaching Forum, English
Forum, the Economist, Academia,
Business Circle, Law Review, etc.
4. General periodicals such as Readers’
Digest, Women’s Magazine,
PanoramaMagazine, Time Magazine,
World Mission Magazine, etc.
5. Previous reading assignments in your
other subjects

6. Work experience – clues to a

researchable topic from full-time or
part-time jobs, OJT (on-the-job training)
experience, fieldwork, etc.
Activity 1: Question and
Answer Directions: In 1/2
crosswise,answer the questions
in 3-5 sentences only. Write
your answers on the space
provided.
1. What are the rules in choosing a research
topic?
2. What are those topics to avoid in
preventing you to have a clear focus on your
research paper?
3. Where can you find sources of research
topics to create ideas of selecting a good
subject matter?