Quarter 1 - Module 3:

•Identifying the Inquiry

and Stating the
Problem Related to
Daily Life
 Most Essential Learning
Competency:
• 1. Identify the steps in designing a research project,
• 2. Determine the guidelines in writing a research title,
• 3. Craft a research project related to daily life, and
• 4. Formulate a research title
 •“What is the issue,
phenomenon or problem in my
school, at home, and in the
community that needs my
special attention by
conducting a research?”
RESEARCH
TITLE
•It prefaces the study by providing
a summary of the main idea and is
usually short and concise.
 • 1. It should summarize the main idea
of the paper.
• 2. It should be concise statement of
the main topic.

CHARACTERISTICS
• 3. It should include the major
OF A RESEARCH
variables of the research study.
TITLE • 4. It should be self-explanatory.
• 5. It should describe or imply the
participants of the study.
The researcher should avoid using words that serve NO useful purpose such as:
“methods”, “results”, and “investigations”. These should NOT appear in the title.
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
materials about your topic
 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.
 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.
 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”?)
RESEARCH
PROBLEM
•The RESEARCH PROBLEM states
the area of concern of the research
paper whether it is a circumstance
needing development, a difficulty
requiring attention, or an inquiry
necessitating an answer.
 Sources of RESEARCH PROBLEM
• 1. It conveys a feeling of discomfort or difficulty.
• 2. It has a perceived difficulty in broad subjects such as family affairs, home
management and leadership system.
• 3. It displays a gap between theory and practice: what is said by the elders and
what the students see and observe.
• 4. It utilizes a procedure requiring technologically advanced equipment.
• 5. It involves the experience of any kind of individual.
• 6. It shows some kind of pattern or trend.
• 7. It relates to an individual’s curiosity and interest.
• 8. It makes use of literature reviews, continuous readings, and past studies.
These readings can lead a student to a topic, and its scope and clues for further
studies. (The repetition of a prior research study in a different setting and time
is called REPLICATION).
 CONSIDERATIONS IN
FORMULATING THE RESEARCH
PROBLEM
• 1. EXTERNAL CRITERIA

• A. Novelty
• B. Availability of Subjects
• C. Support of the academic community
• D. Availability and adequacy of facilities and
equipment
• E. Ethical Considerations
• 2. INTERNAL CRITERIA
• A. Experience, training, and qualifications of the
researcher
• B. Motivation, interest, intellectual curiosity, and
perceptiveness of the researcher
• C. Time factor
• D. Costs and Returns
• E. Hazards, penalties, and handicaps
FACTORS IN DETERMINING
THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
AND TOPIC

•1. Feasibility of the Study

•2. External Support
•3. Innovative Quality
 INDIVIDUAL TASK
• Cite at least two issues, concerns or problems that you have encountered in the different domains.
Then, choose one which interests you the most as your focus for your research project.

• A. The problems, issues, and concerns I encountered:

• B. a. In school
• 1. __________
• 2. __________

• b. At home
• 1. __________
• 2. __________

• c. In the community
• 1. __________
• 2. __________

• I would like to focus on:

• d. Domain (Home, School, Community): ______________________________

• e. Issue/problem/concern: ______________________________

• f. Kind of qualitative research: ______________________________

• g. Special field of qualitative research: ______________________________