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Worksheet For Choosing A Topic

1. The document outlines the steps to selecting a research topic, including brainstorming ideas, reading general background information, narrowing the topic, listing keywords, and defining a focused research question. 2. Some ways discussed to narrow a topic include focusing on a specific geographical area, culture, time frame, discipline, or population group. Care should be taken to avoid topics that are too local, recent, or interdisciplinary. 3. Keywords that best describe the topic should be identified and used to search databases and catalogs. 4. The final step is to define the topic as a focused research question using an identified keyword and aspect relating to that word to guide further research.

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Worksheet For Choosing A Topic

1. The document outlines the steps to selecting a research topic, including brainstorming ideas, reading general background information, narrowing the topic, listing keywords, and defining a focused research question. 2. Some ways discussed to narrow a topic include focusing on a specific geographical area, culture, time frame, discipline, or population group. Care should be taken to avoid topics that are too local, recent, or interdisciplinary. 3. Keywords that best describe the topic should be identified and used to search databases and catalogs. 4. The final step is to define the topic as a focused research question using an identified keyword and aspect relating to that word to guide further research.

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Class Activity: Selecting the Research Topic

Follow the steps discussed and write down your insights, discussion points and lists for each corresponding
steps.
Determine your Research Topic by Step 5 through the Focused Research Question.

List down all topics that you are interested in. Encircle convening terms.
(eg. money, operation, accrual, investing, financing, savings -operation, investing and financing will be encircled as
they are known to be cash flow activities)

Brainstorming
for Ideas

Follow the format [AUTHOR (YEAR), TITLE, PUBLISHER/JOURNAL, PAGE NUMBER]


(eg. Baxter, P. & Jack, S. (2008). Qualitative case study methodology: Study design and implementation for novice
List down researchers. The Qualitative Report, 13 (4), 544-559.)
articles and
other resources
for General
Background of
the topic

Describe how your topic will be narrowed down. Set the scope and limitation of your research. (follow table on handout)

Narrowing
down the topic

_________________________________ _________________________________

_________________________________ _________________________________
List down
_________________________________ _________________________________
keywords
_________________________________ _________________________________

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Ideas
Defining Research
Research Questions
Questions Focused
Research
Question
Selecting the Research Topic

Selecting your topic is critical in the completion of your research. When deciding a research
topic, the following are the few things that need to be done:

1. Brainstorm for Ideas – ask yourselves the following questions to help generate topic
ideas.
1) What event, issue, or subject do you have a strong opinion or would like to know
more about?
2) Is there an aspect of a class that you are interested in learning more about?
3) Have you recently read or saw a story that took your attention?

After answering, look for sources that would provide more supporting ideas in your
field of interest.
Ø Are you interested in current events, government, politics or the social
sciences?
Ø Do you want to know more on Health or Medicine?
Ø Are you fond of reading more in the Humanities? Art, Literature, Music?
Ø Do you want to know about recent developments in the Natural Sciences?

2. Read General Background - reading a broad summary or article on the topics you
would like to consider enables you to get an overview and helps you see how it
relates to broader, narrower and related issues.

3. Narrow down your topic – try to specify a subject, event, issue pertaining to your
selected topic. To limit your topic, the following are some of the ways that may be
applied to narrow down your topic:

Topic: Taxation
By Means of Example
Geographical Area What area is covered by the 10% business tax? How about 15%?
Culture Why are the Catholic Church and other Religious Organizations exempted
to tax?
Time Frame What is the most prominent issue about taxation within the last 5 years?
Discipline How is taxation affecting consumer behavior?
Population Group What is the perception of middle-aged workers about taxes?

Carefully consider the following to avoid confusion and to make your research process less
difficult:
1. Locally confined topics – these are covered only in newspapers or other
periodicals.
2. Too recent – less articles and journals may be available.
3. Broadly interdisciplinary - prone to superficial information.

4. List down useful Keywords – Track words that best describe your topic.
Ø Look for words that best describe your topic
Ø Look for them in when reading articles and background and general information
Ø Find broader and narrower terms, synonyms, key concepts for key words to widen
search capabilities
Ø Make note of these words and use them later when searching databases and catalogs

5. Define your topic as a focus research question – start with identified key word,
develop a more focused interest in an aspect of something relating to that word, then
begin to have questions about the topic.

Ideas Accounting Principles


Research Questions What is the Accrual Principles in Accounting?
Focused Research Question How do aspiring Accountants further understand and apply the Accrual
Principle in their practice?

6. Research and read more about your topic – use the keywords listed from step 4 to
determine which further readings to read.

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