ELADIO T.

BALITE MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF FISHERIES

Bobon, Northern Samar

LEARNING ACTIVITY GUIDE (LAG) No. 7

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

Lesson 1.
INDICATING SCOPE & LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

MELC: 1. Indicates scope and delimitation of study

Objectives:

The learners should be able to:

1. understand the concept of scope and limitation of the study;

2. write a scope and limitation of the study; and
3. to appreciate the value of writing a scope and limitation of the study.

BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM

ACTIVITY

Study the following sample of Scope and Delimitation and be able to answer the
questions that follow.

This investigation was conducted to determine the status of the

teaching of Science in the high school of Province A as perceived
by the teachers and students in science classes during the school
year 1989- 1990. The aspects looked into were the qualifications
of teachers, their methods and strategies, facilities, forms of
supervisory assistance, problems, and proposed solutions to
problems.

I. ANALYSIS

1. What is the general purpose of the study?

2. What were the aspects studied?

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3. What is the population of the study?

4. What is the locale of the study?

II. ABSTRACTION

WHAT IS SCOPE AND LIMITATION?

The scope and delimitation of the study sets boundaries and parameters of the
problem inquiry and narrows down the scope of the inquiry. The scope is the domain
of your research-what is in the domain, and what is not. You need to make as clear
as possible what you will be studying and what factors are within the accepted range
of your study

Scope and delimitations are two elements of a research paper or thesis. The
scope of a study explains the extent to which the research area will be explored in
the work and specifies the parameters within which the study will be operating. For
example, let us say a researcher wants to study the impact of mobile phones on the
behavior patterns of elementary school children. However, it is not possible for the
researcher to cover every aspect of the topic. So, the scope will have to be narrowed
down to a certain section of the target population. In this case, the scope might be
narrowed down to a group of 50 children in grades 3-5 of one specific school. Their
behavior patterns in school may have been observed for a duration of 6 months.
These would form the delimitations of the study. Thus, delimitations are the
characteristics that limit the scope and describe the boundaries of the study, such as
the sample size, geographical location or setting in which the study takes place,
population traits, etc. Source: https://www.editage.com

GUIDELINES IN WRITING THE SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

The scope and delimitations should include the following: 1. A brief statement of
the general purpose of the study. 2. The subject matter and topics studied and
discussed. 3. The locale of the study, where the data were gathered or the entity to
which the data belong. 4. The population or universe from which the respondents
were selected. This must be large enough to generalizations significant. 5. The
period of the study. This is the time, either months or years, during which the data
were gathered.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

- Coverage of the study as regards

 Core concern (independent and dependent variables)
 Respondents
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 Research site
 Timeline

- Limitations includes
 Not covered by the independent and the dependent variable as used in
the study
 Exclusion criteria of the population
 Limitation of the applicability of the findings

III. APPLICATION

Directions: Write an entry of scope and delimitation using the jumbled data. Write your answer
on the box in the next page.

- First semester School Year 2021-2022

- To find out the relationship between frequency of playing ML
- Grade 12 Senior High School students playing ML
- academic performance
- ETBMSF
- Playing ML
- Frequency of playing ML

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LEARNING ACTIVITY GUIDE (LAG) No. 7

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

Lesson 2.
ILLUSTRATING & EXPLAINING THE
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

MELC: 1. Illustrates and explain the conceptual framework

Objectives:

The learners should be able to:

1. trace the step by step process on writing conceptual framework;

2. demonstrate and describe the conceptual framework;
3. write a conceptual framework;

Background

This lesson will help you trace the step by step process on writing conceptual
framework, gain knowledge in order to demonstrate and describe the conceptual framework,
and write a conceptual framework. Brief discussions of the lesson and the activities for you to
master the required competencies are included in this learning activity guide.

On the previous modules, you have learned how to formulate clearly the statement of
research problem which provide the study its structure, direction and guidepost. The activity
below will help you recall how to formulate statement of the problem.

I. ACTIVITY

Directions: Read the scenario that presents the topic for a simple research project and
formulate the appropriate Statements of the Problem (SOP). Write your formulated Statement of
the Problem on a separate sheet of paper.
Research Topic

You are about to conduct a study to deal with the challenges on financial literacy
of selected professionals to be able to promote sound decision-making and
ensure sustained economic growth and stability. Furthermore, you wanted to
investigate if there is a relationship between the level of financial literacy and
factors affecting one’s finances. This research topic was chosen because
understanding the factors affecting a person’s finances, his/her financial
knowledge and sources of income would lead to formulation and implementation
of possible ways to strengthen financial status and financial literacy of the
selected professionals.
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II. ANALYSIS

Using the background information in the Activity, fill in the Table below by supplying
what is being required.
1. What are the variables implied from the background information/scenario?
2. What are the ideas/concepts linked with variables?
3. What are the theories that can be related with the identified concepts?

III. ABSTRACTION

The Conceptual Framework

✓ It is defined as an analytical tool that explains the main concepts to be studied or

investigated in one’s research.
✓ It offers the foundation and fundamental basis of the entire research. ✓ It is like a
blueprint, a master plan, or a recipe that provides an outline of the plan on how the
research is to be conducted.
✓ It is a graphic or visual form of the different variables of the study and the alleged
relationship among these variables although, not all conceptual frameworks have to
include a diagram or graphic.
✓ It is used in research to plan possible sequence of action or to present an ideal
method to an idea or thought.
✓ The literature review is the logical basis of the conceptual framework Purposes of
a

Conceptual framework

The conceptual framework aims to:

➢ Explain ideas and suggest associations among the ideas in a study;
➢ Provide an outline for interpreting the findings of the study, since conceptual
framework defines the scope and the limitations of the study;
➢ Explain observations; and
➢ Encourage the formulation of useful and practical theories.

Practical Example:

Supposed that the formulated Statement of the Problem based on the background
information are as follows:
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents
2. What is the level of the respondents’ financial literacy;
3. What are the factors affecting the respondents’ finances; and
4. Is there a significant relationship between the level of financial literacy of the
selected teachers in ETBMSF and the factors affecting one’s finances?

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By carefully studying the formulated Statement of the Problem stated above, we can say
that the level of the respondents’ financial literacy and the factors affecting their finances are the
two variables under study. If we are going to visualize the above said variables and its
presumed relationship, the conceptual framework will look like this:

The sample conceptual framework presented above can also be presented in a narrative
way as:

The conceptual framework presents that research variables: respondents’

demographic profile, level of financial literacy, and factors affecting respondents’
finances. It also shows that factors affecting respondents’ finances have something
to do with their financial literacy level.

Examining the above example of how a conceptual framework is being prepared, one
can say that conceptual framework is an excellent visual summary of the study as it helps the
reader to easily identify the research variables and the presumed relationships amongst it. It is
therefore important to carefully write the research questions, identify the variables of the study,
and craft the conceptual framework well to correctly identify the method or the procedures to be
used in the study.

IV. APPLICATION

Directions: Read and analyze the Statement of the Problem below and prepare a
Conceptual Framework. Illustrate and explain your conceptual framework.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to assess the readiness of locally-produced products

in the municipality of Bobon, N. Samar in international trade. Specifically, it
seeks to answer the following questions:

1. What locally-produced products in the Municipality of Bobon that has

potential to exporting;

2. What are the issues encountered by local product manufacturers affecting

export readiness; and

3. What is the level of readiness of local products to exportation?

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References

Department of Education, Practical Research 2, Quarter 1 – Module 6: The Research’s

Conceptual Framework, Definition of Terms and Hypothesis First Edition, Alternative Delivery
Mode, 2020.

Prepared by: Recommending approval:

ROSALVIE P. DANTE MYLA P. ADIATON, PhD

Subject Teacher HT-II

Checked and noted by: Approved by:

LINA L. MERINO MARIFE B. BULAWAN

SHS-MT1 School Principal III

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