What’s In?

Research Problem

Research Question
 Content Standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of:

1.the range of research topics in the area of
inquiry
2.the value of research in the area of interest
3.the specificity and feasibility of the problem
posed
 Performance Standard
The learner should be able to formulate clearly the
statement of research problem.
 Most Essential
Learning Competencies
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. State research questions. (CS_RS12-Id-e-4)
Research
Questions
 That’s a Good Question
Directions: Here are some samples of research
questions. Rank them on a scale of 1 to 10 (1=
lowest, 10 = highest) based on their feasibility and
clarity as a quantitative research question. Then,
provide a brief explanation of your rating.
That’s a Good Question
 Remember This!
 A research problem is simple as a problem you
would like to research. Quantitative Research
Problem deals more with the precision and
specificity of the problem. Furthermore, the
quantitative research problem describes trends and
patterns of a phenomenon.
 Remember This!
 The research questions help clarify and specify
the research problem. They are also considered as
sub-problems of your research problem and are
informative in nature. They specify the method of
collecting and analyzing data, and the type of data
to be collected when exploring a quantitative
research problem.
 Characteristics of Good Research
Questions
 Feasible. Consider the amount of time, energy,
money, respondents, and even your current
situation as a student-researcher.
 Characteristics of Good Research
Questions
 “How do parents feel about the blended learning
modality for elementary learners?”
“How would giving each learner their own laptop
to be used in this blended learning modality affect
their performance tasks?”
 Characteristics of Good Research
Questions
 Clear. The clarity of how the questions are stated
lead to agreement of meaning of the readers of
your study.
 Characteristics of Good Research
Questions
 Significant. Ask if your research questions are
relevant or important to ask. Will answering these
questions provide an additional contribution to
address the given research problem?
 Characteristics of Good Research
Questions
 Ethical. Always consider the welfare of people,
animals or whosoever are involved in your study.
Look into ways of answering the research
questions without inflicting physical and
psychological harm to persons involved.
 Formulating Research Questions
 Research questions can be generally classified
into two: general and specific. The general
question of the study is derived from the research
problem while the specific questions are anchored
on the general research problem.
 Formulating Research Questions
This study aims to determine the relationship between the
types of learning delivery mode and students’ learning
styles. Furthermore, it seeks to answer the following
research questions: (1) What are the different learning
delivery modes of the school? (2) What are the various
learning styles of the students? (3) Is there a significant
relationship between the different learning delivery modes
of the school and the learning styles of its students?
 Research Questions for Descriptive
Research
 Focus on observing, describing, and reporting
factors or aspects of the research problem.
Phrases such as how often/frequently, how
many/much, what is/are, to what extent/degree,
and the likes are used in these questions.
 Research Questions for Descriptive
Research
For example, you study the use of social media
among Senior High School Students, you can ask the
following questions:
What are the various social media platforms used by
Senior High Students?
How many hours students spend on social media per
day?
 Research Questions for
Correlational Research
 Aim to determine the relationships among two or
more variables in your research problem.
Correlational research questions usually begin
with the phrases “Is there a significant
relationship...” or “What is the relationship
between/among...”.
 Research Questions for
Correlational Research
In the study of use of social media and level of digital
literacy of students following questions can be asked:
• What is the relationship between the length of hours spent
on social media and level of digital literacy of students?
• Is there a significant relationship between the type of
social media used and the level digital literacy of
students?
 Research Questions for
Ex Post Facto Research
 Attempt to identify the causes of the phenomenon
in the context of your research problem.
It is also assumed that no control or manipulation of
variable has been done in order to cause the effect.
It is also understood that the cause of the problem
already exists before you conducted your study.
 Research Questions for
Ex Post Facto Research
For example, ex post facto study on family
background and digital literacy of students, the
following questions can be asked:
Is there a difference in the literacy level of
students between their cultural and educational
family background?
 Research Questions for
Quasi-Experimental Research
 Suggest that answers to these questions are
brought about by manipulation or control of a
certain variable during the conduct of the study.
 These questions provide explanation to the causal
relationship of variables.
 Research Questions for
Quasi-Experimental Research
The following research questions can be asked on
studies on elementary student’s remedial sessions
and academic performance of students:
 Is there a significant difference in the posttest
scores of the control group and experimental
group?
 The Very Good Questions
Directions: Using the same examples in your Activity
1, rank them on the scale of 1 to 10 (1= lowest, 10 =
highest) based on the given parameters in writing a
good research question. If you find that the questions
are not so good, then rewrite the questions on the last
column of the table. If you think it is already good,
then write your justification as well.
The Very Good Questions
 Write the Questions
Directions: Write one general research question and
two specific research questions for the given
research problem below.
1. The Relationship between Media Exposure and
Health Anxiety
 Write the Questions
2. Organization’s Leadership Practices and
Employee’s Job Satisfaction
3. Effects of Parenting Style and Children Study
Habits
 What I Can Do
Directions: Perform the following task. Referring
to your background of the study and research
problem, list your research questions. When
formulating these questions, consider the design of
your quantitative research.
 Assignment
Directions: Based on the comments and
suggestions on the Research Questions given by
your research teacher, revise it and send the revised
copy in document format to your teacher.
 THANK
YOU!

JEFRREY B. SANTOS
Master Teacher II
Naic Integrated National High School