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Research 111 - Midterm Notes

The document discusses considerations for choosing a research topic and formulating a research problem. It provides guidance on crafting a concise and informative research title. Some key points on selecting a research problem are that it should have a solution not yet tested, fill a gap in existing knowledge, or require further explanation. Both external factors like availability of subjects and internal factors like the researcher's experience and interests should be evaluated. The problem must be feasible given time, cost, and the researcher's skills and resources.

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Research 111 - Midterm Notes

The document discusses considerations for choosing a research topic and formulating a research problem. It provides guidance on crafting a concise and informative research title. Some key points on selecting a research problem are that it should have a solution not yet tested, fill a gap in existing knowledge, or require further explanation. Both external factors like availability of subjects and internal factors like the researcher's experience and interests should be evaluated. The problem must be feasible given time, cost, and the researcher's skills and resources.

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RESEARCH - NCM 111

Thesis Writing The Research Title,


Sources And Considerations The Research Title

Generally, the title:

1. should summarize the main idea of the paper.


2. should be a concise statement about the main topic.
3. must include the major variable/s.
4. should show the relationships among the main variables under study.
5. must be self-explanatory.

Also, the researcher must be reminded that:

 Avoid using words that serve no useful purposes and can mislead
indexers. The words methods, results, investigations should not appear in the title.
 In many cases, the specific questions that the research intends to answer, when
rewritten in a statement form, can serve as the title.
 General problem can serve as the thesis title.
 The title must have 10 to 15 words only.

SOURCES of Research Problems

1. a feeling of discomfort in the health care provider or the clients;


2. perceived difficulty in the management and leadership system;
3. gap between the theory and practice;
4. daily experience of human beings that require further inquiry into, especially if
improvements are desired; and
5. a procedure requiring technologically advanced equipment which need to function
properly.

CRITERIA of a RESEARCHABLE PROBLEM

1. solutions are available but not yet tested and unknown to the practitioner.
2. no solutions are available to fill the gap or the problem assessed.
3. when answers, solutions as well as possible results that have been given are seemingly
not tested or are factually contradictory.
4. a phenomenon exists and requires explanation.
5. there are several possible and plausible explanations for the existence of an
undesirable condition.

Considerations In Formulating A Research Problem External Vs. Internal


Considerations

EXTERNAL

 Novelty
 Availability Of The Subject
 Administrative Support
 Facilities And Equipment
 Ethical Considerations

INTERNAL

 Experience, Training And Professional Qualifications
 Motivation, Interest, Intellectual Curiosity
 Time
 Cost And Return
 Hazzards, Penalties And Handicap

The experience of an individual, nurse, doctor or any other health practitioner is the
richest source of research problems.
e.g. A nurse who has as parent suffering from renal failure can lead him/ her to
study about that subject. A student nurse in the hospital, community, or in school who is
experiencing difficulty in adjusting to schedules, complying with tedious requirements,
or dealing with an instructor who adheres to traditional teaching methods may be led to
conduct a study which can be useful to his/her present situation. A student who belongs
to a family with diabetes can conduct a research on the common causes and effects of
diabetes mellitus.
Any experience a person has, especially that which affects his/her personal life, and
efficiency with which he/she discharge of his/her duties is a feasible problem to
research on. Any medical pattern or trend is another source of a problem. A student
assigned to a pediatric ward who encounters the same case again and again may be
motivated to conduct a study on the case. For example, in a week of apprenticeship in
the pediatric ward, a student nurse notices that each day, three children of almost the
same age are brought to the hospital because of diarrhea. This observation can generate
a possible
research problem. The increase in hospital admission and death rate of residents in a
community due to a dengue outbreak can be a focus of research studies. So is the issue
of newborn screening in metro manila hospitals.

Literature reviews and previous researches can also be rich sources of problems for
research. 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.

Implementing a change in variables – adding more significant variables or removing less


significant ones, changing the respondents, and revising and improving its scope and
delimitation – can make a study invaluable even if the research problem is not original.
While a replication study is allowed, conducting research on a novel case or problem is of
greater merit. A research problem can also be sourced from the interests of a
researcher. A researcher may become more zealous and determined in finishing a study
if involves a
topic which is of interest to him/her. For example, students who devote much time in
computers can conduct a study role of computers in improving the quality of healthcare
services in hospitals. Similarly, they can look into how the efficiency of computerized
laboratory examinations affect the quality of healthcare services and rate of recovery
of patients.

C. CONSIDERATIONS in formulating a research problem


Barrientos-tan (1997) cited the following criteria for choosing a problem for
research:

A. External Criteria

1. Novelty – the practical value of the problem due to its newness to the field of inquiry
2. Availability of subjects – the existence of people with the capability and willingness to
participate in the study; the sample of the study participants must be representative
enough to ensure reliability and validity of results.
3. Administrative support – sponsorship by a professional organization or academic
institution, to cover the cost of the study; permission of those concerned for the
participation in the study of staff members, children, the aged, and the mentally
retarded.
4. Facilities and equipment – the availability and adequacy of special equipment and
facilities (e.g. computers, telephones, etc.) for use in undertaking the research.
5. Ethical considerations – avoidance of research problems that pose unethical demands
on the part of the study participants

1. Experience, training and professional qualifications – knowledge and expertise as a


result of experience constitute the researcher’s tools for coping with the demands of
research.
2. Motivation, interest, intellectual curiosity and perceptiveness of the researcher – the
personal motive behind doing research, as cited by scientists, is pure curiosity, along
with the genuine interest and the anticipated satisfaction or enjoyment in completing
research tasks.
3.Time factor – studies must be pursued in the given time frame.
4. Costs and returns – research is an expensive undertaking. The amount of funding
needed, of course, depends on the size of the example, the place where research is to
be conducted and the treatment of data, as well as the research design.
5. Hazzard, penalties and handicaps – depends upon his/her physical and intellectual
capacity and moral judgement. The identified problem must of course be significant to
nursing.

 The degree course, or major of the student must be the primary consideration in
the final selection of the problem.
 A study to conducted by a nursing student must, of course, be relevant to him and
to the nursing course.
 A student must choose a research problem that he can manage, i.e., he/she must
know whether he/she has the necessary skills to pursue the study.
 Undergraduate students must avoid problems that are too complicated for them to
handle, in the same way that graduate students must choose topics that suit their
level.
 There are problems that require the technical expertise of a nurse, doctor of any
other healthcare practitioner. Students must, therefore, focus on problems that
are simpler yet beneficial
to nursing practice.
 The feasibility of a research study is a very important consideration. T
 he time needed to conduct the study must be measured and its setting defined and
located.
 The researcher must have ready access to the subjects he/she intends to study.
 The entire cost of the study must be estimated – travel expenses when meeting
with respondents, purchase of instruments to be used, expenses incurred in
encoding the results, etc.

External support is also an essential element to look at in determining whether a


research is feasible or not. Is the instructor or adviser available for inquiry when
conflicts arise in the conduct of research?

 Are professionals in the field accommodating – do


they lend a hand when asked for technical assistance in finishing the paper?
 The newness and freshness of the topic must also be assessed. A review of
literature and studies ensures that there are no solutions yet to the proposed
problem, thus the need to pursue the study.

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