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What is a Research

Title?
What is a Research Title?
1. The most important element that defines the research
problem.
2. It is usually read first and the most read part of the
research.
3. It contains the least words enough to describe the contents
and the purpose of your research paper.
4. It can be revised any and many times as the research
develops and reach its final phase. It becomes final on its
final defense before the panel of judges.
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”?)
Example:
Subject matter: The teaching of English
Place or locale: in the high schools of
Province A
Time Period: during the school year 1989-
1990
Population: as perceived by teachers and
students
Example:
Subject matter: The effects of the use of
cell phones on the academic performance
Population: of senior high school students
Place or locale: at Department of
Education
Time period: during the first semester,
school year 2018-2019
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
Rules in Choosing a Research 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.
Rules in Choosing a Research Topic
5. 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.
Research Topics to be Avoided
1. Controversial topics. It depends more
on the writer’s opinion leading to biases.
Facts cannot support this topic.
2. Highly technical subjects. Not
advisable for beginners as these topics
require an advanced study, technical
knowledge, and skills.
Research Topics to be Avoided
3. Hard-to-investigate subjects. Happens
if there are no available reading materials
about it and if such materials are not up-
to-date.
4. Too broad subjects. It prevents you
from to focus on the subject matter of the
paper. Narrow down or limit the subject to
eliminate the problem.
Research Topics to be Avoided
5. Too narrow subjects. Subjects that are so
limited where an extensive searching is
necessary.
6. Vague subjects. Titles beginning with
indefinite adjectives such as several, many,
some, etc., as in “Some Remarkable Traits of a
Filipino” or “Several People’s Comments on the
RH Law,” are vague enough to decrease the
readers’ interests and curiosity.
Sources of Research Topics
1. Mass media communication – press
(newspapers, ads, TV, radio, films, etc.)
2. Books, Internet, peer-reviewed journals,
government publications
3. Professional periodicals like College English
Language Teaching Forum, English Forum, the
Economist, Academia, Business Circle, Law
Review, etc.
Sources of Research Topics
4. General periodicals such as Readers’ Digest,
Women’s Magazine, Panorama Magazine, Time
Magazine, World Mission Magazine, etc.
5. Previous reading assignments in your other
subjects
6. Work experience – clues to a researchable
topic from full-time or part-time jobs, OJT (on-
the-job training) experience, fieldwork, etc.

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