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The document outlines the essential components of conducting research, including identifying the problem, formulating research hypotheses, and establishing a conceptual framework. It emphasizes the importance of clearly stating the problem, the relevance of the study, and defining key terms. Additionally, it provides guidance on how to create a conceptual framework and the significance of scope and limitations in research.

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LESSON-2

The document outlines the essential components of conducting research, including identifying the problem, formulating research hypotheses, and establishing a conceptual framework. It emphasizes the importance of clearly stating the problem, the relevance of the study, and defining key terms. Additionally, it provides guidance on how to create a conceptual framework and the significance of scope and limitations in research.

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INQUIRIES,

INVESTIGATION
AND IMMERSION
LESSON 2
IDENTIFYING THE
PROBLEM AND
ASKING THE QUESTION
LESSON
1. Background of the Problem
2. Conceptual Framework
3. Research Hypothesis (Quantitative Research)
4. Statement of the Problem
5. Importance of the Study
6. Scope and Limitations of the Study
7. Definition of Terms
BACKGROUND OF
THE PROBLEM
PROBLEM STATEMENTS OR BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY HAVE THREE ELEMENTS:
➢ The problem itself, stated clearly and with enough
contextual detail to establish why it is important;
➢ The method of solving the problem, often stated as a
claim or a working thesis;
➢ The purpose, statement of objectives and scope of
document the writer is preparing.
RESEARCH PROBLEM
A research problem is a statement about an area of
concern, a condition to be improved, a difficulty to be
eliminated, or a troubling question that exists in scholarly
literature, in theory, or in practice that points to the need
for meaningful understanding and deliberate
investigation. It is typically posed in the form of a question.
CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
➢A Conceptual Framework is an analytical
tool with several variations and contexts
that can be applied in different categories
of work where an overall picture is needed
to come up with the desired goal.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
➢The theoretical and conceptual frameworks provide
evidence of academic standards and procedures that
validates the authenticity of the study. They also
proposed an explanation and clarification of why the
study is relevant and how the researcher expects to fill
the gap in the literature.
HOW TO CREATE A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

➢ Conduct a Literature Review


➢ Create a Flow Chart
➢ Write a Narrative
➢ Return and Revise
CONDUCT A LITERATURE REVIEW
➢Conducting a literature review can help you to
refine your central argument or hypothesis. You must
also conduct and gather the literature review to be
able to place and organize your work within the larger
and greater area of study in your conceptual
framework.
CREATE A FLOW CHART
➢Conceptual frameworks are frequently visual and
allow those reading the framework to understand
the course of your research. You can present this in
whatever way makes the most sense for your work,
which can include a flow chart, mind gap or diagram.
In every component of your research, you should
showcase the variables that influence it.
WRITE A NARRATIVE
➢Your narrative should recap the variables influencing
your research and explore how they may change the
hypothesis. The narrative should also explain and
enlighten the basic methodology for your research. If
you include a diagram in your conceptual framework, a
narrative should also be included explaining these details
for those who prefer more in-depth information.
RETURN AND REVISE
➢As you begin your research, you may discover that
certain elements of your conceptual framework are no
longer needed. You will discover new variables, or you
may identify that your hypothesis is incorrect. You may
discover additional research that challenges your theory
and ideas. You should return to your framework and
revise it if necessary.
RESEARCH
HYPOTHESIS
(QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH)
RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
➢is vital to all research endeavors,
whether qualitative or quantitative,
exploratory or explanatory.
FOLLOWING ARE SOME HINTS FOR THE
FORMULATION OF YOUR HYPOTHESIS.
➢ Be certain to read on the subject matter to explain with it before
making a final decision.
➢ As noted, a research hypothesis is more than just a topic. It has two
elements (variables) that are in relation to each other. Your hypothesis is
what you propose to “prove” by your research. As an outcome of your
research, you will arrive at a conclusion, a theory, or understanding that
will be useful or applicable beyond the research itself.
➢ Avoid judgmental and critical words in your hypothesis.
FOLLOWING ARE SOME HINTS FOR THE
FORMULATION OF YOUR HYPOTHESIS.
➢ Your hypothesis must involve an issue or question that cannot be answered
exclusively by the discipline of law.
➢ Be certain that each term if your hypothesis is clearly understood and defined,
do not deal in generalities or assume that the reader knows the meaning of the
technical term.
➢ Specify, if appropriate, whether you will be dealing with state or federal law or
both on a comparative basis if appropriate.
➢ Know that your hypothesis may change over time as your research progresses.
RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
You will be expressing your hypothesis in 3 ways:
➢ As a one-sentence hypothesis.
➢ As a research question.
➢ As a title for your paper
STATEMENT OF
THE PROBLEM
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Problem statement should address the relevance of
the research: why is it important to resolve the
problem. The problem statement need not lay world
changing impact. What is important is that the
problem statement should lay how you intend to
address the problem.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Your goal should not be to find a conclusive solution, but to
seek out the reasons behind the problem and propose more
effective approaches to understanding it. You may start with
the following phrases:
a) The aim of this study is to determine…
b) This project aims to explore…
c) I aim to investigate…
PURPOSE OF STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
➢ To describe the substantive focus of the research study
➢ To frame it as
➢ A larger theoretical policy
➢ A practical problem and thereby, develop its significance
➢ To pose initial research questions
➢ To forecast the literature to be discussed in the second
section and
➢ To discuss the limitations of the study
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
IMPORTANCE OF
THE STUDY
IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
-provides information to the reader on how the
study will contribute. It must be exactly stated,
however, what the study will contribute and
who will benefit from it.
SCOPE AND
LIMITATION OF
THE STUDY
SCOPE AND LIMITATION
-The scope and delimitation of the study
set borders and limitations of the problem
inquiry and narrow down the scope of the
inquiry.
SCOPE AND LIMITATION
-Delimitation makes study more
manageable and feasible. Part of it sets
the constraints or weaknesses of a study
which are beyond the control of the
researcher.
SCOPE AND LIMITATION
DEFINITION OF
TERMS
GLOSSARY OF RESEARCH TERMS
-this glossary is intended to assist you in
understanding commonly used terms and
concepts when reading, interpreting, and
evaluating scholarly research in the social
sciences.
TYPES AND FUNCTIONS
1. Conceptual Definition-dictionary
meaning.
2. Operational Definition- meaning of
the concept or terms as used in a
particular study.
DEFINITION OF TERMS

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