This document provides guidance on designing qualitative research projects related to daily life. It discusses that qualitative research requires ongoing decisions regarding data collection sources, participants, and timelines. When choosing a research topic, it should be interesting, have available information, be timely, relevant, and possible to complete given the researcher's resources. Broad topics should be narrowed and controversial, technical, uninvestigatable, or vague topics should be avoided. Well-formulated research questions guide the study and determine what data to collect and conclusions to draw. The scope and limitations of the study, as well as the significance of the research, should also be considered.

1. PRACTICAL
RESEARCH 1
VMIS SENIOR HIGH

2. IDENTIFYING THE
INQUIRY AND STATING
THE
PROBLEM RELATED TO
DAIL
Y L
IFE

3. D
Identifying t
E
he Inquiry and
S
Stating th
IG
NINGARESEARC
H
PRO
JEC
T RELA
TEDTOD
AILY
LIFE
Lesson 1

4. DESIGN OF
QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
Qualitative research is an emergent
design which meansthat it emerges as
you make
ongoing decisions about what you
have learned.

5. DESIGN OF
QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
As a design, qualitative research
requires researcher’s decision-making
like how to gather
data, from where and whom to
collect, when to gather, and for how
long is the process will be.

6. DESIGN OF
QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
Tohave a holistic picture of qualitative
research project, you have to remember that in
deciding on a topic, you have to consider the
kind and the field it belongs, as well as its
relevance
to your daily life.

7. WRITING A
RESEARCH
TITLE
Lesson 2

8. GUIDELINES I N CHOOSING A
TOPIC
1.Interest in the subject matter
Y
ouare interested about the topic because you have
experienced it.
2.Availability of information
It is important that when you decide on a topic, sources
of information are available

9. GUIDELINES I N CHOOSING A
TOPIC
3.Timelinessand relevance of the topic
Thetopic you have chosen can be of significance to the community
.
4.Limitations on the subject
Sometimes,topic is limited to what the teacher suggests.An example of this is when the
teacher asks the entire class to focus onCOVID-19 pandemic,then you have nofreedom
to explore other topics aside from what is given.
5.Personal resources
Consider also if you can finish the research in terms of your intellectual and financial
physical capabilities.

10. TOPICS TO BE
AVOIDED
1.Controversial topics
Avoid highly opinionated topics.
2.Highly technical subjects
T
ootechnical topics requires expertise. If you don’thave enough
knowledge about it,
then look for another
one.
3.Hard-to-investigate subjects
Unavailability of reading materials and materials that are not
updated makethe subject

11. TOPICS TO BE
AVOIDED
4. T
oobroad subjects
Y
oulack focus if you deal with broad topics.Theremedy is to narrow
it down.
5. T
oonarrow subject
Somesubjects are too narrow that extensive and thorough reading
are required.
6.Vague subjects
Titlesthat start with indefinite adjectives such as several, many
,
some,etc.,make the topic
vague.

12. Sources of Research T
opics
1.Mass media communication-television,newspaper,
ads,radio,films,etc.
2.Books,internet, journals, government publications
3. Professional periodicals- specialized periodicals in
different fields
4. General periodicals- Reader’
s Digest,T
imeMagazine,
W
omen’
s Magazine,etc.
5.Previous readings
6
. W
ork experience

14. How to Narrow Down a T
opic
1. Y
oucan narrow down the topic by exploring and
extending the explanation of a theory.
2.T
alkover ideas with people who know research.
3.Focuson specific group. Ex:Students, Mothers, T
eachers
4.Define the aimor desired outcome of the study.
a.Is the study exploratory, explanatory, or descriptive?
b.Is the study applied or basic?

15. Before decidin
g onyour topic, ask:
1. What areas are n
ot yet
explored that I wan
t to
in
vestigate?
2. Is my research useful tome, tomy
school, tomy family an
d tomy
community?

16. Remember
, a reSearch Study muSt be Significant enough to
make itworth your
effortS aS the reSearcher.
Example of a Broad Topic Narrowed Down to Specific One
General Concept:Early Pregnancy
Narrow:
Early Pregnancy among Senior High School StudentS
Narrow:
Prevention ofEarly Pregnancy among Senior High School
StudentS

20. IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO
COMPLETE THE DATA ON WHAT, WHERE, WHO, AND
WHEN IN THE TITLE. CONSIDER THE RESEARCH TITLES
BELOW.
In qualitative research, it is not necessary to complete the data on what,
where,who,and
when in the title. Consider the research titles below.
● Study Habits of Senior High School Students in Public Schools of Bukidnon
● Understanding theAcademic Journey of Senior High School Students
● ThePulse of the People onthe Leadership Style of President Rodrigo R.
Duterte
● Phenomenology of Pioneering Senior High School Students in Private Schools
● Body T
attoo:Is it anArt?

21. FORMULATING RESEARCH
QUESTIONS, SCOPE
AND DELIMITATION OF
THE STUDY,
SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY, STATING
THE PROBLEM
Lesson 3

22. Formulating Research
Questions
Thequestionsthat youaskinyour researchwill determinethe data that youwant
to have, answer,andspecify inChapter 4.Hence,it isa crucial stageto attain your
researchobjective. Researchquestionshelp writers focustheir research by providinga
path through the research andwriting process.Youshouldaska questionaboutanissue
that youare genuinely curiousand/orpassionateabout.Thequestionyouaskshouldbe
developedfor the disciplineyouare studying.AquestiondirectedtowardsLiterature, for
instance,isdifferent fromanappropriate oneinMathematicsto Biology.

23. A research questionisananswerable inquiry intoa specific concernor issue. It is
the initial stepina research project. Theresearch questionisthe first active stepinthe
research project. Let ususethis metaphor--the research project isa house.Yourdata
collectionformsthe walls, andyour hypothesis that guidesyour data collectionisthe
foundation.So,what isthe research question?It isthe groundbeneaththe foundation.It
iswhat everything ina research project isbuilt on.Without a question,youcan't have a
hypothesis.Without the hypothesis,youwon't knowhowto study what you're interested
in.
Aresearch questionformsthe baseof where youare going,sowe have to write a
goodresearch question.If your foundationisbuilt on somethingshifty, like a housebuilt
onsand,then everything following that will beabout correcting that initial issueinsteadof
onm
akinganawesom
ehom
e/researchproject.

28. Scope and Delimitation
T
hescopeof study inyour researchpaper contains
theexplanationof what
inform
ationor subject isbeinganalyzed.It is
followedby anexplanationof thelim
itation
of the research.Researchusuallylimitedinscope
by samplesize,timeandgeographic
area; while the delimitationof studyisthe
descriptionof thescopeof study.It will explain
why definite aspectsof a subjectwere chosenand
why other wereexcluded.It also
m
entionstheresearchm
ethodusedaswell asthe
certain theoriesapplied to the data.

29. YOUR STUDY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
W
ritinga researchpaper hasitspurpose--m
ay it be
for you(asa researcher) or
evenfor others.T
hat iswhy,youneedtoidentify the
key reason/swhy youaretakinga
stepforwardandm
akeyour query intoa form
al
writing.Inthisstage,your ‘W
H
Ys’and
‘HOWs’will beansweredandexplained.Before taking
thisstep,readthefollowingnotes:

30. Sample Significance of
the Study

31. Thank you for
listening