3. The background is a short but very important part
of research process. Conventionally, it should
include 2 pages. Yet it is the foundation of the
whole research. This requires research must have
knowledge what to write and how to write.
A Well-written research background should have
four themes. These are historical, theoretical,
conceptual and contextual.
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5. Background of study: the following paragraphs
would be explain.
Historical perspectives:-
Give brief history of your IV and DV,according to
global picture, continental and national.
Conceptual perspective:-
Give a briefly meaning of your variables that is cause
and effect( both standard and operation al definition)
Contextual perspective:
Give briefly information about the situation current on
IV and DV how thins are or what is the situation now
based scope of study.
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6. Developing a theoretical theme
A well-written a theoretical theme should be:
Identify the theory and its author
State the theory.
State the major tenant o the theory
Explain the theory
Justify the choice of the theory.
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7. Research problem is conducted because
there is a problem. However, not all
problems are research problems. A problem
is an obstacle to the attainment of a desired
state. In other words, a problem is a
discrepancy between the actual and desired
state. ( specific problem )
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8. Problem Statement and the statement of
the problems:
Problem statement is a concept, it portrays
OR Show the fact that a research has a
problem and the problem has a certain
Universal characteristic. The statement of
the problem is a description of a particular
problem in a particular research. What is
stated in academic research is the
statement of the problem.
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9. Statement of the problem have contain one or
two prographs.the following indicators must
appear with in problem statement.
Mention the specific problem(DV)
Mention indicators (signs or symptoms') of the
problem
Mention dangerous of the problem (DV) i.e the
negative, effect or consequences i.e. if issues going
on it will lead to hazard.
Mention the possible causes (IV) of the problem
(DV)
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10. Mention the cause (IV) which your study is going
to determine and why (gap)
Conceptual gap
Methodological gap
Contextual gap
Nb. The will discuss to chapter two: literature
Review.
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11. Example of problem statement:-
Community living in Hargiesa, somaliland failure to get
enough water, and existing scarcity of water party of districts
in the city, the sings of this problem like queuing, people buy
the water by water tank, tanks appear in front of the houses,
and 40% the population reside in Hargeisa have not sufficient
water, the dangerous bring this problem are death, revolution
lead to the country to become war.
The possible causes of this problem are poor equipment,
unskilled manpower, and population growth, the cause which
examine the researcher is population growth with in this study
and the choice of this one is the possible cause to this problem
and also researcher will seek the gap if existed or not.
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12. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY CAN BE TWO:-
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
This study will determine the correlates between IV and
DV in local community Hargiesa, Somaliland.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1. To determine the profile /characteristics of
respondents in terms of age, gender, education level
work experience, etc.
2. To determine the level of cause (IV).
3. To determine the level of problem (DV).
4. To determine if there is a significant relationship
between the level of IV and DV.
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13. RESEARCH QUESTIONS ( Driving from
specific objectives )
1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of
age, gender, education level, work experience,
etc?
2. What is the level of IV?
3. What is the level of DV?
4. Is there a significant difference in the level of IV
and DV?
5. Is there a significant relationship between the
level of IV and DV?
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14. SCOPE OF STUDY:
1. Geographical Area
2. Theoretical Stage
3. Content Scope ( the concept of content scope is
break-down your variables study)
4. Time Scope. March to June
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15. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1. Who are the beneficiaries of the study?
2. How will they benefit from the study?
Possible beneficiaries
Gov’t.
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16. Local administration;
NGOs;
Managers;
Academicians;
Students;
Researchers;
Your self; and
Users or respondents etc
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17. Operational Definitions of key Terms ( NO
references )
IV:------
DV:------
And sub-units of variables ( key terms )
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18. Conceptual framework: Table conducted by
Indicators of Cause and Problem AND even
other factors effect the problem.
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