To enhance students whet for research, this presentation can guide them to process an End-Task seatwork

1. Research k b? kc u complete me!
DR. MATEO D. MACALAGUING, JR.
Associate Prof. IV

2. What do you see?

3. What do you see?

4. Nuances of Social Research
WHAT IS (not) RESEARCH?
Social Phenomenon
• Purpose problem solving, answer problem
“focus”
• Understanding relationship X and Y variables
relationship
• Find out what is TRUE generating new
knowledge, constructing new knowledge,
avoiding judgment call “observations”

5. WHAT IS (not) RESEARCH?
Social Phenomenon
• DATA MAY BE NEW, EXISTING, OLD BUT USED
FOR NEW PURPOSE, adding value to existing
data
• There is always “hypothesis” pre-conceived
notions of the phenomenon, explicit research
“quantitative”

6. WHAT IS (not) RESEARCH?
Social Phenomenon
• Good researcher: understand what the
researcher did not write
Read: chapter 1-------methodology-------------Analysis
• Opinion/critical inquiry vs research
editorial/opinionated rigor of
research, qualitative research---finding
meaning

7. WHAT IS (not) RESEARCH?
Social Phenomenon
• Objective interpretation of results, neutral
and impartial
• Useful, knowledge generation, knowledge
construction of prediction, public consumption
• Results should be written with care, precision
and concern

8. Scientific Process

9. #Practice Task1
• RESEARCH TOPIC, broad subject matter addressed by
the study
• RESEARCH PROBLEM, general social issue, concern or
controversy addressed in research
• PURPOSE, major intent/objective of the study used to
address the problem
• RESEARCH QUESTION, specific questions that the
researcher would like to answer/address in the study
• DEFICIENCIES IN EVIDENCE, bridging-gap
• RELATING THE STUDY TO THE AUDIENCE,
importance of findings to…

10. #Practice Task1
• RESEARCH TOPIC: Democracy
• RESEARCH PROBLEM: Lack of interest among people to
participate beyond suffrage
• PURPOSE: To study why citizens in democratic states do not
participate in political spaces other than voting
• RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. Why democractic spaces not
interesting?a.) How can it be interesting?
2.) Who are the people who do not participate?
3.) When did the interest to participate decline?
• DEFICIENCIES IN EVIDENCE: related literature limited to suffrage
as prominent democratic space
• RELATING THE STUDY TO THE AUDIENCE: LGUs’ legislative
initiative to public information and provisional rights to
exercise participation