RESEARCH PROBLEM A SOURCE FOR METHOD OF RESEARCH STUDENTS by JENNIFER Y. MACARAT

1. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
JENNIFER Y. MACARAT
DISCUSSANT

2. The Research Problem:
 a question that researcher wants to answer
or a problem that a researcher wants to solve
 the first step in the research process
 a statement about an area of concern, a
condition to be improved, a difficulty to be
eliminated, or a troubling question that exist in
scholarly literature, in theory, or in practice that
points to the need for meaningful understanding
and deliberate investigation.

3.  Can help you identify each and every step of
the research process
 Any question that you want to answer or any
assumption or statement that you want to
challenge or investigate or examine can
become a research problem
 Depends on several factors such as
researcher’s knowledge, skills, interest,
expertise, motivation, and creativity with
respect to the subject of inquiry

4. Identification/Formulation of Research Problem
• A broad area is selected and then a broad
is delimited or narrowed down to a specific
sentence statement of the problem
• This step considered as the most difficult and
challenging

5. Sources of Research Problem
a. Personal experience
b. Previous Research
c. Social Issues
d. Brainstorming
e. Consultations with experts
f. Existing theories
g. Critical appraisal of literature

6. If one wants to solve a problem, one must
generally know what the problem is. It can
be said that a large part of the problem lies
in knowing what one is trying to do.
-Kerlinger

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