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IDENTIFYING AND STATING A RESEARCH PROBLEM, Definition and Purpose of…
IDENTIFYING AND STATING A RESEARCH PROBLEM
IDENTIFYING A RESEARCH PROBLEM
Characteristics of good Problems
Narrowing the Problem
SOURCES OF RESEARCH PROBLEMS
The five main sources of research problems are theories, personal experiences, previous studies that can be replicated, electronic mailing lists, and library searches.
Theories
Personal Experiences
Studies That Can Be Replicated
Library Searches
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Replication of an analysis usually involves modifying some feature of the original analysis.
A researcher’s personal experiences and concerns often lead to useful and personally
rewarding studies.
Theories are formulated to describe, guess, and understand phenomena and, in many cases, to challenge and enlarge the reasoning that exists within the parameters of the critical limit assumptions.
Needs to be narrowed and focused into a
manageable problem to study.
Will enable you to
better determine the specific direction of your
paper and the research.
Stating the research Problem
Developing Research Questions
These research questions also validate that you have a workable way to proceed with your research.
Provides direction for the development of
research instruments.
Should be
Clear and focused
Researchable
Feasible to answer
Specific
Complex enough
A problem statement is usually one or two sentences to explain the problem your process improvement project will address.
Generally indicates the
variables of interest.
It is of interest to the
researcher.
It is researchable using
the collection and analysis of data.
FORMULATING AND STATING A HYPOTHESIS
Stating the hypothesis
Types of hypotheses
Definition and Purpose of hypotheses in
Quantitative studies
A hypothesis is a statement formulated on a theory of the knowledge, it is specific and offers a prediction on the results of your research question.
Inductive hypothesis:
Made from a number of observations.
Research hypothesis:
Expected
relation or difference between variables.
Nondirectional hypothesis:
Predicts only that
a relation or difference exists.
Testing the hypothesis
Provides evidence concerning the
plausibility of the hypothesis
States your predictions about what your research will find.
Definition and Purpose of hypotheses in
Qualitative studies
Do not state formal hypotheses prior to the study.
May operationalize the hypothesis through the development of research questions.
