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Monika jain Neha

Roll no. 49180310
WHAT IS A RESEARCH
PROBLEM?
This can be anything that anybody finds unsatisfactory
or unsettling
Research problems involve areas of concern or
conditions that might need improvement and
difficulties that need to be eliminated
RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
Usually a research problem is initially posed as a
question
Approaches to answering the questions may involve
various methodologies:
How can a principal improve faculty morale?
(interview research)
How do parents feel about the school counselling
program? (survey research)
Does client-centered therapy produces more
satisfaction in clients than traditional
therapy?(traditional experimental research)
Does behavior modification reduce aggression in
autistic children? (single-subject experimental
research)
Are the descriptions of people in social studies
discussions biased? (grounded theory research)
What goes on in an elementary schoolclassroom
during an average week? (ethnographic research)
Do teachers behave differently towards students of
different genders? (causal-comparative research)
How can we predict which students might have trouble
learning certain types of subject matter? (correlational
research)
WHATEVER THE METHODS THE RESEARCHER
MUST COLLECT DATA OF SOME SORT TO
ANSWER HIS RESEARCH PROBLEMS TO MAKE
THEM RESEARCHABLE
Unresearchable questions: examples are those
that cannot have empirical or observable value
Example: Should philosophy be taught in high
school? - there is no way to determine what should
or what should not be done
The question could be rephrased as: Do people
think that philosophy be taught in high school?
By doing so the problem becomes empirical
andtherefore researchable
THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS MUST BE CLEAR

Most people would agree to what the key words in the

question mean
Example: How do teachers feel about special classes
for the educationally handicapped?
Issues raised: what age group is involved? What isthe
level of experience of the teachers? Are all teachers in
the country involved? Does “feel” mean “opinion,”
“emotional reactions,” What is the definition of
educationally handicapped?
SELECTION OF RESEARCH
PROBLEM
 Any research problem does exist if the following condition
are in existence:-
1. There must be an individual or a group or an
organization having different types of environment.
2. There must be atlest two course of action is defined by
one or more values of the controlled variable.
3. There must be atlest two possible outcomes .Out of
these two a researcher wants an objective.
DETECT PROBLEMS AND
IMPROVE:
Is education during the American period better than
toda y?
How to the students fell about the new HEKASI and
MAKABABYAN curriculum?
Teachers are more morally upright today under the
present DepEd Secretary
Students are more assertive today that tenyears ago.
A RESEARCHPROBLEM MAY COME FROM SEVERAL SOURCES
 Selection of a research
areas

Reviewing the literature &

theories

Delimiting the research

topic

Evaluating the research

problem

Formulating final statement

of research problem
TECHNIQUE INVOLVED IN DEFINING A PROBLEM
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The techniques Involved in defining a

Research Problem is a crucial part of a
research study and must in no case be
accomplished hurriedly. However, in practice
this a frequently overlooked which causes a
lot of problems later on. Hence, the research
problem should be defined in a systematic
manner, giving due weightage to all relating
points. The technique for the purpose involves
the undertaking of the following steps
generally one after the other:
•statement of the problem in a general way;

•understanding the nature of the problem;

•surveying the available literature

•developing the ideas through discussions; and

•rephrasing the research problem into a working

proposition.
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