Lecture 2 Flashcards
Research topic
A broad subject matter being addressed in a study.
Research problem
An educational issue or problem in the study.
Research purpose
The major intent or objective of the study.
Research questions
Questions that the researchers would like answered or addressed in the study.
Research topic checklist
Find an interest in a broad subject area
Narrow the interest to a plausible topic
Question the topic from several points of view
Define a rationale for your study
Why is the research problem important?
It establishes the importance of the topic
It crates reader interest
It focuses the reader’s attention on how the study wil add to the literature.
Difference between research problem and research purpose
Research problem explains what you are going to explore
The purpose explains why and how extensive the study will be.
Research questions
Qualitative research questions seek to explore or describe phenomena
Understand the experiences, understanding and meanings.
Qualitative RQs can change over the course of a study
Good RQs have the following charateristics:
- They express /relationships/ between two or more concepts
- They are /clear/, that is what is asked is undersood.
Theory drive questions
Some questions are theory driven, that is , existing theory is used as the basis for the questions raised.
A prime value of theory is to /identify factors/ and /relate/ them to each other and examine such relationships to provide explanations.
Descriptive RQ
Ask about what happened
Interpretive RQ
Ask about the meaning of what happenend to those involved
Theoritical RQ
Ask about why those things happened
Generalization RQ
Normally not asked in qualitative research ( nog big enough samples)
Evaluation RQ
Normally not asked in qualitative research (imposes values on people)
Literature Review
Purpose:
- /Frame/ the problem under scrutiny
- /identify/ relevant concepts, methods/ techniques and facts
- /position/ the study
