The Statement of The Problem Flashcards
2 parts of the Statement of the Problem
- General Problem
- Specific Problem
- Main Tasks
- Main or Major Variables
- Participants: subjects or respondents
- The specific settting
- Coverage date of the conduct of the study
General Problem
- They must be in question form
- They must define the population and sample of the study
- They must identify the variables being studied
- They must be empirically studied
Specific Problem
They satisfy the question “what to do” like associate, relate, measure, determine, identify, evaluate, and etc.
General Problem
- They must be question in form
- They must define the population and sample of the study
- They must identify the variables being studied
- They must be empirically studied
Specific Problem
- Main Tasks
- Main or Major Variables
- Participants: subjects or respondents
- The specific settting
- Coverage date of the conduct of the study
General Problem
2 general types of questions
- Non-researchable questions
- Researchable questions
- Questions of value
- answerable by “yes or no”
Non-researchable questions
What type of general question is this?
“Will the students from a broken family prove their worth in the community?”
Non-researchable questions
What type of general question is this?
“Should all mothers breastfeed their babies?”
Non-researchable question
- questions of value, opinions, or policy raised to gather data
- The basic form of a research questions involves the 5Ws and H questions
Researchable questions
- sometimes called factor-naming questions
- they isolate, categorize, describe, or name factors and situations
Factor-Isolating Questions (“What is this?”)
- Their goal is to determine the relationship among factors that have been identified
- Aim to establish relationship
Factor-Relating Questions (“What is happening here?”)
What type of question is the following?
1. What is the profile of school managers in terms of:
1.1 age;
1.2 management experience;
a. educational management
b. management training; and
c. home atmosphere?
Factor-Isolating Questions (“What is this?”)
What type of question is the following?
“What is the significant association between the nature and economic status of the family and the social status of the junior students?”
Factor-Relating Questions (“What is happening here?”)
Usually yield hypotheses testing or experimental study design in which the researcher manipulates variables to see what will happen
Situation-Relating Questions (“What will happen if..?”
What type of question is the following?
“What are the effects of the traditional methods of teaching on the level of performance of the ABM students?”
Situation-Relating Questions (“What will happen if..?”
These questions establish explicit goals for actions, develop plans, or prescriptions to achieve goals, and specify he conditions under which these goals will be accomplished
Situation-Producing Questions (“How can I make it happen?”)
What type of question is the following?
“Based on the findings, what human relation intervention program can be adopted to enhance or improve school effectiveness?”
Situation-Producing Questions (“How can I make it happen?”)
“What is this?”
Factor-Isolating Questions
“What is happening here?”
Factor-Relating Questions
“What will happen if..?”
Situation-Relating Questions
“How can I make it happen?”
Situation-Producing Questions
