UNIT 2: Identifying the Inquiry and Stating the Problem

Question 1

Is the most read part than any other part of the manuscript.

Answer 1

Research Title

Question 2

How to make a research title?

Answer 2

Has the main idea
Can stand alone
Concise

Question 3

Readers browse a manuscript in this manner:
Title > Abstract > Results > Full Paper
This trend is said to be that, on average, the number of readers from section one to another decreases by a factor 10.

Answer 3

Springer(2014)

Question 4

• Sources of Research topic
• Identify your own interests and formulate a problem that reflects them; familiarity in your territory and terminology

Answer 4

Own Experience and Interest

Question 5

• Sources of Research topic
• Brainstorming with friends about problems they have encountered may help clarify research ideas

Answer 5

Colleagues

Question 6

-Sources of Research topic
-Experts are good sources of research problems.

Answer 6

Critical Friends

Question 7

• Sources of Research topic
• Previous studies and research findings in which gaps were identified.

Answer 7

Literatures

Question 8

Remember The 3T’s

Answer 8

Timely
Trending
Trailblazing

Question 9

-Examples of research Title
“What is the motivation in using Facebook?”

Answer 9

INTERROGATIVE FORM

Question 10

-Examples of research Title
“Who uses Facebook? An investigation into the relationship between the Big Five. Shyness, Narcissism, loneliness, and Facebook usage

Answer 10

COMBINATORIAL: QUESTION AND TITLE

Question 11

• Examples of research Title:
  “Too much face and not enough books: The relationship between multiple indices of Facebook use and academic performance”

Answer 11

COMBINATORIAL: POWERFUL PHRASE AND TITLE

Question 12

-example of research title
“Attitudes of elderly Korean patients towards death and dying: an application of QMethodology”

Answer 12

USE OF NOVEL METHOD

Question 13

-example of research title
“Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging”

Answer 13

RESULT OF THE PAPER

Question 14

•clear statement of an inquiry or gap that needs to be addressed through a systematic approach.
is simple as a problem you would like to research.
deals more with the precision and specificity of the problem.
describes trends and patterns of a phenomenon.

Answer 14

Research Problem

Question 15

Guidelines in making a research problem

SMART

Answer 15

S-pecific
M-easureable
A-ttainable
R-ealistic
T-ime-bound