L5 | STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

• 2 PARTS UNDER THE SOP:

  1. GENERAL PROBLEM
  2. SPECIFIC PROBLEM
• GENERAL PROBLEM INCLUDES

  1. Main tasks
  2. Main or major variables
  3. Participants
  4. Specific setting
  5. Coverage date of the conduct of the study
  6. Developmental research: intended outputs
• MAIN TASKS

  • Questions: "What to do"
  • Associate, relate, measure, determine, identify, evaluate
• DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH

  • Intended outputs such as:
  • Intervention program
  • Module
  • Policies
• SPECIFIC PROBLEM

  1. Must be question in form
  2. Must define the population and sample of the study
  3. Must identify the variables being studied
  4. Empirically tested
• 2 GENERAL TYPES OF QUESTIONS

  1. NON RESEARCHABLE QUESTIONS
  2. RESEARCHABLE QUESTIONS
• NON RESEARCHABLE QUESTIONS

  • Questions of value
  • Answerable by yes or no
• RESEARCHABLE QUESTIONS

  • Questions of value, opinions, or policy raised to gather data
  • Basic form of rs questions: Involves 5Ws and H questions
• FACTOR ISOLATING QUESTIONS

  • "What is this"
  • Also called factor naming questions
  • Isolate, categorize, describe or name factors and situations
• FACTOR RELATING QUESTIONS

  • "What is happening here?"
  • Goal: Determine the relationship among factors that have been identified
  • Aim: Establish relationships
• SITUATION RELATING QUESTIONS

  • "What will happen if?
  • Yield hypothesis testing or experimental study design
• SITUATION PRODUCING QUESTIONS

  • "How can I make it happen?"
  • Explicit goals for actions, develop plans, or prescription to achieve goals
  • Specify the conditions under which goals will be accomplished