Introduction

• The introduction formally introduces the research study.
• The introduction explicitly presents what the research topic is all about and sets the tone of the research.
• The introduction GRADUALLY LEADS the reader to the research topic.
• An introduction should be written with CONSIDERABLE CARE.
• It should not contain any information that will appear later on in the body or conclusion.
• The introduction enumerates the various variables, issues, or considerations that lead to the research topic.
• The introduction explains the importance of the research study and the research topic itself.
• 1. to introduce the problem in a suitable context
  2. to stimulate the reader’s interest

  Major aims of Introduction
• 1. to succeed in catching the readers’ attention
  2. to raise the readers’ level of curiosity about the research topic
  3. to eventually lead the readers to continue reading the entire research study

  Objectives
• Give clear, complete, and concise statement of the problem being investigated or the general purpose of the study.
• Set the problem within a meaningful background: an overview of the history and present status of the problem, delineated by a concise, critical review of previous studies into closely related problem.
• Provide a justification of the study, establishing the importance of the problem and indicating the expected contribution of the study.
• Define terms and indicate the limits of the study and any limitations.
• Begin with a provocative quotation or statement.
• Cite outside references to reinforce your research topic.
• Emphasize a critical and urgent issue, concern, or problem related to the research topic
• Enumerate a series of relevant and thought provoking questions.
• The background of the study describes the setting of the study (an overview of the subject area)
• The background of the study provides a brief account of what other authors have done in the area
• The background of the study discusses the need for a study on your topic. It may very well be a presentation or an exposition of the history of the research topic. It may show the evolution of the research topic.
• The background of the study may very well be a presentation or an exposition of the history of the research topic.
• The background of the study may show the evolution of the research topic.
• The background of the study elaborates the ideas discussed in the introduction.
• The information brought about the problem must be cited with facts, dates, year, people involved in the problem, legal bases (if any), and other pertinent information.
• Studies that can strengthened the reason for the investigation could be included here.
• The Background should answer the following:

  • What is the general problem of interest to the researcher?
  • In what setting(s) does this problem occur, and whom does it affect? What are the negative effects of the problem?
  • What did the researcher find in the literature about the problem? What is already known?
• The Background should answer the following:

  1. How strong is the underlying evidence supporting the current explanations and are there problems with those studies?
  2. What issues remain to be understood?
• Research problem is basically anything to research
• A research problem is anything unsatisfactory or unsettling, a difficulty of some sort
• A research problem is when a state of affairs that needs to be changed
• A research problem is an area of concern to researchers: conditions to improve, difficulties to eliminate, or questions to answer
• The research questions should:

  1. be written in quantifiable terms
  2. pass the “so what” test like “What is the benefit of answering your research question? Who will help (and how)?
  3. be narrow, not broad
• Specific Research Questions

  1. on what, how, and why
  2. that consider degree, extent, or level; of agreement, implementation, readiness, efficiency, effectiveness, and other forms of rating scale
  3. based on survey questionnaires, interviews, observation, experimental, and registration results
  4. derived from primary or secondary data or both
• The statement of the problem clearly and explicitly states the purpose of your study, the research question(s), and any subsidiary questions
• The statement of the problem is the central focus or the “life-blood” of the study
• According to Leedy 1988 “ the problem is the heart of every research project, it is paramount in importance to the success of the research effort, no problem no research.
• According to Selltiz “ the formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution”.
• The Statement of the Problem is a clear definition of a question raised for inquiry, consideration, or solution.
• The Statement of the Problem is commonly referred to as the Main Problem and is expressed in a declarative statement
• The statement of the problem can be expressed either generally or specifically