Significance, Scope and definition of terms

Cards (26)

  • Discuss the potential importance and contribution of the research being undertaken to specific individuals, entities, institutions, organizations, and other segments of society and the impact that the study might have on certain theories or perspectives that we now take for granted.
    Significance of the study
  • Specifically, clearly, and adequately explain in what respect will the present research study be beneficial.
    Significance of the study
  • Start from the macro perspective (e.g., the society and the community) to the micro point of view (other researchers).

    Significance of the study
  • Indicate the value and benefits of the study to current research and knowledge.

    Significance of the study
  • Provide a connecting link between paragraphs and try to foresee if the deduced and drawn recommendations are being implemented.

    Significance of the study
  • In writing the significance of the study, the first paragraph shows the contribution of the proposed research study to existing body of knowledge in a particular discipline, and to existing and/or future researches in such a discipline that benefits to the subject institution.
  • In writing the significance of the study, the second paragraph explains that the research is not a duplication of previous studies. It may, however, be a replication in the sense that the proposed study follows up a previous study.
  • In writing the significance of the study, the third paragraph states that what the institution may do may likewise be done by the practitioners of other similar institutions.
  • In writing the significance of the study, the thinking becomes more macro upon reaching the fourth paragraph.
  • What is the extent of the study.
    Scope and Delimitation of the study
  • It is a discussion of what it will not do, but will be confined only to the topics referred to in the study
    Scope and delimitation if the study
  • Defines the where, what, when, and who of the study and will not go beyond that

    Scope of the study
  • Sets the delimitations and establishes the boundaries of the study

    Scope of the study
  • To specify the scope, spell out the coverage of the study in terms of:
    • Subject
    • Treatment
    • Persons involved
    • Date/year covered
    • Specific aspects of a phenomenon
    • Concepts
  • To specify the scope, spell out the coverage of the study in terms of:
    • Sampling
    • Variables explored
    • Issues to which the study is focused
    • Research venue
    • Time frame
  • Delimit the aspects of the study being investigated considering the specific constraints such as foreseen weaknesses in methodology and design, statistical analysis, representatives of sampling and time.
    Delimitation of the study
  • Factors, situations, and circumstances, which may affect the gathering of data or may affect the result adversely but beyond the control of the researcher, should be mentioned so as to justify the weakness(es) that may come out from the analysis of the data gathered.
    Limitation of the study
  • Three ways to clarify ambiguous or unclear terms in a research question involve the use of:
    1. Constitutive (dictionary-type) or conceptual definition;
    2. Definition by example; and
    3. Operational or functional definition
  • Simply use words to say more clearly what it means.
    Constitutive Definition
    • Definition given in dictionaries
    • Academic or universal meaning understood by many people
    • Mostly abstract and more formal than operational or functional definition
    Conceptual Definition
  • Specify the actions or operations necessary to measure or identify the term.
    Operational or Functional Definition
  • States the way the terms or concepts are measured in the investigation.
    Measured operational definition
  • Spells out the details of the manipulation of a variable.
    Experimental operational definition
  • Define terms which are within the context of the study, starting from the words in the title, statement of the problem, and even in the methodology.
  • Define terms operationally since some words have equivocal meaning.
  • Avoid definitions lifted from the dictionary, but may include definitions taken from dictionaries of specialized discipline