1. Identification of Problem
State as a question
Steps in Formulating Research Problem
Identify broad field → Dissect the subareas → selected interested sub-area → raise research questions → formulate objective → Assess Objective → Double Check
graph A-->B-->C-->D-->E-->F-->G A("Identify Broad Field") B("Dissect subareas") C("Select interested subarea") D("Raise Research Questions") E("Formulate Objective") F("Assess Objective") G("Double Check")Link to original
- decide interest area
- break it down to more specific areas
- Raise research questions how? impact? what does it do, etc
- Formulate the objective root objectives and sub-objectives
2. Review of Literature
(remember that your problem is most definitely NOT NOVEL) Look at existing literature published in a journal
3. Objective Of Study
To find out factors affecting problem gender, location, birth order, age, etc
4. Formulate Hypothesis
Null or alternate hypothesis
Formulating a Hypothesis
based on previous reviews and literature
graph
D(Hypothesis)-->E(Null)
D-->F(Alternate)
F-->B(Directional)
F-->C(Non-Directional)
Same hypothesis can be stated as a directional or Non-Directional hypothesis.
Directional - Stating postively/negatively correlated Non-Directional - Doesn’t state the correlations
For example - “Stress negatively affects wellbeing” is Directional “Stress affects wellbeiing” is Non-Directional
Research Problem → Should be in the form of an interrogative sense Research Objective Who is the sample? Factor that into the research objective. For example - “Does stress affect wellbeing in IT employees”
5. Research Design
Research Design
Plan, procedure, and structure of how you solve the research problems
Methods
- Research Design
- Variables
- Operational definition of variables - author’s definition of concepts is the operational definition and is the one that is used in the experiment
- Tool used to measure variables -
- Sampling Procedure
- Sample description
- Ethical Consideration
- Administration Procedure
- Statistics