Week 28 Practical Research 1 G11

LEARNING MODULE (SECOND SEMESTER- MODULE 5 (WEEK 28)
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
If you ask the right questions, logically, you will get the right answers. Asking question is what we do when we want to
explore and curious about something. Ordinary questions are the questions that get immediate answers. But those questions
that have no immediate answer, needs careful analysis and empirically based decisions are qualified as research questions.
Research
questions inspire, push, and trigger well-informed answers and solutions that are practical, that is, good and beneficial to
individual and society at large.
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master the identification of inquiry and
stating the research problem.
CONTENT STANDARDS
The learners demonstrate understanding of t the value of research in the area of interest.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
The learner uses appropriate kinds of research in making decisions.
MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES
The Learner states research question.
 EXPECTED SKILLS
To do well in this module, you need to remember and do the following:
1. Read the instructions carefully before starting anything
2. Complete all the activities and worksheet given
3. Use dictionary and the like to find the meaning of the words that you do not understand.
4. Use notebook to summarize what you have just read.
5. Review the criteria in the rubrics and evaluate your work using the provided checklist.
6. Make a timetable for your study. Do not force yourself to answer everything if you are already tired. Give yourself time
to relax.
ACTIVITIES
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 3 QUIZ DAY RETURN OF MODULE
LESSON 1. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
ACTIVITY 1. Read and analyze the statements carefully. Put a check (√) if the statement is a research question.
_______ 1. What is the color of your car?
_______ 2. What are your aspirations in joining the army?
_______ 3. What is the impact of playing Mobile Legends to your academic performance?
_______ 4. Who owns this bag?
_______ 5. What are the interventions needed to address the issue of early pregnancy?
_______ 6. What can you say about the division of Palawan into three provinces?
_______ 7. Why NARRA is said to be the rice granary of Palawan?
_______ 8. What is the most visited island in the world?
_______ 9. What is Tiktok?
_______10. Why do you engage in Facebook messenger chat?
 Defining the Research Questions

As observed by the community of qualitative scholars, research questions need to meet a number of requirements (Bryman,
2001); Holloway and Wheeler, 1996; Marshall and Rossman, 1999; Morse, 1994; Pole and Lampard, 2002). They need to be:
1. Capable of being researched through data collection; not too abstract, or questions which require the application of
philosophy rather than of data
2. Relevant and useful, whether to policy, practice or the development of social theory
3. At least of some interest to the researcher
4. Clear, intelligible and unambiguous
5. Informed by and connected to existing research or theory, but with the potential to make an original contribution or to
fill a gap.
As researchers generate studies, the process, fundamentally, includes an initial idea or topic. The researcher will have
personal theories or hunches, which are then improved through scientific or systematic review of existing theory and research
(Marshall and Rossman, 1999). As the process goes on, the concepts start to be framed as more specific questions. The
researcher in this phase, ultimately become clearer about the intellectual puzzle (Mason, 2002), about what exactly it is they
want to describe and explain, and about the more particular questions they will need to address. You as a researcher needs to
keep in mind whether the research questions are clear enough, that is, intelligible, of value or interest and how they relate to
existing research.
It is common mistake in qualitative researches that the research questions are so embedded in the text that the
reader cannot find it. The best way to avoid this is to include at the beginning of your paper a subtitle called “Research
Questions” or “Aim of the Study”. An alternative is to present the question at the end of the Background or Introduction section
of your paper.
Research has no monopoly of format. This means that formatting varies from one publication to another. Readers
sometimes find themselves lost because research questions presented throughout the various sections of the article: one
question in the introduction, another in the methods and data section and a third in the discussion (Drisko 2005).
For the most parts of a paper, any method or technique of collecting, collating and analyzing data specified by the
research design depends largely on the research questions. The correct formulation of research questions assures not only
excellent collection, analysis, and presentation of data but a credible conclusion as well (Layder, 2013).
 The Importance of Research Questions

Before you think as to what research questions you will incorporate in your paper, you have to first focus on the
research problem on your topic. But then, your capability to determine your research problem and to formulate the questions
depends on the stock knowledge you have about your chosen topic. In this case, a thorough reading of related literature
published or unpublished are of great help in building your background knowledge. Furthermore, by intensive reading of
literature, you can adopt sound and logical research methods that would help shape the appropriate questions that you can ask
in your study.
 Research question serves as guideposts of your study. It will be answered empirically in your result and
discussion section. If your questions are not substantially formulated, your discussion and results are affected as well as
your conclusions and recommendations.
 Research question specifically and scientifically narrows your study. You have to specify the general problem
into questions (most of the time 3 to 4 core questions). Specifying questions becomes scientific when it is organized to
so called sub-problems. Sub-problems allow you to dissect the exact aspects of the problem that your study has to
concentrate on.
The following examples showcase you the link among the following: research problem, research topic, research
question, and the formulation of one general question and specific questions in a research paper.
Example 1:
 Research Problem: The need to have an alternative mode of education in this time of COVID 19 Pandemic.
 Research Topic: Education sector in the midst of COVID 19 Pandemic
 General Question: What is the adoptable alternative mode of education from one of the countries in Southeast Asia?
 Specific Questions:
1. What is Virtual Education Delivery (VED) as an alternative mode of education in Thailand?
2. What are the factors influencing effective implementation of Virtual Education Delivery in Thailand?
3. How political economy is being applied to solve the current problem on education in Thailand?
4. How could a Virtual Education Delivery serve as a Model to be adapted in the Philippine educational system in this time
of Pandemic?
Example 2:
 Research Problem: Mobile Legend Dependency.
 Research Topic: Mobile Legend among Youth
 General Question: What are the causes and effect of playing Mobile Legends to learners’ social and academic attitudes?
 Specific Questions:
1. What are the reasons why students engage in playing mobile legends?
2. What are the ways by which students engage in playing mobile legends?
3. What are the effects of engaging in playing mobile legends in terms of social and academic attitudes?
4. What are the interventions that need to be maintained, formulated and implemented to respond on this issue?
 Guiding Principles for Formulating Research Questions

1. Be guided with the acronym “SMART” (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound)
2. Base your research questions in your RRLs.
3. State your research questions in such a way that they include all dependent and independent variables referred to by
the theories, principles, or concepts underlying your research work.
4. Establish a specific connection between the research questions and the problem or topic.
5. Avoid asking the research questions that are answerable by yes or no.
6. Develop research questions in such a way that can arouse your curiosity and surprise you with your discoveries or
findings
7. Research questions should be preceded by one question expressing the main problem of the research.
Source: Robert Yen, (2011). Qualitative Research From Start to Finish. A Guilford Press A Division of Guilfort Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New
York, NY 10002. www. guilford.com.
 Strategies in Developing a Research Topic into a Research Question

There are few strategies that you can adopt and apply when formulating a research topic into a research question.
1. When formulating a research question, always ensure that the problem has a specific historical time period, geographical
location, and subgroups or categories of people that will be studied.
2. Read literature on the research topic, a research question or problem can be formulated by doing any of the following:
a. Replicate a previous study by doing some modifications
b. Challenge or refute the findings of any previous study.
c. Apply an existing theory or explanation to a setting
d. Follow the recommendations or suggestions given by the author for his or her research
3. 3. Ask your teachers or some experts about your topic so that they can help you develop your ideas into a clear research
problem.
4. Talk to people that have different opinions about the topic because they can help develop possible research questions as
you exchange opinions with them.
Source: Neuman, W. L. (2007) Basics of Social Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (2nd ed). Boston, New York and San Francisco:
Pearson Education, Inc.
 Characteristics of a Good Research Problem

In research, research problem is interchangeably used with research question. But specifically, the following are the
certain and unique traits of a research probem.
1. A research problem must be interesting to the researcher. He or she must be motivated to answer the research
question, or else, the research would be invalid.
2. A research problem must be significant to society. When developing a research question, often consider the relevance
of the study to the different sectors of society. Applied research for example, is done to address issues and challenges
that can be utilized in helping the condition of the marginalized sectors of society.
3. A research problem must be something innovative or pioneering. When you formulate a research problem, you have to
consider what has been written so far about the topic. The research problem should be something new. It has never
been studied before, it could be about the same topic, although it should concentrate on areas that are usually
unforseen in a study.
Source: Ardales, V. B. (2001). Basic Concepts and Methods in Research (2 nd ed). Concerns, Inc., Ardales Residences, Iloilo City: np.
ACTIVITY 2. Fill in the blanks

1. It is common mistake in qualitative researches that the _________________ are so embedded in the text that the
reader cannot find it. The best way to avoid this is to include at the beginning of your paper a subtitle called “Research
Questions” or “Aim of the Study”.
2. _____________ has no monopoly of format. This means that formatting varies from one publication to another.
Readers sometimes find themselves lost because research questions presented throughout the various sections of the
article: one question in the introduction, another in the methods and data section and a third in the discussion (Drisko
2005).
3. The correct formulation of research questions assures not only excellent collection, analysis, and presentation of data
but a credible _____________ as well (Layder, 2013).
4. A thorough _____________ of related literature published or unpublished are of great help in building your background
knowledge. Furthermore, by intensive reading of literature, you can adopt sound and logical research methods that
would help shape the appropriate questions that you can ask in your study.
5. Research question serves as ______________ of your study. It will be answered empirically in your result and
discussion section. If your questions are not substantially formulated, your discussion and results are affected as well as
your conclusions and recommendations.
6. Research questions specifically and scientifically ______________ your study. You have to specify the general problem
into questions (most of the time 3 to 4 core questions). Specifying questions becomes scientific when it
7. is organized to so called sub-problems. Sub-problems allow you to dissect the exact aspects of the problem that your
study has to concentrate on.
8. When formulating a research question, always ensure that the problem has a _______________ historical time period,
geographical location, and subgroups or categories of people that will be studied.
9. Read literature on the research topic, a research question or problem can be formulated by _______________ a
previous study by doing some modifications
10. Ask your teachers or some experts about your topic so that they can help you develop your _____________ into a clear
research problem.
11. Talk to _____________ that have different opinions about the topic because they can help develop possible research
questions as you exchange opinions with them.
ACTIVITY 3. Complete the table below by making the objectives of the study as interrogative form (questions).
Objectives of the Study Research Questions

Example: To identify the indigenous groups in Roxas, Palawan What are the indigenous groups in Roxas, Palawan?
1.
a. To investigate the livelihood practices of Indigenous
people particularly the Badjao group living in Roxas,
Palawan 2.
1.
b. 2. To examine Badjao group as integral part of Roxas
local history and culture as it was not given emphasis on
Palawanprevious researches on indigenous cultures 2.
1.
c. To recommend practical intervention programs of
Badjao people in Roxas.
2.
SCORE: ________
QUIZ NUMBER 28 (WEEK 28)
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
_____________1. Research questions cannot be detached from the research problem.

_____________2. Research question are comparable to guideposts and a compass.
_____________3. The keyword in research question formulation is SMART.
_____________4. The general question must not be specified into smaller questions.
_____________5. There are two kinds of questions to be asked in a research work.
_____________6. No research problem means there is research questions.
_____________7. You do not have to rely your research topic from your research questions
_____________8. Your research questions are linked primarily to your research methods.
_____________9. Data not aligned to by the research questions can be collected.
_____________10. You can ask any question you like in your research study.
_____________11. When formulating a research question, always ensure that the problem has a specific historical time
period, geographical location, and subgroups or categories of people that will be studied.
_____________12. Read literature on the research topic, a research question or problem can be formulated by doing any of the
following:
_____________13. Replicate a previous study by doing some modifications
_____________14. Challenge or refute the findings of any previous study.
_____________15. Apply an existing theory or explanation to a setting.
Prepared by: EDRIAN R. DOMINGO
Subject Teacher
STA. IGNACIA HIGH SCHOOL

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LEARNING MODULE
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1
(WEEK 28)
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LEARNING MODULE (SECOND SEMESTER- MODULE 5 (WEEK 28)

ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 3 QUIZ DAY RETURN OF MODULE

LESSON 1. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

 Defining the Research Questions

 The Importance of Research Questions

 Guiding Principles for Formulating Research Questions

 Strategies in Developing a Research Topic into a Research Question

 Characteristics of a Good Research Problem

ACTIVITY 2. Fill in the blanks

Objectives of the Study Research Questions

_____________1. Research questions cannot be detached from the research problem.

STA. IGNACIA HIGH SCHOOL

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