RESEARCH
PROBLEM AND
RESEARCH
QUESTION
Making Words Meaningful
1. Preceding number seven
is eight.
2. You’ve already heard my
conclusive statement;
hence, close the deal
now.
What immediately comes to
your mind the moment you
hear these two words:
PROBLEM and QUESTION?
How would you compare and
contrast the two?
RESEARCH PROBLEM
The ultimate goal of the research
is not only to propose ways of
studying things, people, places
and events, but also to discover
and introduce new practices,
strategies, or techniques in
solving a problem.
RESEARCH PROBLEM
When you feel perplexed of
anxious about what to do about
something you are doubtful of or
about a question you are
incapable of answering, you come
to think of conducting research,
an investigation or inquiry.
BACKGROUND OF THE
PROBLEM
Spend time getting background
knowledge about the problem
that triggered off your research
topic to discover its relation to
what the world know about your
topic.
BACKGROUND OF THE
PROBLEM
Reading for rich background
ideas about the problem is also
another way to discover some
theories or principles to support
your study.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research problem enables
you to generate a set of research
questions. Your ability to identify
your research problem and to
formulate the questions depends
on the background knowledge
you have about the topic.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Difficulties in life are problematic
situations that will lead you to
identify one topic to research on.
Centering your mind on the
problem, you can formulate
general or mother problem of
your research work.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The specific questions, also
called as sub-problems,
identify or direct you to the
exact aspect of the problem
that your study has to focus
on.