SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL- Practical Research 1

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I. LEARNING SKILLS

A. Most Essential Learning Competency

Indicate scope and delimitation of research (CS-RS11-IIIc-e-5).

B. OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the scope and the delimitation of research.
2. Write the scope and delimitation of one’s research.

II. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

We conduct research for a certain purpose. We formulate a good research

question for us to have a guide and a focus. Now, it is very important to set the
parameters of your study. That is, what are included and what are not. This speaks
about the scope and delimitation of your research.

Scope

The scope of study is a section of a research paper that explains what

information or subject is being analyzed.

If at the beginning of the study, it is already clear that your respondents are the
regular employees who have been working at the agency for at least three years, are
presently connected with the agency, and who have been assigned to at least three
provinces in Central Luzon, then all those who do not meet the above description
should not be part of the study.

Likewise, if it is clear that only selected variables are included, then no other
variables are supposed to be part of the study even if these were included in parallel
studies. You might have avoided other variables for reasons of practicality, interest, or
relativity to the study at hand.

Delimitation

A delimitation addresses how a study will be narrowed in scope, that is, how
it is bounded. This is the place to explain the things that you are not doing and why
you have chosen not to do them – the literature you will not review (and why not), the
population you are not studying (and why not), the methodological procedures you will
not use (and why you will not use them). Limit your delimitations to the things that a

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 reader might reasonably expect you to do but that you, for clearly explained reasons,
have decided not to do (Siddiqui, 2010).

How to Indicate the “Scope and Delimitation of Study”

STEP ONE
Start with any of these sample phrases that express the scope of the study:
1. The coverage of this study….
2. The study consists of….
3. The study covers the…
4. This study is focused on….

STEP TWO
1. Explain what information or subject is being studied or analyzed.
2. Explain the limitations of the research like the sample size, time frame,
geographic area, subjects, objectives, facilities, and the issues to which the
research is focused.

STEP THREE
Start with any of these sample phrases that express the delimitation of the study:
1. The study does not cover the…
2. The researcher limited this research to…
3. This study is limited to…

STEP FOUR
1. Describe the scope of the study.
2. Explain why definite aspects of a subject were chosen and why others were
excluded.
3. Mention the research method used as well as the certain theories that applied
to the data
4. Explain why you are delimiting the research to a specific geographic location,
age, population size and other similar considerations.
5. Identify the constraints or weaknesses of your research which are not within
the control of the researcher.

Scope and Delimitation Examples from Actual Studies

1. Title of the Study: Experiences of Reaction and Coping of Filipino
Fathers and Mothers: During and After a National Disaster (Casal,
I.J., Chingkoe, J.C., Gonzales, K.J., Tan, M.V., 2015).

The study covers individual experiences and coping of Filipino fathers

and mothers. It will focus on individuals who were affected by natural disasters,
specifically those affected by floods due to typhoons: Ondoy and Habagat,
because they believed that these typhoons had the most significant impact on
people’s lives. The severity of the impact of these typhoons was so tragic that

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 the research participants were able to instinctively recall information and their
experiences that happened during those events
This research focused on the perspective of fathers and mothers.
Another limitation of this research was the area covered wherein the
researchers focused only on Filipino participants who resided in the National
Capital Region (NCR) during and after the typhoons struck.

2. Title of the Study: Workplace Ergonomics: Perceptions on

Employees’ Stress Levels and Safety (Lao, 2014)

The focus of this study is on the workplace ergonomics in the corporate

office settings. The study would focus on the relationship of workplace
ergonomics and its effects on employees’ stress levels and safety. Moreover,
the study would look into the current behavior and approach on workplace
ergonomics that Philippine corporations employ in their work environment. This
study on workplace ergonomics does not encompass benefits received by
employees outside of the said subject matter. In addition, this study does not
aim to measure productivity levels of its respondents.
The participants of this study would be limited to large corporations
whose employees engage in repetitive tasks. The companies involved in this
study limit to multinational companies within the country. The data from the
study would come from existing literatures, interviews, and surveys from
company employees. Furthermore, the data results from this study would only
be quantified from the instruments stipulated by the researchers.

III. ACTIVITIES

A. Practice Tasks

Practice Task 1 – Directions: Read the foregoing text from the study of
Abasta and Freal (2013). Identify the scope and delimitation by completing the
table.
The study covered the financial lifestyle management of employees at
Central Luzon College of Science and Technology, Olongapo City for the
period covering February 18 to March 11, 2013.
The study investigated on the financial data of the employees’ family
which include the monthly salary and income, assets, capital assets and
liabilities. It includes details of their monthly expenditures such as their
household expenditures, living/personal expenditures, transportation
expenditures, children and dependents expenditures and government taxes
paid for the month.
The study also included questions in relation to their spending and
saving practices and the details of their borrowings.

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 SCOPE DELIMITATION

A graphic organizer is a visual and graphic display that depicts the

relationships between facts, terms, and/or ideas within a learning task.
Graphic organizers are also sometimes referred to as knowledge maps,
concepts maps, story maps, cognitive organizers, advance organizers, or
concept diagrams.
Practice Task 2 – Directions: Using your choice of an appropriate
graphic organizer, write the scope and delimitation if you were to conduct the
study that follows:

STUDY: Investigating Age and Sleep Patterns

Research has shown that the human body is very important in
determining sleep and wake patterns. Your task will be to design a study to
investigate the relationship between age and sleep duration.
You will need to consider how many nights, which days of the week and
how they are to record their sleep (e.g. minutes/hours).
Who will be your target population? Decide upon the age groups you
hope to measure.
Practice Task 3 – Directions: Write the Scope and Delimitation of the study
in Practice Task 2 to be presented in any of these forms:
a. Talk Show
b. Reporting
c. Song/Rap Presentation
d. News Casting

You will be graded based on the following rubric:

CRITERIA 4 pts. 3 pts. 2 pts. 1 pt.
ACCURACY All contents of Most contents of Some contents Most contents of
the activity are the activity are of the activity the activity cite
accurate accurate based cite inaccurate inaccurate
based on the on the topic. information. information.
topic.

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 REQUIREMENT Goes beyond Meets the Hardly meets Does not meet
the requirements of the the
requirements the assigned requirements of requirements of
of the activity the assigned the assigned
assigned activity activity
activity
TIMELINESS Finished the Finished the Failed to Failed to
activity before activity within present the present
the end of the the allotted time activity on the
allotted time allotted time
TOTAL

B. Assessment

1. Directions: Given the title of your study, identify the scope and the
delimitation.

Scope:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Delimitation:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

2. Directions: Write the Scope and Delimitation of your study. Be guided

by the rubric on Part IV.

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IV. RUBRIC
Indicators 3 2 1
Clarity Scope and Delimitation Some parts are not Scope and
are clear. clear or not Delimitation are
explained well. vague.
Mechanics Technical writing is Technical writing is
Technical writing is
followed all throughout. followed in most followed, but in few
parts. parts only.
Grammar No grammatical errors 1-3 grammatical 4 or more
were found. errors were found. grammatical errors
were found.
Rubric for Grading the Scope and Delimitation

V. REFLECTION/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS

Directions: Write down your thoughts about this lesson. Is writing the scope and delimitation
of the study easy? Why or why not?
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VI. REFERENCES
Bongon, J.A. (2020). Practical Research 1 Quarter 1 Module 12: Scope and
Delimitation of Research.

Cristobal, A. P. & Cristobal, M. C. D. (2017). Practical Research for Senior High School.
Quezon City, Manila: & E Publishing, Inc.
Jerusalem, V. L., Garcia, M. D. R., Palencia, J. M. & Palencia, M. M. (2017). Practical
Research 1: Basics of Qualitative Research. Sampaloc, Manila: Fastbooks.
Matira, M. D. (2016). Practical Research for the 21st Century Learners. Sampaloc,
Manila: St. Augustine Publications, Inc.
Prieto, N. G., Naval, V. C., & Carey, T. G. (2017). Practical Research 1. Quezon City,
Metro Manila: Lorimar Publishing, Inc.
www.google.com
https://www.scribd.com/document/423980464/Lesson-Plan
https://www.aqa.org.uk/resources/psychology/as-and-a-level/psychology/teach/practical-
activities-for-research-methods2

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 Prepared by:

JULIE ANN B. BONGON, Teacher II

Tabaco National High School/Tabaco City Division

Layout Artists:

JASON C. BORABO – Teacher I, Mayon ES

PAUL BRYAN BRON – MT I, Basud ES

Quality Assurance Team:

ROLANDO B. MONTEALEGRE – MT I, TNHS

MARCIAL B. BELLEN – P2, SANHS
LAARNIE G. BALIN – MT I, TNHS
LANY M. ABAINZA – EPS, English, Tabaco City Division
JEANETTE M.ROMBLON- EPS English SDO, Masbate City

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V. ANSWER KEY

Practice Task 1

SCOPE DELIMITATION
Financial lifestyle management of Non-employees of Central Luzon College of
employees at Central Luzon College Science and Technology
of Science and Technology
Before February 18, 2013
February 18 to March 11, 2013 After March 11, 2013

Monthly salary and income, assets, Questions about practices not related to
capital assets and liabilities money, spending, and saving

Details of their monthly expenditures

Questions in relation to their spending

and saving practices and the details of
their borrowings

Practice Task 2: Answers vary

Practice Task 3: Performance tasks vary

ASSESSMENT : Answers vary.

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