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Writing A Research Title

The document provides guidelines for choosing a research topic and developing a specific research question. It advises examining available literature, discussing ideas with others, applying topics to specific contexts, and defining the aim or desired outcome of the study in order to narrow down broad topics. Broad topics should be narrowed and made more specific. Examples show how to take a general concept like "early pregnancy" and narrow it down to a specific research topic like "prevention of early pregnancy among grade 11 SHS students."

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Writing A Research Title

The document provides guidelines for choosing a research topic and developing a specific research question. It advises examining available literature, discussing ideas with others, applying topics to specific contexts, and defining the aim or desired outcome of the study in order to narrow down broad topics. Broad topics should be narrowed and made more specific. Examples show how to take a general concept like "early pregnancy" and narrow it down to a specific research topic like "prevention of early pregnancy among grade 11 SHS students."

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Writing a Research

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GUIDELINES IN CHOOSING A TOPIC

• 1. INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER


2. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION
3. TIMELINES AND RELEVANCE OF THE TOPIC
4. LIMITATIONS OF THE SUBJECT
5. PERSONAL RESOURCES
TOPICS TO BE AVOIDED

1. CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS
2. HIGHLY TECHNICAL SUBJECTS
3. HARD-TO-INVESTIGATE SUBJECTS
4. TOO BROAD SUBJECTS
5. VAGUE SUBJECTS
SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPIC
1. MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION- TELEVISION, NEWSAPER,
ADS, RADIO, FILMS, ETC.
2. BOOKS, JOURNALS, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
3. PROFESSIONAL PERIODICALS- READER’S DIGEST, TIME
MAGAZINE, WOMEN’S MAGAZINE
4. WORK EXPERIENCES
Broad Topics

Broad topics should always be narrowed down.


The following are examples of broad topics:
• Blended Learning in English Classes
• Presidential Election Results
• Agri-business
• Social Networking
• Vegetarianism
Specific topics

• Specific topics are researchable.


• The following are examples of specific research topics:
• A Correlation Study on the Use of Blended Learning in Freshman English
Classes and Student Achievement .
• The Impact of Agribusiness on the Philippine Economy
• Campaign Events and Materials and their Impact on Presidential Election
Results
• The Cause-Effect Relationships of Social Networking and Online Selling
• Effects of Vegetarianism on Physical Health
Techniques in Narrowing Down a Topic Into a Research Question

• As seen in Book 1 (Qualitative Research). Neuman (2007) suggests the


following techniques in narrowing down broad topics:
1. Examine the literature. Published articles are an excellent
source of ideas for research questions. They are usually at an
appropriate level of specificity and suggest research questions
that focus on the following:
a. Replicate a previous research project exactly or with slight
variations.
b. Explore unexpected findings discovered in previous research.
c. Follow suggestions an author gives for future
research at the end of an article.
d. Extend an existing explanation or theory to a new
topic or setting.
e. Challenge findings or attempt to refute a
relationship.
f. Specify the intervening process and consider linking
relations
2. Talk over ideas with others.
• a. Ask people who are knowledgeable about the
topic for questions about it that they have thought
of.
• b. Seek out those who hold opinions that differ
from yours on the topic and discuss possible
research questions with them.
3. Apply to a specific context.

a. Focus the topic on a specific historical period or time period.


b. Narrow the topic to a specific society or geographic unit.
C. Consider which subgroups or categories of people/units are
involved and whether there are differences among them.
4. Define the aim or desired outcome of the study.

a. Will the research question be for an exploratory,


explanatory. or descriptive study?
b. Will the study involve applied or basic research?
BEFORE DECIDING ON YOUR TOPIC, WHAT WILL YOU DO?
EXAMPLE OF A BROAD TOPIC
NARROWED DOWN TO SPECIFIC ONE
• GENERAL CONCEPT: EARLY PREGNANCY
• NARROW: EARLY PREGNANCY AMONG GRADE 11 SHS STUDENTS
• NARROW: PREVENTION OF EARLY PREGNANCY AMONG GRADE 11
SHS STUDENTS
EXERCISES:
• BROAD TOPICS: ----------- SPECIFIC :
1. LACK OF SELF –ESTEEM
2. DRUG ADDICTION
3. SUICIDE
4. CHICKENPOX

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