RESEARCH 2 BRIEF.
TAGUM DOCTORS COLLEGE INC.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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BRIEF
How to select a Research
topic
Selecting a research topic/title is an
essential yet intricate process. The research
topic is not like manna that will from heaven,
and presto you have a title!
A research title, or research project, is a
product of real-world observations, dilemmas,
wide reading, selective viewing (television,
programs, films and documentaries, videos,
etc) meaningful interactions with significant
others, and deep reflection.
REMEMBER!
The title of the research is the research
problem in a capsule form. Great care must be
taken in the formulation of the research title.
It must clearly reflect the topic of the
investigation.
It must be original, clear, concise or
specific.
BROAD TOPICS
Broad topics should always be narrowed
down.
Here are some 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 Relationship of Social
Networking and Online Selling
➢ Effects of Vegetarianism on Physical
Health
Techniques in Narrowing a topic into a
research question/
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. Explore unexpected findings
discovered in previous research
b. Follow suggestions in an author
gives for future research
c. Extend an existing explanation or
theory to a new topic or setting
d. Challenge findings or attempt to
refute a relationship
e. Specify intervening processes and
consider linking relations
2. Talk ideas with others
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a. Ask people who are Lastly, you should avoid research
knowledgeable about the topic or topics that involve your making moral
questions about it that they have judgements about certain kinds of behavior.
thought of
b. Seek out those opinions that differ
from yours on the topic and -SIC PARVIS MAGNA-
discuss possible research questions
with them “Great things came from small
beginnings”
3. Apply to a specific context -Ser Francis Drake-
a. Focus the topic on a specific historical
period or time period
b. Narrow the topic to a specific society
or geographical unit
c. Consider which subgroups or
categories of people/units/specimens
are involved whether there are
differences among them.
4. Define the aim or desired outcomes of
the study
a. Will the research question be for
an exploratory(experimental),
explanatory, or descriptive study?
b. Will the study involve applied or
basic research?

POINTS TO PONDER

CHOOSING A TOPIC FOR A RESEARCH STUDY

Layder (2013) stresses that in choosing

a research topic. It is Important to select a
topic that interests and motivates you. It
should be “doable” with the resources at your
disposal and within the required time frame.
Needless to say, the research topic should be
focused and well defined.

Deciding on a topic also entails being

clear about which ones to avoid, especially if
you have little experience as a researcher.
Although, topics close to your own personal
views, ideas, opinions and prejudices cloud
your thinking. Research projects must be as
objective as possible, that is, freed from your
personal biases or preferences as a researcher.