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NURSING RESEARCH 1 (RLE)

NCM 111

NAME: ________________________________YEAR/SECTION: _____________ DATE: __________

ACTIVITY 3: IDENTIFYING / FORMULATING A RESEARCH PROBLEM

Directions: Identify and define your own research problem by answering the following items.

1. List 3 possible research problems that you want to conduct:

2. Among the 3 problems, which problem do you think is most relevant and interesting to you?
Why did you choose this problem? What conditions gave rise to this research problem?

3. What is the present problem (WHAT IS)? Are there existing statistics or data that would
support your problem?

4. What is the ideal situation (WHAT SHOULD BE)? (standard, rule, expected, mandated,
recommended)

5. What are the possible reasons for the discrepancy between WHAT IS and WHAT SHOULD BE?

6. What are the interventions done to address the problem, and the outcomes were: (if none,
say so)

7. The following questions about the problem, however, still remain unanswered: