Subject : Applications and Practice of Research – Inquiries, Investigation, Immersion

Title of the book APR for SHS – Inquiries, Investigation, Immersion

Topic CHOOSING A RESEARCH TOPIC
Due Date/Time October 13 – Tuesday – 10.25 AM
Title of the activity: Developing a Research Topic

Instructions: Recall what you have learned in choosing a research topic from DEVELOPING TO VIABILITY of
the Research Toipc. You may use the one that you have been using in our discussion. Take a screen shot of your
work or use a word document application to answer. Submit via LMS inside the designated folder (Developing a
Research Topic ) in our Inquiries, Investigation Immersion Channel.

What to do:

1. Use a story map to help develop your research topic. Draw pictures to complete the map. Then explain using
the lines provided below each box.

Field of Study /Subfield Broad Topic Specific Topic

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Then, write your specific topic on the space below explaining why you chose this and why does it interest you.
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2. Complete the table below in delimiting your research topic.

Specific Topic
Persons or Groups to be Geographical location or
studied place of study

Significance of the Significance of the

persons and categories of location or place of study
people
Specific Topic
Time Period of Study Human activity or interest
that I want to study

Significance of the start Significance of the human

and the end of the time activity or interest
period

3. Assess the viability of your topic by completing the chart below:

Turn your topic into a question. _________________________________________________________________

By web searching, look for at least three articles/literature that will answer your formulated question.

Article #1

Author
Purpose
Publication/Format
Relevance
Date of Publication
Documentation

Article #2

Author
Purpose
Publication/Format
Relevance
Date of Publication
Documentation

Article #3

Author
Purpose
Publication/Format
Relevance
Date of Publication
Documentation

Reference : Page 15-20

Subject : Applications and Practice of Research – Inquiries, Investigation, Immersion
Title of the book APR for SHS – Inquiries, Investigation, Immersion
Topic THE RESEARCH PROCESS-Introduction
Due Date/Time October 15 – Thursday – 10.25 AM
Title of the activity: Uses and Purposes of Research

Instructions: Recall what you have learned about the Use and Purposes of research. You may take a screen shot
of your work or use a word document application to answer. Submit via LMS inside the designated folder (Uses
and Purposes of Research ) in our Inquiries, Investigation Immersion Channel.

What to do: To differentiate clearly the use of research complete the map below.

Meaning Characteristic

Basic
Sample Title/Research
Purpose
work

Meaning Characteristic

Applied
Sample Title/Research
Purpose work
Subject : Applications and Practice of Research – Inquiries, Investigation, Immersion
Title of the book APR for SHS – Inquiries, Investigation, Immersion
Topic THE RESEARCH PROCESS- Introduction
Due Date/Time October 17 – Saturday – 10.25 AM
Title of the activity: Steps in the Research Process

Instructions: Recall what you have learned about the Steps in the research process. You may take a screen shot of
your work or use a word document application to answer. Submit via LMS inside the designated folder (Steps in
Research Process) in our Inquiries, Investigation Immersion Channel.

What to do: With the use of your topic of interest and what you have learned in the discussion, plan your
research work by completing the BLUE PRINT of your work.

Reference : Page 8

What is your topic?

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Selecting a Topic _________________________________
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Convert your topic into question.

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Identifying the
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Research Question
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Select Sources and types of information to answer

your research question
Developing a
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Research Design
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What type of data gathering you will use?

Gathering or
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collecting data
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Method you will use to analyze your data

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Analyzing Data
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How will you interpret your data?

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Interpreting Data
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How are you going to publish your data?

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Communicating ____________________________________
Research findings ____________________________________
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References: Pages 8-10

Gathering of Data:

Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest, in an
established systematic fashion that enables one to answer stated research questions, test hypotheses, and
evaluate outcomes.

Sample of Data collection Methods:

Interviews.
Questionnaires and surveys.
Observations.
Documents and records.
Focus groups.
Oral histories.
For Analyzing Data:

Data collection and analysis tools are defined as a series of charts, maps, and diagrams designed to
collect, interpret, and present data for a wide range of applications and industries.

For Interpreting Data:

Data interpretation is the process of reviewing data through some predefined processes which will
help assign some meaning to the data and arrive at a relevant conclusion. It involves taking the result
of data analysis, making inferences on the relations studied, and using them to conclude.

Data Interpretation is the process of making sense out of a collection of data that has been processed.
This collection may be present in various forms like bar graphs, line charts and tabular forms and other
similar forms and hence needs an interpretation of some kind.