SELECTION AND

FORMULATION
OF RESEARCH
PROBLEMS
DEFINITION
AND
MEANING
Question or issue
to be examined

Experiences of
researcher from
practical or
theoretical
situations

Best solution and

suitable course of
action for
achievement of
objectives
 REQUISITES OR CHARACTERISTICS OR
NATURE OF A GOOD RESEARCH PROBLEM

• CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS

• LOGICAL AND SYSTEMATIC
• EMPIRICAL
• RELATION BETWEEN VARIABLES
• VERIFIABLE
• INTERESTING
 CRITERIA FOR SELECTING A PROBLEM

• RESEARCHER’S INTEREST
• COMPETENCY OF THE RESEARCHER
• RESOURCES OF THE RESEARCH
• RE-SEARCHABILITY
• IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY
• ORIGINALITY
• FEASIBILITY
• USEFULNESS
COMPONENTS

CONTEMPORARY
INTEREST

OWN GAPS IN
INTEREST THE FIELD
 SELECTION OF A RESEARCH PROBLEM/TOPIC

• DO’S • DON’TS
• HIGH VALUE TO THE SOCIETY
• AVOID CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS
• NEW AND USEFUL CONCLUSION TO THE
SOCIETY • TOPICS ALREADY STUDIED
• EXISTING AND HIGHLY DEVELOPED • VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUS
THEORETICAL SYSTEM, TOPIC TO TEST PROBLEMS
SPECIFIC PREDICTIONS
• ABILITY, TIME, RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
• FAMILIAR ONES
• PRELIMINARY STUDY MUST BE
CONDUCTED
SOURCES
• PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL
AND ACADEMIC
EXPERIENCES
• REVIEW OF LITERATURE
• CONFERENCE AND
SEMINARS
• IMAGINATION AND
CREATIVITY
• NEW TECHNICAL AND
SOCIAL CHANGES
 FOR AN EFFECTIVE
FORMULATION OF THE
PROBLEM FOLLOWING
ASPECTS ARE TO BE
CONSIDERED
• DEFINING THE PROBLEM

• SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

• JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM

• FEASIBILITY OF THE PROBLEM

• ORIGINALITY OF THE PROBLEM

 STEPS OR TECHNIQUES FOR
DEFINING AND
FORMULATING RESEARCH
PROBLEM
• STATING THE PROBLEM IN A GENERAL WAY

• UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF THE

PROBLEM

• SURVEYING THE AVAILABLE LITERATURE

• DEVELOPING IDEAS THROUGH DISCUSSION

• REPHRASING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM

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