THEORETICAL AND

CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
-Shapes the justification of the research problem objectives
-It is a symbolic construction which uses abstract, concepts, facts or laws, variables
and their relations
-Serves as legal basis to describe properly the process of the study
-It is required to formulate existing theories which link the study
-Involves theories that are useful devices for interpreting, criticizing and unifying
established scientific laws and facts that guide in discovering new generalizations.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
-Presents specific and well-defined concepts which are
called constructs.
-Similar to theoretical framework because the constructs are
derived from abstract, concepts of the theoretical
framework
Theory
- Consists of generalizations ( statements or conclusions) about the phenomena based on some amount of
evidence and continued verification.
- Develops from studies over a period of time which tends to show that it is true.
- There are concepts
- Purposes thee way variables are related
- Hypothesized relationship are tested and confirmed or validate to some extent.
- It needs further investigation in some other situations.
Types of theory
1.Speculative philosophical theory – analyzes data
and prescribes norms.
2.Empirical theory – derives conclusions of cause-
effect and relationships of variables
Model
-It is a construction of variables and their relationships used
to present reality.
-It provides a picture of what the phenomena could be like.
-Can be an illustration with description and explanation
Perspective
- It is used instead of theory, model and paradigm.
- It is preferred in cases of hesitancy in using theory, when
generalizations and explanations cannot approximate the
nature of the theory.
- It denotes the mind set, the system of thought, context of
terms, the meanings and conclusion.
Approach
- It is the language of research that includes the word approach.
- It conveys idea that the research will deal with the problem in a particular way.
- In writing it, state the idea that you will use to interpret and analyze the information that you will gather
about the problem. State also the techniques.