PURPOSE OF

RESEARCH
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 PURPOSE OF RESEARCH

EXPLORATORY
 This is where the researcher has an idea or has
observed something and seeks to understand more
about it.
 Defined as the initial research into a hypothetical or
theoretical idea.
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Descriptive
 Defined as attempts to explore and explain while
providing additional information about a topic.
 This is where research is trying to describe what is
happening in more detail, filling in the missing parts
and expanding our understanding.
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Explanatory
 Defined as an attempt to connect ideas to understand
cause and effect, meaning researcher want to explain
what is going on.
 A research does not occur until there is enough
understanding to begin to predict what will come next
with some accuracy.
The purpose of research is to study based on collected
and analyzed data. It explores, describes and explains.
MAJOR SECTIONS
of RESEARCH
MANUSCRIPT
 What are the parts of a Research Paper?

CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS

BACKGROUND (INTRODUCTION)
 Background of the study
- Provide the reader with background information( a brief
overview of the topic)
- Includes purpose and reason behind the
conduct of the study. (What made you
conduct the study?)
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BACKGROUND

Statement of the Problem

- the main problem that the research is
trying to solve.
- It specifically points the important
questions that the study needs to
answer.
 CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS
BACKGROUND

Hypothesis
- A research hypothesis is a statement of expectation
or prediction that will be tested by research.
- It enables researchers not only to discover a
relationship between variables, but also to predict a
relationship based on theoretical guidelines and/or
empirical evidence.
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BACKGROUND

 Significance of the Study

- (Why conducts the study?)
- You have to identify who will benefit
from the research and how they will be
benefitted.
 CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS
BACKGROUND

Scope and Limitations of the Study

- defined the topic and boundaries of the research problem to be
investigated.

Scope(or area of focus)- refers to the problem that the

researcher wants to study.

Delimitations- are the characteristics that limit the scope and

describe the boundaries of the study such as the
sample size, geographical location or setting in
which the study takes place.
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BACKGROUND

Definition of Terms
-Defines the technical terms based on how
they are used in the study, specifically in the
title.
- This aims to provide the readers or future
researchers with the basic terminologies
that are important to understand the paper.
CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE
- A literature review is a search, summary and evaluation
of the available past and current literature related to the
research problem.
Important purposes:
 Presents the rationale of your hypothesis and helps you
rationalize the significance of your investigation.
 Your understanding with previous research helps you
interpret your study results.
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LITERATURE
 Literature review also shows your readers that you have
an in-depth grasp of your subject, and that you
understand where your own research fits into and adds
to an existing body of knowledge.
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LITERATURE

Theoretical Framework
- Is the structure that can hold or support a
theory of a research work. It presents the
theory which explains why the problem under
study exists.
- Thus, the theoretical framework is but a theory
that serves as a basis for conducting research.
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LITERATURE

- In theoretical framework, the researcher should

present the general assumptions of the theory for
the issues under study, why the theory is
selected, and how it will shape the whole study.
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LITERATURE

Importance of Theoretical Framework

 The theoretical framework guides the kind of data to
be collected.
 It provides a common worldview or lens from which to
support one’s thinking on the problem and analysis of
data.
 It guides and must resonates with every aspect of the
research (Statement of the Problem, Literature Review,
Methodology, Presentation and Discussion of Findings).
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LITERATURE

Conceptual Framework
- It describes and explains the concepts to be used
in the study, their relationships with each other,
and how they are to be measured.
- It is a written or visual presentation that “explains
either graphically, or in narrative form, the main
things to be studied”
and the presumed relationship among them.
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LITERATURE

Importance of Conceptual Framework

 It aids the researcher to identify and construct
his/her worldview and approach to the topic of
study.
 It brings together related concepts to explain
or predict a given event or give a detailed
understanding of the research problem and its
asserted solution.
CHAPTER 3: METHOD AND PROCEDURES
 Method of Research
- The kind of research used by your study.
- This answers why the method used is
appropriate for the study.
CHAPTER 3: METHOD AND PROCEDURES

 Subjects of the Study

- Describes your respondents, it includes:
(a)who and how many participants were
involved; (b) the participants’ characteristics
e.g., female/male; (c) the sampling technique
for selecting them (d) essential demographics
information: percentage of female (or male).
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 Description of Research Instrument

- Describes your instrument which is the
questionnaire.

 Data Gathering Procedure

- Narrates the process undergone by the study
that eventually leads to the findings.
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 Statistical Treatment Applied

- The statistical treatment that you will use
which includes your sampling method and
formulas to come up.
CHAPTER 4: PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION OF DATA
 Results of the Study
- Presents all the data gathered using the
questionnaire by tabulating all the gathered
information.
- Aside from the tables, an interpretation of each
presented data should follow. These will serve
as the bases of your summary of Findings.
CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS

 Summary of Findings
- Summarizes the interpretation of data given in
Chapter 4. These should directly answer your
statement of the problem.
CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS

 Conclusions
- Out of your findings, your conclusions are
based. This provides the answer for every
statement of the problem.
- This is where you will prove your hypotheses
and assumptions.
CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS

 Recommendations
- This includes the recommended actions that
should be done after the conduct of the study
such as further assessment of the subject,
focus on other factors, etc.
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