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P299: Research Methods in Planning

Module 2. Research Problem Formulation

Introduction

In this module, you will begin your journey as a researcher and planner. You are
expected to increase your sensitivity of your surroundings and formulate your research
question based on the issues and concern that you observed, read, and review. You will
be introduced to the process of reviewing the existing literature to build your research
topic and draw from it to develop your objectives and hypothesis. You are also expected
to have an approved topic for your mini-research at the end of this module.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Differentiate research problems from research objectives and hypotheses;


2. Distinguish the different types of hypotheses;
3. Differentiate the types of variables;
4. Formulate the research problem, objectives, and hypotheses for their research
proposal;
5. Discuss the purpose of literature review in research;
6. Conduct a search of the literature;
7. Write a literature review of their approved research topic.

Doing Literature Review

The research process always starts with the identification of a research problem. This
can be based on old or current issues and concern of the discipline. This can also
emanate from a review of literature that can show the existing gaps or new areas of
study. An extensive literature review also allows a comprehensive view of the problem
understudy including the state of the art in the identified topic.

The reading explains what literature review means. It includes strategies in writing
literature reviews for the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Read: The Writing Center, “Literature Reviews” (n.d.). University of North


Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved from
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/

Watch: Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students. [Video file].


(n.d.). In NCSU Libraries. Retrieved
from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/litreview/
P299: Research Methods in Planning

This video discusses the types of literature that can be used for the literature review and
its purpose in research.

Guide questions:
1. What is the importance of doing a literature review?
2. How can you organize your literature review?
3. What are the existing information about my topic of interest?
4. What are the gaps in knowledge that my study can focus on?

Formulating your Research Question

After the review of related literature, now is the time to formulate your research
question. What are the characteristics of a good research question you ask? In the
readings and the video below, you will be guided on how to formulate your research
question.

Read: What makes a good research question? Thompson Writing Program –


Duke University. Retrieved from
https://sites.evergreen.edu/mediaworks1516/wp-
content/uploads/sites/121/2016/03/Research.pdf

This reading describes the characteristics of a good research question and how to make
them.

Read: Simmi K. Ratan, Tanu Anand, and John Ratan. 2019 Jan-
Mar. Formulation of Research Question – Stepwise Approach. J Indian Assoc
Pediatr Surg. 24(1): 15-20. doi: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_76_18 . Retrieved
at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322175/

This provides the students guides on how to formulate research questions.

Guide questions:

1. What makes a good research question?


2. What are the possible sources or basis of a research question?

Activity 1. Writing your research question

Basic Considerations for choosing your research:

1) Time – it should be finished by the end of the Semester


2) Resources – you have enough resources at your disposal to undergo the
research
3) Generation of knowledge – what new knowledge will it result to
4) Contribution to planning – what can it contribute to the planning practice
P299: Research Methods in Planning

Activity: Exercise 1 Research Problem Formulation – Worksheet 1


Research Topic:

Research Question:

Topic Outline of Literature Review:

References*:

*Citations should follow the APA format


style: read https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
P299: Research Methods in Planning

References

The Writing Center, “Literature Reviews” (n.d.). University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/

Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students. [Video file]. (n.d.). In NCSU
Libraries. Retrieved from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/litreview/

What makes a good research question? Thompson Writing Program – Duke University.
Retrieved from hhttps://sites.evergreen.edu/mediaworks1516/wp-
content/uploads/sites/121/2016/03/Research.pdf

Simmi K. Ratan, Tanu Anand, and John Ratan. 2019 Jan-Mar. Formulation of Research
Question – Stepwise Approach. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 24(1): 15-
20. doi: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_76_18. Retrieved
at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322175/

APA Formatting Write Guide. Copyright ©1995-2016 by The Writing Lab & The OWL at
Purdue and Purdue University. Retrieved
from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

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