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Selection of A Problem For Research

The document discusses selecting and formulating a research problem. It explains that selecting a problem requires vision and imagination and can come from various sources like reading, academic experiences, daily life, field work, consultations and intuition. The selected problem then needs to be formulated by defining it more clearly through intensive reading, discussion, and reflection to understand the nature and specifics of the problem. Formulation translates the topic into a scientifically researchable question and specifies what the problem is and why it is being studied by developing a title, conceptual model, objectives, investigative questions, hypotheses, operational definitions, and delimitations.

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Selection of A Problem For Research

The document discusses selecting and formulating a research problem. It explains that selecting a problem requires vision and imagination and can come from various sources like reading, academic experiences, daily life, field work, consultations and intuition. The selected problem then needs to be formulated by defining it more clearly through intensive reading, discussion, and reflection to understand the nature and specifics of the problem. Formulation translates the topic into a scientifically researchable question and specifies what the problem is and why it is being studied by developing a title, conceptual model, objectives, investigative questions, hypotheses, operational definitions, and delimitations.

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Research problem

1- Selection of a Problem for Research


The selection of a problem is the first step in research. The term 'problem'
means a question or issue to be examined. The selection of a problem for
research is not an easy task; itself is a problem. It is least amenable to
formal methodological treatment. Vision, an imaginative insight, plays an
important role in this process. This problem of selection arises when a
student has to undertake research as a part of his course requirement and
he student has to select a problem for his research.

The Mode of Selection


The students who undertake research as a course requirement do their
research work under the guidance of a professor. What should be the mode
of selection in their cases? Should a problem be suggested by the guide or
be selected by the researcher himself? One with a critical, curious and
imaginative mind and is sensitive to practical problems could easily
identify problems for study.

Sources of Problems
Reading: When we critically study books and articles relating to subject of
our interest, pertinent questions may arise in our mind. Similarly, areas of
research may strike to our mind when we read research reports.

 Academic Experience: Classroom lectures, class discussions, seminar


discussions and out-of-class exchanges of ideas with fellow students
and professors will suggest many stimulating problems to be studied.
 Daily Experience: Life is dynamic. We learn new things and undergo
new experiences every day. If we are alert, inquisitive and sensitive to
life situations, we may hit upon questions worth of investigation. “It is

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a mark of scientific genius to be sensitive to difficulties where less
gifted people pass untroubled by doubt”.
 Exposure to field situations: Field visits; internship training and
extension work provide exposure to practical problems that call for
study.
 Consultations: Discussions with experts, researchers, ad-ministrators
and business executives will help a researcher to identify meaningful
problems for research.
 Brain storming: Intensified discussion within a group of interested
persons may often be a means of identifying pertinent questions, and of
developing new ideas about a problem.
 Research: Research on one problem may suggest problems for further
research.
 Intuition: Sometimes new ideas may strike to one's mind like a flash.
Reflective mind is a spring of knowledge.

2- Formulation of the Selected Problem


The problem selected for research may initially be a vague topic. The
question to be studied or the problem to be solved may not be known. Why
the answer/solution is wanted also may not be known. Hence the selected
problem should be defined and formulated. This is a difficult process. It
requires intensive reading of a few selected articles or chapters in books in
order to understand the nature of the selected problem. The researcher
should read selected literatures, digest, think and reflect upon what is read
and digested. He should also discuss with learned persons. Then only can
he gain insight into the selected problem and be able to define and
formulate it.

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What is Formulation?
Formulation means translating and transforming the selected research
problem/topic into a scientifically researchable question. It is concerned
with specifying exactly what the research problem is and why is it studied.
The formulation should include both the and the why aspects.

Formulation Process
The process of formulation involves the following steps:

1. Developing title
2. Building a conceptual model
3. Defining the Objective of the Study
4. Setting Investigative Questions
5. Formulation of Hypotheses
6. Operational Definition of Concepts
Delimiting

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