Defining the research problem

Defining the research problem

1. Chose a topic

   • Study
     • Subject area
       • Background reding
         • Discover
           • written
           • Work done
           • Carried out
     • problem
       • • what is your motivation for doing the research?
           • curiosity
           • motivation
           • fulfilment of the requirements
         • what relevant interest, experience or expertise do you bring to bear on the subject?
           • interest
           • experience
         • what are you going to produce?
           • produce
             • defendable thesis

2. Research problem

   • • helps
       • identify
         • somthing specific
     • • give
         • indication
           • type of approach
             • where?
             • who?
             • what?
             • which?
             • when?
   • Fox (1969)
     • defines
       • skill
         • research design
         • instrument development
         • data collection
         • data analysis
         • research writing

3. Literature review

   • discover
     • material published
       • • Overview
           • help
             • select an area
               • within
                 • frame of reference
       • Fox (1969)
         • mentions
           • conceptual literature
             • opinions
             • ideas
             • theories
             • experiences
           • research literature
             • gives
               • accounts
               • results

4. Subproblems

   • delineate
     • the scope of the work
   • Booth et al. (1995)
     • perspectives
       • parts of your topic
       • history
       • kind of categories
       • What good is it?

5. Second review of literature

   • learn
     • about the investigation
       • colect
       • investigate
       • study
       • Summarize
       • asses the sucess

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