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Identifying a research problem

Stages of defining a problem

Is the broad subject matter that the researcher wishes to address in a study

The research problem

Narrow the topic to a specific research problem or issue

Justification of the importance of the problem

Provide the basis for your judging that this issue is important and presenting reasons for the importance of studying the issue

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Other researchers and experts as reported in the literature

Experiences others have in the workplace

Personal experiences

Deficiencies in what we know

Audience

identified the audience

It consists of individuals and groups who will read and potentially benefit from the information provided in your study

After identifying the problem, you should also consider if it better fits a

Qualitative approach

Quantitative approach

Measurable variables

Assess the impact of these variables on an outcome

Test theories or broad explanation

Apply results to a large number of people

Learn about the views of the people you want to study

Assess a process over time

Obtain information about a few people of research sites

Generate theories based on participant perspectives

Allows you to

To research problem you need to

Gaining access to people and sites

Involve people at the location of the study

Finding time, resources and having requisite skills

Developing a time line for the study enables you to access to complete the study within the time available

Resources such as funds for equipment, for individuals to transcribe interviews

Create budgets and source for funding in advance

Computers

Employing statistical programs

Creating tables for representing information

ability to write details passages

to synthesize information into broad themes

Computer programs for entering and analyzing words form participant in the study

Problem statement example

Manifestation of the research problem

The scale of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is enormous. Most devastating and far-reaching, perhaps, is the epidemic´s impact on education system globally (UNAIDS, 2006). HIV/AIDS is draining the supply of education, eroding its quality, weakening demand and access and increasing sector costs.

Context

In the last two decades since HIV/AIDS was first identified, the body of research into the disease has been steadily growing. Despite of the many research studies and initiatives in this area the HIV/AIDS epidemic is still rising, more and more people are succumbing to HIV/AIDS. Implementation of effective anti- AIDS initiatives in the education sector has been inadequate (Coombe and Kelly, 2001)

Deficiencies in evidence

Hence the need for different management approaches in the impact mitigation process, the existing management responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic are piecemeal, of small scale and weakly integrated into related efforts (World Bank, 2002). Successful responses will therefore require flexibility and creativity to meet challenges of a sector in flux and constructive engagement with key stakeholders. (Kelly, 2000)

The purpose

The study therefore looks at entrepreneurial variables that in other studies have been shown to enhance organizational outcomes and which can be applicable in the mitigation of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the education sector.

Skills

Skills

Topic