DESIGNING A RESEARCH

P R J E C T R E L AT E D T O
D A I LY L I F E

P RAC TI C AL RESEARC H I
BY: MRS. ROANNE A. MENDOZA
 CONGRUENCE OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS, DATA
COLLECTION, AND DATA ANALYSIS
• There must be congruence between the methods of
data analysis, and research questions.
• Understanding and perceptions
• Practices and accounts of practices
• Influencing factors
• Representations
• Construction
• Language practice
SOURCES OF RESEARCH
TOPICS

P RAC TI C AL RESEARC H I
BY: MRS. ROANNE A. MENDOZA
SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS
• Pressing Issues on an individual, organizational, or
societal level or success stories
• Examples
Low-self esteem
Apathy of the majority of students towards
council elections.
Narcissism among millennials
SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS
• Wide Reading/Critical Film Viewing

• Books, journals, magazines, newspapers,

monographs
• Films, videos, or documentaries
SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS

• Social Networking
• Netizens voice their observations, opinions,
even condemnation of current happenings.
 SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS
• Replication

• Theses and Dissertation

“Surviving Cultural Heritage of Kankaneys of
Dalipay Benguet”
“Cultural Beliefs and Practices of another group
of Kankaneys in La Trinidad, Benguet.”
 SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS
• Lecture, talks, and Seminars

• These are breeding ground of ideas.

“A Seminar about Child Protection Policy or

CPP”
 SOURCES OF RESEARCH TOPICS
• Gray Areas

• These are points of interest but very little is

known about them.
“Is female circumcision still practiced among
specific groups of people?”
F A C T O R S T H AT J U S T I F Y
CONDUCT OF
Q U A L I TAT I V E R E S E A R C H
CREDIBILITY

• refers to the truth value of the qualitative

study.
VALIDITY

refers to an in-depth description that shows

complexities of variables and the embedding of
interactions in data derived from the setting.
TRANSFERABILITY

The applicability of one set of findings to

another context.
DEPENDABILITY

- refers to the researcher’s attempts to account

for changing conditions in the phenomenon
chosen for study.
CONFORMABILITY

- The data help confirm the general findings and

lead to the implications.
INDICATORS OF THE SAID FACTORS
Research design is well-explained
Assumptions are stated
There is much evidence from raw data to show
the connection between the findings presented
and the real world.
Research questions are answered by the study
leading to further questions
Data collection are efficient
INDICATORS OF THE SAID FACTORS
Participant observations are made of a full cycle
of activities over a period of time
Data are preserved and available for analysis
Field work analysis is fully documented
Meaning is derived from cross-cultural
perspective
EXAMPLE
Issues on Bullying
- A private institution has been the talk of the town because
of bullying
- Qualitative research was conducted to get at the root of
bullying
- Questionnaire was prepared in conducting the study
- Structure and unstructured interviews were conducted.
- Implication of the said research was the diminishing cases
of bullying
- Close monitoring and caring for students
ACTIVITY
Try narrowing down the following topics
Poverty
On-line selling
Gender equality
Online games
- Form groups of three.
- Share your critiques with your groupmates.
- Take pictures of your critiquing session.
- Have it downloaded on our Padlet.
- Don’t forget to give your comments.