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Research Problem
Nature of Quantitative Research
Problem
This situation in life, where you find difficulty in knowing or
finding answers or solutions to question causing you worries or
perplexities is called a problem. By curiosity,you get to ponder
on a problem needing answer.You resort to thinking of what to
solve,whom to ask,where to go,and how to do all the things
you want to happen to find the answer. Behaving this way,you
are then confronted with a research problem.Research
problem is something that nurtures in your mind a difficulty or
uncertainty,enough to push you to do an empirical
investigation by collecting and analyzing data or information
through which you can find the right answer or solution.
Requiring you to adopt an empirical attitude toward your problem
in a way that you depend on your sensory experience,conduct
experimentation,or perform a scientific method in arriving the truth
about something makes your problem a researchable
problem.Being researchable,your problem becomes a
Quantitative Research,not a qualitative research that people
consider not researchable because it is more inclined to
explaining or describing peoples views,values,attitudes,opinion
and other subjective traits. Unlike quantitative research problem is
not only characterized by precision,specificity or stability but also
geared toward a possible result,qualitative research is describe as
expansive,widespread and developing and it is focused more on
process rather than outcomes.
Sources of Quantitative Research
Problem
Things around you that could trigger your mind to mull over one
problematic area in your life that you want to look into empirically.
1. Agencies of the government,or any non-government institutions
2. Your own experience or genuine interest in something
3. Previous research finding which you want to validate or consider
as studies suffering from some inconsistencies or discrepancies.
4. Present political social or economic issues in society
5. Review of related literature
Research Question vs. Quantitative
Research Problem
Several reasons prod you to define or finalize a research problem or a
research topic.But this does not mean that after spending time
thinking about a research problem,emmediately,you plunge into
carrying out an investigation or collecting and analyzing
data.Thinking a research problem or a topic to research on is a
beginning act in research.Another initial act is asking a set of specific
questions or identifying sub problems about your research problem.