Scope and Delimitation of the Study

Opening Activity 1
• Direction: Form groups of three members. Then, follow the
instructions below on doing this activity. Answer the guide
questions that follow.
 Direction:
• 1. Provide a caption for each of the two pictures.
• 2. Synthesize your ideas and create a final caption for the two
pictures.
• 3. share the answer of your group to the class on why you
chose your caption. Compare your answer with the other
group.
 Guide Question
• 1. What is the common interpretation of the groups on the
pictures?
• 2. what is the most likely meaning of the target board relative
to research?
• 3. How can you compare the pictures in the conduct of the
research?
 Lecture: Scope and Delimitation
• The scope of the study is determined by the major variables of
the study while sub-variables and their characteristics,
attributes, or the indicators serve as the delimitation. It is also
beneficial to mention the locale or setting of the research and
when the data would be gathered.
 Lecture: Scope and Delimitation
• Is the domain of your research—what is in the domain, and
what is not.

• Must be clear as much as possible including the factors within

accepted range of the studt.
 Examples of S and D from Actual Studies
• A. Title: Consumers’ Response to PETA’s Advocacy
Advertisements on Vegetarianism (Del Mundo, 2009)

• The study was conducted to find out the consumers’

responses toward vegetarianism in advocacy issues;
the reason for this is that vegetarianism is a growing
consumer market. The aspects studied were the
respondents’ feedback to selected most popular
advertisements of PETA toward vegetarianism, how
the advertisements catch attention and interest, how
they affect lifestyles, and how they generate action.
 Examples of S and D from Actual Studies
• B. Title: Milo Marathon: A Sports Event as a
Corporate Social Responsibility (Bernardo, 2013)
• This research is focused mainly on the application
of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Milo
Marathon. The Milo Marathon is the search
context of this study as it follows individuals to
participate in a sports event, on which portion of
the event proceeds benefits a charitable advocacy.
A sample population from 42-km and 21-km
distances of the marathon is used as respondents
to the survey questionnaires of this research.
 Examples of S and D from Actual Studies
• B. Title: Milo Marathon: A Sports Event as a Corporate
Social Responsibility (Bernardo, 2013)
• (continuation) The Psychological Continuum Model
(PCM) is used as the theoretical foundation for this
thesis (Funck and James, 2001 and 2006). PCM has four
levels namely, awareness, attraction, attachment and
allegiance. The current research specifically focuses on
the awareness, attraction, and attachment stages as
these are the most crucial stages of the model. Funk
and James (2006) argued that this suggestion through
examination of factors that may contributed to sports
event awareness, attraction, and attachment.
 Importance of S and D
• Formulating research questions delimits the research topic to a
specific area.

• Doing so reduces variety and thus, structures the field under

study. Important aspects are brought to the fore; others are
regarded as less important and left in the background or
excluded.
 APPLICATION
• A. Choose one from the given examples in the “Scope and
Delimitation” part of the lecture. Then, write a summary for it
by identifying the variables.

• b. Choose one of the given examples in the “Significance of the

Study” part of the lecture. Then, write a summary for it by
identifying the general significance of the study, its
beneficiaries, and the benefits that they will gain from it.