Research Title and Background of the Study

Research Title and Background of the Study

by Allan Paul Ramos

​Key concepts

• ​purpose of the study

• research title

• background or rationale​

Let's Have A Review!​

​Identify the independent and dependent variables for each of the following research cases

Multiple Choice

To determine whether a diet of blueberries have an effect on aging, an experiment involving 19-month-old rats was undertaken. In this study, one group of rats was fed with their standard diet while the other three groups were fed with a diet supplemented with blueberry.

What is the IV?

• diet

• aging

• 19-month old rats

• standard diet

Multiple Choice

To determine whether a diet of blueberries have an effect on aging, an experiment involving 19-month-old rats was undertaken. In this study, one group of rats was fed with their standard diet while the other three groups were fed with a diet supplemented with blueberry.

What is the CV?

• diet

• aging

• 19-month old rats

• standard diet

Multiple Choice

To determine whether a diet of blueberries have an effect on aging, an experiment involving 19-month-old rats was undertaken. In this study, one group of rats was fed with their standard diet while the other three groups were fed with a diet supplemented with blueberry.

What is the DV?

• diet

• aging

• 19-month old rats

• standard diet

Open Ended

The more time people spend using social media, the less able they are to express themselves in conversation.

Write the IV and DV on the space provided.

Open Ended

The more time people spend using social media, the less able they are to express themselves in conversation.

Give one possible intervening variable to control?

​Activating Schema

​A research title is a product of real-world observations, dilemmas, wide reading, selective viewing, meaningful interactions, and deep reflection. The title of the research is the research problem inquiry in capsule form. It must clearly reflect the topic of investigation. And it must be original, clear, concise, or specific.

Open Ended

In your own words, what is a RESEARCH TITLE?

​What is Research Title?

• ​A research title is a product of real-world observations, dilemmas, wide reading, selective viewing, meaningful interactions, and deep reflection.

​What is Research Title?

• ​The title of the research is the research problem inquiry in capsule form. It must clearly reflect the topic of investigation. And it must be original, clear, concise, or specific.

​The following are the basic questions that can be asked when writing a research title.

​1. Does the title describe what the study is all about?

2. Does the title contain a high specificity level?

3. Is the title academically phrased and is not lengthy?

4. Is the title withinv the twelve (12) substantive word requirements of the American Psychological Association (APA)?

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​Note: The 12 substantive word requirement of APA means that only the keywords are counted.

Reading Comprehension and the Ability of Freshmen Students in Solving Word Problems​

​For example:

Multiple Choice

Impact of Parental Support on the Academic Performance and Self Concept of the Students.

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Bullying in Schools

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Influence of Family and the Self Confidence of Graduating Senior High School Students

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Teaching Strategies and the Academic Performance of Struggling Readers

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Farm Yields of Farmers

• YES

• NO

Techniques to Narrow Down Topics

​Examine the literature.

Published articles are an excellent source of ideas for research questions. They are usually at an appropriate level of specificity and suggest research questions that focus on the following:

​1. Examining Literature

​a. Replicate a previous research project exactly or with slight variations.

b. Explore unexpected findings discovered in previous research.

c. Follow suggestions an author gives for future research at the end of an article.

d. Extend an existing explanation or theory to a new topic or setting.

e. Challenge findings or attempt to refute a relationship.

Multiple Choice

Online selling in the Philippines

• broad

• specific

Multiple Choice

The New Normal in Education

• broad

• specific

Multiple Choice

A Comparison of Time Spent on Facebook by Adults and Adolescents

• broad

• specific

Multiple Choice

Tiktok as a New Trend on Facebook

• broad

• specific

​What is the focus of this background?

​Students have different ways in processing information; some may prefer audio-visual presentation; others dramatizing and imitating or reasoning logically and intuitively, or analyzing and envisioning. Teacher style also varies Some professors used the traditional way of teaching; others used the new trend in technology; some focus on principles and others on presentations. When the learning style of professors is incompatible with students, the students may become inattentive, distracted, uninterested, ,and their achievement level goes down, and eventually leads to school dropout. The intervention used in this study is the student’s devised games simulation. Games-simulation is introduced as a method in teaching in medical fields recently through interactive video games (Rosser, Lynch, Caddihy, Gentile, Klanssky, & Merill, 2007).

Open Ended

What is the focus of the paragraph earlier?

Which part of the background of the study refers to the findings of other researchers?

​Students have different ways in processing information; some may prefer audio-visual presentation; others drama and imitating or reasoning logically and intuitively, or analyzing and envisioning. Teacher style also vary. Some professors used traditional way of teaching; others used the new trend in technology; some focus on principles and others on presentations. When the learning style of professors are incompatible, the students may become inattentive, distracted, uninterested, their achievement level goes down, and eventually leads to school dropout. For intervention used in this study is the student’s devises games-simulation. Games-simulation is introduced as a method in teaching in medical fields recently through interactive video games (Rosser, Lynch, Caddihy, Gentile, Klanssky, & Merill, 2007)

​The Background of the Study

• ​The purpose of the background of the study is to help the researcher to prove the relevance of his or her research question and to further develop his or her thesis.

• ​The background of the study includes: a review of the area being researched, current information surrounding the issue, previous studies on the issue, relevant history of the issue.