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1 PROBLEM FORMULATION Defining a Researchable Problem Research Methods
College of Public and Community Service University of Massachusetts at Boston ©2011 William Holmes 1

2 PROBLEM FORMULATION: SOURCES OF IDEAS
News Stories Personal Experiences Review of Research Electronic Databases Library Indexes Web pages Internet Libraries – NCJRS, NLM… Authorities Opinion Leaders Funding Sources 2

3 PROBLEM FORMULATION: FOCUSING (DEFINING) THE PROBLEM
Ways of Defining Problem Formal (nominal), defining with words Example (epistemic), defining by example Procedural (operational), defining a method to recognize examples 3

4 SOURCES OF DEFINITIONS: 1
Articles in Professional Journals Electronic Abstracts and Indexes Web Searches Books, Monographs, Government Reports 4

5 SOURCES OF DEFINITIONS: 2
Professional Standards Legislation Regulations Journalistic Sources Advocacy Groups 5

6 WHAT MAKES A GOOD RESEARCH QUESTION? 1
Focused Empirical Clear Based on prior research or theory 6

7 WHAT MAKES A GOOD RESEARCH QUESTION? 2
Important to answer Does not use “should” Has intuitive appeal 7

8 PROBLEM FORMULATION: TYPES OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Exploratory Descriptive Explanatory Predictive Evaluative 8

9 EXPLORATORY QUESTIONS
Clarifying Questions Clarifying Populations Clarifying Ideas Open-ended 9

10 DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS
Obtaining specific facts Obtaining facts to describe issue Summarizing population characteristics Examining non-causal relationships 10

11 EXPLANATORY QUESTIONS: 1
Examines causal relationships Tests causal hypotheses Explains relationships Builds theories 11

12 EXPLANATORY QUESTIONS: 2
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13 PREDICTION Predicts events Predicts characteristics
Uses Theory and Description Develops predictive equations 13

14 MIXED QUESTIONS Triangulation Multi-measures Multi-methods 14

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