The things that will be presented in this discussion are the following

Introduction to research

Importance of research

Characteristics of a good research

Objective of research

Research methods

Research designs

Research format

Formulating a research title

This particular discussion will be utilizing the mediums Tagalog and English in order to facilitate a more
efficient way of distributing the knowledge that will be presented.

The word research. Ano ba ang research? A conjugation yung pinagsamang salita ng “RE” ay yung prefix
at yung “SEARCH” ang yung main word natin. Simula tayo sa main word natin ang “SEARCH” defined as
to look for, to look for something, specifically answers, truth, or new knowledge. Bagong kaalaman,
katotohanan at sagot. Ano ang “Re”? Repeat, inuulit. To verify, kapag meron kang nalaman, na diskobre,
may narinig ka na bagong kaalaman kailangan mo siguraduhin na yung narinig mo ay totoo so you are
going to go to another source in order to verify the information. This is done in order to combat fake
news and to ensure, para masiguro na ang sagot na nakarating sa inyo, nalaman ninyo, narinig ninyo, na
discover ninyo sa inyong research ay totoo. So that is verify, this is under doon sa proseso nung
tinatawag natin na repeat. Yung susunod is to validate. Once the source is already confirmed or what we
call validated the information, we do this not just by looking at another source so meron kayong narinig
isa na nagsabi na ganito, icoconfirm nyo sa isa and then okay na yon validated. It is better if you go to
another source. So this is also being implemented in the research writing process which is yung citation
of sources to confirm that whatever you’re discussing is verified and validated. Makikita ninyo kapag
nagsusulat na kayo meron kayong mga tinatawag natin citations ng mga sources. Specifically, literatures
in studies. Bakit kailangan verified ang information na makikita o malalaman, madidiscover sa inyong
research paper because the answers, truth, or knowledge that could come out of your research will be
used for decision making. Ang mga makikita niyong bagong kaalaman, katotohanan at sagot ay
gagamitin sa decision making. It is crucial, napakahalaga na itong mga ito ay verified dahil kapag ito ay
ginamit na sa paggawa ng decision at hindi sya verified, magkakaroon ng napakalaking epekto doon sa
decision ng decision maker, yung taong gumagawa ng decision yung information na binigay nyo sa
kanila. Kaya kailangan lahat ng lumalabas sa research ninyo is verified and validated. That is the concept,
the outline, the overview of what we call research. If research ends with an answer, then research
should start with what we call a problem. Again take note, a research starts with a problem, and ends
with a solution or an answer. I presented this because there are misconceptions regarding the research
writing process where in instructors requires students to submit research titles therefore incounting
that ang research ay nagsisimula sa title. Which is not the case. If you are going to start with a title
without any fundamental equipping of knowledge and skill to the students on how they are going to
formulate the title, the reason why they are formulating the title, the characteristics, the variables that
they should be aware of when formulating the title. They will be half-baked. They will be able to
produce a research title but they will not be aware of the variables. Subukan nyo ipahanap sa kanila
yung mga variables ng mga title nila. Hindi nila iidentify yan if you are going to start with the research
title. It should start with a problem and these problems are usually in the form of issues that are
relevant to the field of specialization of students. In this case, HUMSS, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Yun ang focus ng ating discussion ngayon. I am also going to give sample research titles towards the end
of this discussion. Make sure that you take note of the following para alam ninyo and eventually if you
are already equipped and alam ninyo kung paano gumawa ng research title, we are going to break the
vicious cycle of recycling titles and just picking up titles from the internet. It will be more personalized
and customized according to the needs and preferences of the research writer which is supposed to be
the case kapag tayo ay gumagawa ng research title dapat yung gusto ninyong title, dapat yung familiar
kayo doon sa title ninyo. If you are familiar and interested in the title, the QR proposing, there is already
a chance that you already have an idea or background information of the issue that you want to
investigate. We are going to that specifically later on in our discussion.

Bakit tayo nagreresearch? Ano ba ang kahalagahan ng research? Meron kayong maririnig “bakit ba kayo
research ng research? Ano bang meron sa research?” Number one, convenience. Everything that you
are using right now, everything that you are eating right now, everything that you are wearing right now
is a product of research. Lahat ng ginagamit ninyo, sinusuot ninyo, kinakain ninyo lahat yan resulta ng
research. Convenience, kung yung proseso noong unang panahon ng pagpapadala ng sulat, ang tawag
natin doon ay snail mail. Inaabot ng lingo, isang linggo, dalawang linggo bago makarating sa doon sa
pupuntahan. Ngayon, through technology, through research meron na tayong makabagong paraan
which is electronic mail na hindi lang inaabot ng isang minute, Segundo lang makakarating na doon sa
taong pupuntahan nung email yung message na ipinadala ninyo. Again, those are results of research.
Next number two, self-improvement. In terms of self-improvement hindi lang sa pagpapagaan ng buhay
ng ibang tao, kundi sa sarili ninyo nagkakaroon kayo ng bagong kaalaman, ito yung number four, It
promotes new knowledge dahil meron kayong nalaman habang sinusulat nyo ang inyong research at
nagkakaroon kayo ng realizations, ng reflections. Lalong lalo na kapag ang ginagawa ninyo ay yung
tinatawag nating Qualitative Research. But in this particular discussion, magfofocus tayo sa quantitative
research. Pangatlo, Development. In terms of output product, sabi natin kapag ang isang produkto ng
isang kompanya, whether industrial or tech company ay hindi nag improve, hindi nagbago mamamatay
ang kompanya. There are a lot of stories that proves and supports this particular knowledge. Kaya
kailangan nagdedevelop palagi, nag-iimprove yung produkto, may nadadagdag, hindi nababawasan,
hind istagnant, walang pinagbago. Meron man pinagbago, kunti lamang. Development is important and
development is one of the result of research. Nagreresearch kayo para mapaganda kung ano ang
iniimbistigahan ninyo. Number four, it promotes new knowledge. Together with self-improvement is the
acquiring the new knowledge. Ito ang isa sa benefits ng paggawa ng research. Meron kayong nalalaman
na bago. Doon naman sa self-improvement, yung mga benefits na binibigay ng paggawa nyo ng
research, napakaraming opportunities na nagbubukas sa inyo. Nandyan ang promotion, kasama yan
doon sa self-improvement. Nandyan yung pwede kang magpresent sa ibang bansa through other
conventions or researchs. Conventions again part ng self-improvement. All of this it compresses in line
with promoting new knowledge. Ito yung mga dahilan, kahalagahan ng pagcoconduct ng research.
Characteristics of a good research. Now you are familiar with the acronym SMART. Specific, Measurable,
Attainable, Relevant, Time bound. Pwede nyo gamitin ito kapag gumagawa ng research title. Number
one, when we talk about specific it should be discrete, exact. These are done through the identifications
of the variables that you are going to use. Ibigsabihin magiging specific, magiging exact yan kapag yung
mismong mga variables, kung sino yung involved sa research nakareflect doon sa research title mo at
doon sa mismong research. Kasi meron sa title palang hindi nakaidentify kung sino yung respondents,
exactly. Yung exact respondents nila. Halimbawa, yung generic term na ginawa nila students, kapag
sinabi nyong students, lahat ng levels ninyong students, you will have to cover. You have to specify, it
has to be discrete, it has to be precise. That is what we mean when we talk about specific. When we talk
about measurable, again kapag measurable ang research na ginagawa ninyo, ang gagamitin ninyong
method ay quantitative research. It should be quantifiable. Examples of quantifiable yung levels of
competency ng mga teachers, yung level ng preparedness ng isang eskuwelahan, yung effects can also
be measurable, and then yung mga experimental na research can also be considered as measurable or
quantifiable. Again, we are going to specifically discuss the different areas under quantitative research,
ang tawag natin doon ay research design. When we talk about measurable, dapat yung pwedeng sukatin
because when you go to qualitative research these focuses mainly on the experience ng mga tao kaya
hindi sya pwede sukatin so that is what we mean about by measurable or quantifiable. Now the next
one is attainable, when we talk about attainable it should be achieveable, yung hindi imposible and it
should be realistic. When you try to think of a research title make sure you take in to consideration the
time that you have in order to achieve that research. Another consideration para maging attainable sya
is yung accessability of the data. Baka hindi pwedeng i-access yung data or napakaraming kailangan
puntahan para makuha yung data, it is not attainable, it is not realistic, it is not achievable. That is what
we mean by attainable. When we talk about relevant it should be pertinent. Pertinent refers to being
important, crucial, timely, napapanahon. Kung ano yung mga nangyayaring problema, issue sa ating
society, sa ating mga kapwa ito dapat ang nagiging basehan natin sa pagbuo ng research title at pagbuo
ng research. Sunod, time bound. Kapag pinag-usapan ang time bound, meron tayong nilalagay na target
date or time frame. As I mentioned earlier under attainable, dapat I take into consideration ninyo itong
time frame na meron kayo. Kung itong research na ginagawa ninyo is good for one semester, is good for
a number of months kailangan yung research na propose nyo hindi ganon kahirap, kakomplikado para
hindi matapos within the time frame or target date na sinet ninyo. Again, these are the characteristics of
a good research or research title.

The next one is objective of research. As you can see, this is already synthesized into one statement kaya
objective of research na yung ginamit natin. Ang research ninyo, kayo kayo gumagawa ng research is to
be able to contribute to the existing body of knowledge. Ibigsahin kung ano yung existing na hind inyo
na dapat inuulit. As much as possible, try to look for further studies that will continue the study that you
are interested in. Nandoon yun sa part ng recommendation, try to find an issue and after that research if
there are already studies that have been conducted relevant to the issue that you are interested in.
Pwede nyo naman hanapin yan sa internet kung meron ng mga titles na gumawa na kapareho o
kahalintulad ng research na ginagawa ninyo. To continue, that would result to a more effective and
efficient process that would make life convenient. Again, in this synthesis of idea regarding the objective
of research, nandoon parin yung convenience. Yung pagpapagaan sa buhay, pagpapabilis sa proseso,
pagiging mas efficient o mas effective na proseso kumpara noon. Ayun yung tinatawag natin na dahilan
kung bakit tayo nagcocoduct ng research.