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Chapter 6 Scope and Delimitation

This document discusses the scope, delimitations, and significance of a research study. It defines the scope as the major variables being studied, while the sub-variables, their characteristics, and indicators serve to delimit the scope. The significance section notes that research should benefit individuals, groups, or fields of study. The results of studies can provide new knowledge, check other findings, or identify areas for improvement to benefit direct stakeholders like clinical instructors, head nurses, and nursing personnel. Other researchers may also build upon the study.

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Chapter 6 Scope and Delimitation

This document discusses the scope, delimitations, and significance of a research study. It defines the scope as the major variables being studied, while the sub-variables, their characteristics, and indicators serve to delimit the scope. The significance section notes that research should benefit individuals, groups, or fields of study. The results of studies can provide new knowledge, check other findings, or identify areas for improvement to benefit direct stakeholders like clinical instructors, head nurses, and nursing personnel. Other researchers may also build upon the study.

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CHAPTER 6

THE SCOPE AND DELIMITATION AND


THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
OBJECTIVES:
To specify the different variables, sub-variables and indicated of
the study
To cite the potential benefits of the study

LIBRARY ACTIVITY
Read at least three theses found in the library. Identify the
elements of their scopes and delimitations. Write down the
elements common in the theses. Discuss and share your
observations with your group.
THE SCOPE AND DELIMITATION
The scope of the study is determined by the major
variables of the study while the sub-variables and
their characteristics, attributes and indicators serve as
the delimitation. It is also beneficial to mention the
locale or setting of the research and the data would
be gathered.
A variable is any factor or property that a researcher measures controls
and/or manipulates. It may be a concept or a construct. A concept may be
defined by a dictionary and commonly used by an educator. Examples
are age, civil status, academic degree, weight, height etc. a researcher
may come up with a new variable by combining two concepts. However,
he must expertly defend or rationalize the combination, after which a
construct may be formulated. A construct usually combines together two
concepts. Its definition is usually not found in dictionaries. Examples are
level of performance, nature of environment, rate of recovery,
educational attainment and sociological factors.
Kinds of Variables
1. Variables according to number or categories
a. Categorical variables- represent unordered categories, groups or classes.
Examples: multiple intelligences learning style, civil status.
b. Dichotomous variables- represent only two categories
Example: sex, side (L and R), diabetes
c. Polychotomous variables- have more than one categories
Example: educational attainment, economic status
d. Continuous Variables- take on any of a range of values
Examples: height, weight, speed, blood glucose level
2. Variables used in an experiment
a. Independent variables- the cause variable, the
reasons of changes in the dependent variables.

b. Dependent variables- the variables that are


affected by the cause.
3. Variables according to the nature
a. Concrete variables- variables that can be perceived
through the senses.
Examples: height, skin, color, taste

b. Abstract variables- variables of quality


Examples: knowledge level, perception level, recovery
rate
4. Variables according to the number being studied.
a. Univariate Study- one variable is being studied.
b. Bivariate study- two variables are being studied.
c. Polyvariate study- more than two variables are
being studied.
Scope and delimitation Example 1: (Marcelo, 2007)
This study is focused on the level of performance of operating
room staff nurses in selected government and private hospitals
in Cabanatuan City. Performance of staff nurses is divided into
three areas, namely: patient care management, which includes
assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation and
endorsements; unit management; and professionalism and
service commitment. This study was undertaken during the
first semester of school year 2007-2007.
 
Infection control practices were concentrated in the NICU and the
standard practices included in this study were based on Avery’s (2001)
and Bhatt’s (2002) reports to the US department of health. Infection
control practices include preparation of IV fluids, preparation of IV
medications, skin care, umbilical cord, eye care and infant feeding. There
were other areas included in infection control practices such as umbilical
cannulation, IV cannula Insertion, insertion of umbilical catheter and
aseptic techniques, but this study concentrated only on the areas where
students were directly involved.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Research is a very noble undertaking if it promises to make a
significant contribution to the welfare of a person or a group of
persons, the community or to an academic field or discipline, in this
case, the nursing profession (or health care providers in general).
The significance of the study must also discuss the importance of the
study to society, the country, the government, the community or to
the institution, the agency concerned, the curriculum planners and
the developers and to the researchers.
This section describes the contribution of the study to the existing
body of knowledge. This could be in a form of new knowledge in
the field, a check on the major findings of other studies, a check
on the validity of findings in a different population, a check on
trends over time and a check on other findings using different
methodologies. The researcher has to identify his direct
beneficiaries, or the person, group of persons and organizations
that will benefit from the results of the study.
In the identification of beneficiaries, the researcher is
advised to be specific in mentioning them. The specific
benefits must also be enumerated and explained if there is
a need to do so. It is also important that in enumerating the
beneficiaries of the results of the study, they have to be
arranged according to the degree of significance to them.
Example
The results of this study will be of great benefit to the following: Clinical
Instructors. The results of the study will provide them information on the
extent of participation of the concerned parties in infection control.
Results would tell them which areas that need to be sustained for better
implementation. Head nurses. Data will provide them clear picture of the
performance of other subordinate nurses. This will enable them to give
emphasis in supervising and coaching this staff nurses so as to improve
their level of performance.
Nursing personnel. This study will provide information on the
level of managerial skills that a head nurse actually exhibits.
Findings will help nurses become aware of their behaviors toward
others, which must be in line with the standards of the nursing
profession. Furthermore, this will determine the type of
management skills that a head nurse needs to function effectively
in the organization and will shed light on areas in the current
management practices that needed to be worked on.
Other researchers. This study can give rise to other problems
of study or can be replicated using additional variables in
another locale or setting with different respondents. This study
may serve as possible background literature for future studies.
Enrichment or validation of the study of the dame variables is
recommended for future researchers to be able to reinforce the
results of the study. The findings of this study can also serve as
basis for the conceptual frameworks of these future studies.

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