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[00:00.00] B. RULES in CHOOSING a RESEARCH TOPIC

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[00:01.00] Interest in the subject matter.

[00:01.00] Interest in the subject drive you to research, investigate, or inquire about it with full motivation, enthusiasm, and energy.

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[00:01.00] Availability of Information.

[00:01.00] information will serve as evidence to support your claims about your subject matter from varied forms of literature like books, journals, and newspapers.

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[00:01.00] Timeliness and Relevance of the Topio How relevant is the topic?

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[00:01.00] - Related to the present (except for historical research) Personal Resources Do an assessment on your research abilities in terms of your financial standing, health condition, mental capacity, needed facilities and time schedule to enable you to complete your research. Limitations on the subject Connect your choice with course requirements.

[00:01.00] C. Research Topics to be Avoided

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[00:01.00] Controversial topics — It depends more on the writers’ opinion leading to biases.

[00:01.00] Highly technical subjects — Not advisable for beginners as these topics require an advanced study, technical knowledge, and skills Hard-to-investigate subjects —Happens if there are no available reading materials about it and if such materials are not up-to-date.

[00:01.00] Too broad subjects — It prevents you to focus on the subject matter of the paper.

[00:01.00] Too narrow subjects — Subjects are so limited where an extensive searching is necessary.

[00:01.00] Vague subjects - Titles beginning with indefinite adjectives such as several, many, some as in “Some remarkable Traits of a Filipino”.

[00:01.00] THE RESEARCH PROBLEM and RESEARCH QUESTION A. An Overview of the Research Problem and Research Question Y Chapter | of the research paper is called The Problem and its Background

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[00:01.00] Y itis composed of the following sections:

[00:01.00] 1. Background of the Study

[00:01.00] 2. Statement of the Problem

[00:01.00] 3. Scope and Delimitation, and 4. Significance of the study