Significance of the Study
Practical Research 1 2018 – 2019
Essential Questions: (1) What is the Significance of the Study? (2)Why should we write the Significance of the Study? (3)How to write the Significance of the Study?
Significance of the Study
Declaration of Importance
Significance of the Study (1) statement of importance and societal relevance of the study with respect to the benefits and beneficiaries accounted for the study
What can be declared as “benefits” (1) Incremental, minute improvements to the lives of large segments of the population as well as deep, transformative influences upon other lives (Oancea, 2011)
“Beneficiaries of the Study” (1) persons, groups, or organizations that the researchers target to benefit directly or indirectly through actions based on the result of the study
How to write?
(1)Identify the beneficiaries. (2)Describe the benefit(s).
On describing benefits (1) Few Beneficiaries: 1 or 2 paragraphs (2)Many Beneficiaries: (Follow the structure in the next slide.)
Many Beneficiaries: (1) Why is it important to conduct this study (2) The main beneficiary (3) The secondary beneficiary (4) The importance to proponents (researchers) (5) Importance to future researchers
Exploring Examples:
(1)Please refer to the document presented.
Statement of the Problem
(1) outline the basic facts of the problem (2) explain why the problem matters (3) pinpoint a solution as quickly
Statement of the Problem
A Generalized Problem into a targeted, well-defined problem
Key Characteristics (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Address a gap. Be significant to research body. Lead to more research Investigated through the collection of data Be interesting. Be ethical.
General Format
(1) The IDEAL (2) The REALITY (3) The CONSEQUENCES