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Criteria for Choosing
Educational Research Problems
Erkkie Haipinge
17.03.2014
For Educational Research course
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Characteristics of a good Research Problem(Ary, Jacobs & Sorensen, 2010, p. 51)
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Criteria in Choosing a Research Problem(CES Study guide)
1. Workability: Accessibility to sample, answerable problem; manageable method
2. Critical mass: Magnitude and scope of the problem. How significant
3. Interest: Are you interested in the problem and its solution? How relevant to your specialization area
4. Theoretical value: Does the problem fill a gap in literature/ will others recognize its importance?
5. Practical value: Will the solution to the problem bring improvement in the field?
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The Overlap of the two Criteria
Researchable
Workability
Significant
Critical mass
Suitable
Interest
Ethical
Practical
value
Further Researc
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Theoretical Value
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Reference
• Ary, D., Jacobs, L. C., Razavieh, A., & Sorensen, C. (2010). Introduction to research in education (8th ed.). Canada: Cengage Learning.