Criteria for Choosing

Educational Research Problems

Erkkie Haipinge

17.03.2014

For Educational Research course

Characteristics of a good Research Problem(Ary, Jacobs & Sorensen, 2010, p. 51)

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?

The Overlap of the two Criteria

Researchable

Workability

Significant

Critical mass

Suitable

Interest

Ethical

Practical

value

Further Researc

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Theoretical Value

Reference

• Ary, D., Jacobs, L. C., Razavieh, A., & Sorensen, C. (2010). Introduction to research in education (8th ed.). Canada: Cengage Learning.