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**RESEARCH TITLE AND ITS BACKGROUND** ***What is background of research?*** So you have carefully written your article and probably ran it through your colleagues ten to fifteen times. While there are many elements to a good research article, one of the most important elements for your readers is...

**RESEARCH TITLE AND ITS BACKGROUND** ***What is background of research?*** So you have carefully written your article and probably ran it through your colleagues ten to fifteen times. While there are many elements to a good research article, one of the most important elements for your readers is the background of your study. information. The background of your study will provide context to the n discussed throughout the research paper. Background information may include both important and relevant studies. This is particularly important if a study either supports or refutes your thesis. In addition, the background of the study will discuss your problem statement, rationale, and research questions. It links introduction to your research topic and ensures a logical flow of ideas. Thus, it helps readers understand your reasons for conducting the study. The reader should be able to understand your topic and its importance. The length and detail of your background also dependthe degree to which you need to demonstrate your understanding of the on topic. Paying close attention to the following questions will help you in writing background information: - Are there any theories, concepts, terms, and ideas that may be unfamiliar to the target audience and will require you to provide any additional explanation? - Any historical data that need to be shared in order to provide context on why the current issue emerged? - Are there any concepts that may have been borrowed from other disciplines that may be unfamiliar to the reader and need an explanation? - Is the research study unique for which additional explanation is needed? For instance, you may have used a completely new method? Your background should begin with defining a topic and audience. It is important that you identify which topic you need to review and what your audience already knows about the topic. You should proceed by searching and researching the relevant literature (Brians, 2011). **RESEARCH QUESTIONS, SCOPE AND DELIMITATION** **Steps in developing a research questions:** 1. Choose an interesting general topic. Even directed academic research should focus on a topic in which the writer is at least somewhat personally invested. 2. Do some preliminary research on your general topic. Do a few quick searches in current periodicals and journals on your topic to see what's already been done and to help you narrow your focus. What questions does this early research raise? 3. Consider your audience. For most college papers, your audience will be academic, but always keep your audience in mind when narrowing your topic and developing your questions. would that particular audience be interested in this question? 4. Start asking questions. taking into consideration all of the above, start asking yourself open-ended "how" and "why" questions about your general topic. 5. Evaluate your question. after enlisting the questions, evaluate these questions to realize if they would be effective research questions, or if they need more revisions (Creswell, 2012) Let us take a look the example below; Research Title: Writing Proficiency Level of Grade 11 HUMSS Students: Basis for Contextualized Teaching-Learning Module Research Questions: 1\. What is the writing proficiency level of grade 11 HUMSS students in terms of: a\. grammar; b\. mechanics; and c\. organization? 2\. What contextualized teachin-leaarning module can be designed on the least developed writing skill/s of grade 11 HUMSS students?; and 3\. What is the validity level of the module? ***What is scope and delimitation of the study?*** ### **Delimitations** It involves the scope of a study. For example, the scope may focus on specific variables, specific participants, specific sites, or narrowed to one type of research design (e.g., ethnography or experimental research). ### **Limitations** It aims to identify potential weaknesses of the study. For example, all statistical procedures and research strategies, such as surveys or grounded theory studies have limitations. In introductory discussions about these strategies, authors typically mention both their strengths and their weaknesses (Fatatado, 2016). ### **Sample Scope and Delimitations** *high-pressure stream to slow pressure stream in a ceramic motor. The proposed system is limited only in reducing high power consumption of the high-pressure pump. The project can be used in all existing Seawater* *Reverse Osmosis Plant in the Philippines. Some calculations, assumptions, and selections were made as a consideration of a proper and realistic design (Creswell, 2012).*