Week # 4: Formulating a Research Problem, Identifying Variables

The research problem, The importance of formulating a research problem, Sources of research problems, Considerations in selecting a research problem, Steps in formulating a research problem, The formulation of research objectives, The study population, Establishing operational definitions, Formulating a research problem in qualitative research, Identifying variables, What is a variable? The difference between a concept and a variable, Converting concepts into variables, Types of variable, From the viewpoint of causal relationship, From the viewpoint of the study design, From the viewpoint of the unit of measurement, Types of measurement scale, The nominal or classificatory scale, The ordinal or ranking scale, The interval scale, The ratio scale.