Conceptualising the Research Problem: A Step-By-Step Guide

A step-by-step guide to how to conceptualise a research problem using an illustration and hands-on exercises.Chapter one; research and types of research, and research problems.Chapter 2; finding a researchable problem and defining it. It shows how a researcher should interrogate every aspect of the research problem whether a discrepancy, research question or operational research to come up with a feasible, clear, significant and ethical research problem with empirical referents. Chapter 3 illustrates the back and forth process of conceptualising from a research idea, through research topic, title, to identifying and operationalising the key concepts, formulating research objectives and linking the problem to a theoretical framework, formulating a conceptual framework and identifying the methods for collecting and analysing data. Chapter 4 links conceptualisation with the rest of the research process thus discussing preliminary activities, research design, data collection and analysis, the research report and follow-up activities especially dissemination and application. The book is intended for use by university students and their supervisors.

Rebecca Mirembe Nyonyintono(Ph.D).SUNY/Buffalo Sociologist/ Sociology of Education and Social Psychology with long University Teaching Career.Freelance Consultant in Kenya,Uganda and Tanzania for various NGOs,UN and Government agencies. Currently Research Coordinator.School of Post Graduate Studies. Ndejje University.Uganda.