Chapter 2 – Developing an interest or topic. In this chapter students will be able to: Describe several ways of identifying topics of interest, create a purpose statement for your topic of interest, prepare several research questions for your research project or design, identify the criteria for a good purpose statement, assess your purpose statement in terms of the criteria for a good purpose statement. | Planning an Applied Research Project Chapter 2 – Developing an Interest or Topic © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objectives Describe several ways of identifying topics of interest Create a purpose statement for your topic of interest Prepare several research questions for your research project or design Identify the criteria for a good purpose statement Assess your purpose statement in terms of the criteria for a good purpose statement © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Key Terms Action research Applied research Basic research Brainstorming Coding Cognitive mapping Focus Feasibility Problem statement Purpose statement Research objectives Research questions Significance Usefulness Validity © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Ways of Finding Topics Your manager or your professor Review of past reading New reading Interviewing Brainstorming Conversing Faculty suggestions Cognitive mapping © 2014 by John Wiley & . | Planning an Applied Research Project Chapter 2 – Developing an Interest or Topic © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objectives Describe several ways of identifying topics of interest Create a purpose statement for your topic of interest Prepare several research questions for your research project or design Identify the criteria for a good purpose statement Assess your purpose statement in terms of the criteria for a good purpose statement © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Key Terms Action research Applied research Basic research Brainstorming Coding Cognitive mapping Focus Feasibility Problem statement Purpose statement Research objectives Research questions Significance Usefulness Validity © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Ways of Finding Topics Your manager or your professor Review of past reading New reading Interviewing Brainstorming Conversing Faculty suggestions Cognitive mapping © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Purpose Statements Drive the research process and help you to focus on which research methods to pursue. They are not: Restatements of the obvious Simple calculations Simple comparison of two sets of data Something some one gave you without any rationale Yes/ no situations Topics that interest only you Questions already investigated Something simple to determine © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Purpose Statements (cont’d) Try the following sentence structure: “My purpose is to (what you want to learn – the questions) “The reasons it is important include . (why it is significant? what is the context for it? why should people care? what gap does it fill?) Therefore, I will (what you will do to answer your questions and accomplish your goal? what will be your research design?) © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Types of Research Basic research Applied research Action research © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. .