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Good day everyone. Our topic for today
is of course to look for a good research
topic. This is which is very crucial
in identifying evaluating and refining
your research
I provided the smart criteria which is
the specific, measurable, achievable,
relevant and time bound. It's very
important that
we really specify our topic
with other criteria that you must know.
Okay? Again, did we mention in the review
that research is a systematic
investigation that contributes to
criminology. If your
research topic is not new, it will no longer
contribute to the body of knowledge, to
criminology. Therefore, it's not
significant. It's not a novel, and it's
not a good rust research topic. And
definitely if that's the case you might not
pass the proposal defense.
So our goal is to find a research topic
that will pass the panelist's taste during
your proposal defense.
Second, a good research topic is the
foundation of a successful study. So
again, as of today, you really need to
find a good research topic that is a novel. It's
not like others didn't think of it, or if
others did, you were the one who found the
spice in that topic. So you need
to look for that. So for today's session
we will uh you will you should know how to
select, evaluate and refine a topic
and I will additional criteria in
determining a good topic for your research.
research.
Okay. So here aside from a smart we have
finer criteria and when we said finer
criteria this is him. So we have F for
visible, I for interesting, N for noble,
E for ethical and R for relevant.
relevant.
So it's very important that your
topic should be weak. When we say
weak, you should be able to finish gathering the data with our data or with the
time we have
. That's why
we usually specify the local to a
specific area only. Because if
we make it the Philippines or let's say the
whole of Luzon, it's not visible for an
undergraduate study. So, and of course,
that also includes the resources that are
called. When we say resources, it's
the budget. These are the tools
we need. And of course,
another is the data accessibility.
Do we have access to the data?
Can we get information? So
when you are asked, I asked you
for a topic, is this weak? So consider
the resources, the time, and the
data accessibility. So those are the ones
you'll be looking at there, right? So it's very
important that if you have a topic,
I will ask you. Is it possible to
get data? So it should be yes because
otherwise, it would be a waste to even think about the topic.
Maybe the topic you're thinking about is good but
not visible. So it's a no no. Okay.
For letter I, we have what we called as of
course interesting. Because if I were the
reader and I saw that, I wouldn't think
the topic would be interesting to read because it's
boring. Just repeat it over and over again. So
therefore, the thesis will not be read and that would be a
waste. So this is where your title should
be of interest to readers.
So another good quality is what we
call as novel or novelty. When we say
novelty or novel, this is what
I usually look at. Is your topic new
? Is there anything new or is there spice? The
topic may seem new or it may
seem like it's been repeated, but there's a difference,
right? Like if the study was previously quantitative, let
's convert it to qualitative because based on the
gap that we've researched, this is what hasn't been
done yet. So that's what's called
novelty. So, to say in short, no
researcher has ever done a study
that is very similar to what you thought. So
you need to have a contribution to
the existing body of knowledge.
What else? So usually that
becomes our problem. The topic is no
longer a novel. When the term "
reformation of juvenile delinquents" is mentioned, it
seems like the idea of "reformation" is
overstudied. Is there any other
program that is being done at the bahay pag-asa
for juveniles and then you can evaluate it,
so evaluation of, for example, a
program of a specific program in bahay pag-asa
pag-asa
in Bulacan, right? So that's an
example of novelty. So next of course
this is another important thing is that
your topic must be ethical.
So it must adhere to the
ethical principle and we cannot
traumatize or harm the
participants. So usually if your
participant or minors, women or LGBTQIA,
we have some ethical
considerations or they have been victims of
a crime
or they are a PDL. So
So
those are the participants,
especially the ones we are keeping in mind.
Another we have what we call as relevant.
relevant.
So it means that
your topic should be able to answer
an issue or problem in society. So
if you're looking for a topic, you're
looking for a problem that we need to solve
. So that's R which is relevant. So
one of the techniques in finding a good
research topic is finding the latest
news what's new in the society because
again crime is society is changing as
well as crime is changing therefore
topic can change and research can change that's why
I'm saying that you say that it
seems like this
study has been done, it's not because everything changes
and if everything changes there
might be a new topic that
you can do that others haven't done
because these things
only came out or only existed. So
that's what you'll be looking at. So we
shouldn't tell you that
we're saying that many people have thought about this.
Not so. So you just need to look
for a particular research in a good
research gap in a good topic that
you want to pursue. So again, if you're
finding a research topic, you must
conduct or look for it with a heart, not
only for the purpose of passing the subject.
subject.
As a review, it's like a review because
I've discussed this. Here are the steps
in selecting a good topic. One of which
is identifying a broad area of interest.
Okay? Or if not, is there a problem that
exists in which broad area of interest
it belongs? Is that an example for
juvenile delinquency, cyber crime or
correctional administration?
Okay. Second, if you identify a broad
area of interest, you need to narrate it down
to a specific issue or problem. So
for example, if we're talking about
cyber crime, we're talking about the
victimization of a specific cyber crime
um issue like for example vishing.
So 'yun and then aside from that we need
to align it with the university research
agenda or SDGs. Again I already
discussed this during our last
discussion on how to align no?
Your topic needs to be aligned, which is often the
case, and then you need to look for
current issues or debates. So this is
another ano um
uh idea because for example your topic is
about cyber crime then you should search the
internet for
current issues or debate about new
methods of um criminals or let's say
perpetrator victimizing people through
the use of computer. So is there anything new that
people are aware of? Then you can check
for the awareness of the certain of a
certain group of people about this one.
So here we will see in number four if
this study will be novel because
you can justify it if you can say
that these are new issues that
we have seen. So this is a novel, isn't it? So
number five aside from that you should
check gaps in literature or studies
journals that have been published here. So
again, how will you
know if the topic you've thought of has been
created? So to find out
if someone did it, it's very
important that you find
the related study yourself. That's why we
have related studies and
literature, that's why we have chapter two.
So we can prove that there is nothing
similar to the topic we did because
in previous researches, this is what
they did. And then for us as a
researcher, this is what we did
because this is the gap. This is what was
missing from the previous studies
we read. That's how you prove the
research gap. Okay? And then for the
number six, you need to test feasibility
and ethical consideration. Yes,
the topic is good, interesting, novel, but is it
feasible to obtain data because
the issue might be sensitive. And
can we follow the ethical considerations?
Aren't they traumatized? If, for
example, the conversation is about
rape victims, they might later experience
the trauma of the
crime. Uh, what else do we need
, let's keep an eye on it. How can
that be guarded? Um, in that area,
they can be interviewed, but it's a
debriefing. So, there must be a
guidance counselor, right? Then
talking to them. That's it. So, here are the
the
steps. So, you all need to take note of this
. You need to have a pen and paper
so you can remember what
I'm talking about. So again, what is this
research gap we call? Again, let
me clarify this because it's included in the
steps. When we say research
gap, this is an area of study that has not been
done, is locked or
underdeveloped, right? It hasn't been
looked at or explored or studied or
addressed much. So it may
include topics that there isn't
much research on, no research that exists yet, or maybe
maybe
that population is
still understudied. Like for example, if we often
study men, let's go
to women, maybe that's the
understudied population or maybe the
methods used are limited. Okay? So
that means he just used quantitative.
quantitative.
So therefore let's proceed with the
qualitative. That's all you'll do
now, that's just research. Results are
conflicting. If the result is not um in
every finding that you saw, then
he is not consistent. So therefore, more
studies are needed to determine what is
really happening. Because
your study will prove it. What is
really happening? So that's
the one here. So that's another cup.
And then the theories have not been
applied. So we may have theories in
criminology that have not yet been
explored in some context. So
therefore we can proceed with that
study. So usually the example of a
research gap is for example there are
few local studies on restorative justice
among juvenile offenders but I think there are
many studies on this too but
look at the local context or in
the Philippine context if there are many
if actually it seems like there are people who have
studied this too so maybe it's not
that applicable to us. Maybe in
other countries he is applicable but in the
Philippines maybe not. So later
I will show you an example of how to
find or how to find a research
gap. So aside from what I mentioned about the
research gaps, there are still other
types. Okay? Why don't you want to go out?
go out?
Okay. So here are the types of research
So knowledge gap maybe the topic is not
fully explored. So therefore we can
proceed with the topic especially when
the event is new or it may be
theoretical. That theory hasn't been applied very well
. Then we need to
we can look for the theories applicable
or we can test that. It can also be a
methodological gap. Your
methods are limited. No mixed methods, no
qualitative. Therefore, you can proceed
with that or population
gap. Uh again, underrepresented. I think
I mentioned this earlier, right? And
then there is a practical gap. When we say
practical, there is a policy or practice that is
being done and then you want to evaluate
it. If that program is practical or effective
then you can check it. But
remember that often when evaluating
a program it must be at least 2 years
This is an example of um the gaps of a
particular research for example. So here
I use thispace.com.
I asked, what are the recent
studies exist on moral reasoning and
attitudes toward criminal justice
policies in Southeast Asia? Because I'm
I we are in the Philippines and I'm
interested if there is. Based on the
um there are major research gaps. First,
empirical studies.
There are not many quantitative or
qualitative studies which talk about
moral reasoning in Southeast Asia.
Okay? There is also no cross cultural
analysis. This means that there are limited
comparative studies examining the moral
reasoning of differences across
Southeast Asian countries. For example,
Philippines comparative study of the
moral reasoning of the Philippines and
coming from those in Vietnam.
So nothing like that yet. So we can
pursue that. There are also
surveys measuring public attitudes
toward criminal justice policies so there are none
yet maybe we can do that and then um
there is also insufficient investigation
of cognitive and emotional factors
influencing justice attitudes
so there are none so the
gaps I mentioned are
not there so you can choose one here
to do the topic no. So if for
example there is no empirical study then
therefore you can proceed with the
quantitative evaluation of the moral
reasoning and attitudes of the
criminology student or let's say
college student or Bulacan State
University student toward criminal
justice policies. That's it. So that's it. So it
could be him or it could be this because the
the
longitudinal approach we are going to take to
change moral reasoning is not very applicable to you. For
example for uh 10 years from 2010 for
example to 2020 that's quite a long time. Yes.
And there is also an absence of
culturally appropriate measurement
instruments. So those are the examples of
research gap.
So this is what I asked
you to do. Ah, maybe what you should do
is write down all your topics per group
on a piece of paper
and then the topic you chose should
answer yes here in the table that
I'll show you later.
Okay. So remember that
you need to have a specific focus. Okay?
Even if it's not research questions
. Even without that, let's talk more about the title first.
Okay? So, of course,
to know what
you really want to put in there, it would be good to
rate him in terms of relevance,
novelty, feasibility, the gap, interest
and ethics. So, scale it from 1 to 5,
right? Then sum it up. Then when
you sum it up and divide it
based on how many it is, it's six
highest. Maybe that's the best choice.
So we'll only look for the top three
. So for that case, you can
rate based on your own
evaluation. But during our face to face
class um I will be uh we will have
consultation per group so that
I can comment per topic that
you thought aside from this activity. So
So
again this is an example that I know
you've already done where you
propose a title and then you check for
the and you have a research question for
that. You looked at the smart one to see if
it was on the UNSDG agenda.
Okay. Is there a current issue?
What else? Is it visible? Do you have access
to a rehabilitation center? Is that a Nobel Prize?
So we can say Nobel has no or little study.
study.
Is that relevant? Ah, can
that help us? That's it. So you already have
this a sample template. And then the
conclusion as the conclusion of our of our
today's lecture again it is very
important that
the topic is strong okay it must be
relevant original feasible ethical and
interesting. And as a guide you can use
the activity table in the selection of which
again remember your topic is a
foundation of your own research.
journey. It must be your own interest,
your own choice. Because at the end of the
day, whatever topic we start,
that's what you'll finish until the second
semester. So this time,
finding a topic, researching
on the internet, listening to the news or
searching is very crucial because it's time to do
research. So this is research.
So when we hear the word research means
to see to seek, no to investigate is
repeated. So we will repeatedly
look for problems we see
that we want to give a
So for today's code
um let us remember this code from Zora
Neil Horston. Research is formalized
curiosity. It is speaking and prying with
a purpose
that not just to pass the subject but of
course to contribute something to the
society to the social development and
all also I forgot to say that
your topic should really be included in SDG16
SDG16
okay in SDG16
because we should be the ones to lead the way
okay in SDG 16 because that is the topic
so thank you for listening and here are
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