How to Write Statement of

the Problem
GUILLERMA B. DIOKNO
SHS TEACHER II
Title 1
Lack of Self-Confidence in Adolescents: Causes,
Manifestations, and Support Systems
Statement of the Problem
The study aims to investigate the causes, behavior manifestations of students who lack self-confidence, and
support systems needed by students to boost self-confidence.

Specifically, this study seeks answers to the following questions:

1. What are the root causes of lack of self-confidence in adolescents?
2. What kind of behavior do adolescents who lack self-confidence manifest?
3. What can the following groups of people do to boost up self-confidence of adolescents?
3.1. parents 3.2. siblings 3.3 church

3.4. teacher 3.5. guidance counselors 3.6. peers

Title 2
Students’ Thoughts and Views about Statistics as a
Subject: Designing Effective Instructional Strategies
Statement of the Problem
This study seeks to explore the views of junior high school students regarding statistics as a
subject and its effective instructional strategies.

Specifically, this study seeks answers to the following questions:

1. What are the different perceptions of students on statistics?
2. What factors could have influenced the students perceptions on the subject?
3. What instructional strategies may be adopted to positively influence and offset students’ negative views
on statistics?
Questions:

1. What general/main problem is presented in the

study?
2. What specific problems are addressed in the
study?
3. Do you think the specific questions are
formulated aiming to answer the main problem? In
what way?
Statement of the Problem (SOP)

 Heart of the study (focus, breadth and depth, direction, time required)
 Composed of general problem and specific problems
 Sequence logically
 Considers writing mechanics (capitalization, punctuation, spelling,
spacing, and the like)
1. General Problem
 Provides the overall picture and direction of the study
 Should be written in narrative form

2. Specific Problem
 Are generated from the general problem
 Each question is directed to answer a specific finding for the general problem
 Usually written in question form

 Reading relevant articles in journals, books, magazines, studies, and other

reading materials can help you formulate good research problems.
CHARACTERISTICS of Research Questions
S - specific
M - measurable
A - attainable
R - realistic
T - time-bound
Factor-isolating questions (isolate, categorize,
describe, name factors and situations)

1. What is the profile of school principals in terms of the following?

1.1 age
1.2 management experience
1.3 civil status
2. What are the levels of competencies of school principals as described by their
respective teachers and themselves in terms of the following?
2.1. intrapersonal
2.2. interpersonal
Factor-relating questions (determine the
relationships among factors)
1. What factors could have influenced the students’
perceptions of the subject?

2. What kind of behavior do adolescents who lack self-

confidence manifest?
Situation-producing questions-establish your goals for
actions, develop plans or prescriptions to achieve goals, and
specify the conditions under which goals will be
accomplished

1. Based on the findings, what human relation intervention program

can be adopted to enhance or improve the effectiveness of existing
teaching methods
2. What faculty development activities can be sponsored by the
PTCA to improve the performance of graduating students in the
UP College Admission Test (UPCAT)?
Process
1. Describing a phenomenon by asking what is
happening or what happened
2. Exploring the process involved in a phenomenon
3. Understanding the implication of the phenomenon
(producing something)
Title
Work-Study Experiences of Part-time Higher
Education Students
Statement of the Problem
The study aims to explore the work-study experiences of part-time higher education students.
Specifically, this study seeks answers to the following questions:
1. What are the lived experiences of part-time higher education students?
2. What motivates them to continue amidst greater challenges brought about by the pandemic?
Title
“IMPACT OF RURAL ROADS ON POVERTY
REDUCTION: A CASE STUDY-BASED ANALYSIS
Statement of the Problem
The study focuses on rural roads and on how these relate to poverty reduction. Specifically, this
study seeks to answer the questions:
1. What are the different impacts that rural roads have on poverty?
2. What are the ways to effectively capture the factors that lead to these impacts?
3. What types of complimentary services and considerations essential to accelerate the beneficial
impacts of rural road to the poor?
4. Based from findings, what rural road components are to be recommended to achieve sustainable
benefits for the poor?
Title
“Inquiring into Filipino Teachers’ Conceptions of Good Teaching:
A Qualitative Research Study”
Statement of the Problem
The study intends to generate new models for categorizing and understanding concepts and
beliefs about good teaching.
Specifically, this study seeks to answer the questions:
1. What is the nature of good teaching?
2. What personal and social qualities of teachers are related to good teaching?
3. What knowledge and pedagogical processes are related to good teaching?
 This study seeks to explore absenteeism from nonmandatory synchronous sessions in the virtual learning
environment, Wimba Classroom, by undergraduate and graduate students in online courses at a southern
university.

Specifically, this study seeks answers to the following questions:

1. What are students’ attitudes regarding nonmandatory synchronous sessions in Wimba at a southern
university?
2. What are students’ reasons for attending and not attending nonmandatory synchronous sessions in
Wimba?
3. How is the school affected by this absenteeism?
4. What actions could the university or its instructors take to motivate students to increase their attendance at
nonmandatory synchronous online sessions?
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions:
1. What reactions do Filipino fathers and mother experience during and after a natural disaster?
2. How do they cope with the experience of a natural disaster?
3. How do the experiences of Filipino fathers and mothers differ in terms of coping and reaction?
On Smoking Hazards

Specifically, this study seeks answers to the following questions:

1. What dangers to one’s health can smoking bring about?
2. How is a non-smoker’s health affected when in the presence of people
smoking?
3. What medical interventions can address the problem of smoking?
4. What psychological interventions can address the problem of smoking?
Title
“Factors Leading to More Number of Teenage Mothers
than Teenage Fathers”
Statement of the Problem
The study intends to generate new models for categorizing and understanding concepts and beliefs about
good teaching.
Specifically, this study seeks to answer the questions:
1. What is the demographic profile of teenage pregnant?
a) Gender c) family background
b) Age d) economic status
2. What are the factors that lead them to teenage pregnancy/impregnation?
3. How do the factors influence the decision-making, emotional attachment, and maturity of teenage mothers and
teenage fathers?
4. What intervention program is appropriate for the prevention of teenage pregnancy?
DISNEY’S EPITOME OF BYRONIC HEROINE ― MALEFICENT:
THE UNTOLD PERSPECTIVE OF A VILLAIN
This study aims to examine the Byronic heroine characteristics of Robert Stromberg’s main character
in the movie Maleficent.
Specifically, this seeks to answer the following questions:
1. What are the characteristics of Byronic heroes and heroines?
1. Definition
2. Personality Traits
3. Examples
2. What is the characterization of Maleficent in the movie?
1. Physical appearance
2. Physical description from other characters
3. Actions
4. Inner thoughts
5. Speech
6. Name analysis
3. Based on the characterization, what are the Byronic characteristics of Maleficent?
 Generalization
What are the two parts of a statement of the
problem?
How are these parts should be written?
 What are the characteristics of a good research
questions?
 Let’s Try
Using your own approved research title, reflect on
and analyze it within your group. Formulate as
many questions as possible you might want to
include in your study in relation to the focus, depth,
and goal of your study.
Using the given general statement and guide questions,
formulate the specific research questions in relation to the
main problem

Thesis Statement: Parking experiences of student-motor owners in

MNHS cause risks and accidents to both students and vehicles.
1. What is the problem?
2. What might happen because of the problem?
3. How do the students resolve the problem?
4. What proposal should best resolve the problem?
 Reflection:
Given your current life situation, why is it
important to identify your problems? After you have
identified your specific problems, what did you do?
How will you address them?
 Assignment:
Refinethe Statement of the Problem of your
approved research title.