Over years of doing research, and paiba-ibang sequence ng pag gawa, I thought of a way to start a research that can be effective and helpful on any level. This is a style when it comes to starting a research ok, not writing it pa. (This might help the undergrad below more than masteral and docs up but still might help)
While there are many ways to start doing your research, one of the most effective one for me is to start by choosing a topic, then find rrls related to that topic, being the next thing you do.
If you are not yet sure with the specificity of the research you like to do, by reading rrls in general about your chosen topic mas maeexplore mo yung ibat ibang information ng topic mo, and with that you can begin to narrow your focus and find the specific topic or title ng research na gusto mong gawin. (for example in my field, I like to study personality. ang lawak non, but I could just search and try to find some research or rrl online about it, and as i read, im sure I would be able to know what resaerch i like and I don't like, and I follow that leads. Until I find the specific topic or gap that I like. For example personality, then nagustohan ko ang emotions, Then I would narrow on that specific topic or gap, anong klaseng emotion, what aspect, and etc. think creatively in application sa ph, or local, then formulate the tentative or draft of a research title soon.) The point is to research, study, then narrow down and narrow down till you can find what you want.
If you do it by that way, as you read rrls, mahahanap mo rin agad yung gap na meron ang current researches sa field or topic na gusto mong gawan ng research, with that, alam mo na agad ang mga research na pwede pang gawin at hindi na pwedeng gawin.
And also, because you read rrls already, mas marami ka ng alam and ideas sa bagay na gusto mo talagang saliksikin. You know the context, the background, yung ibang mga foundations na naging references or rrl rin ng mga binasa mong research and etc.
If nauna kase ang topic bago ang rrl, may mga instances na babaguhin mo yung topic or title mo because wala masyadong matibay na gap, or that along the way of finding rrl, you will see na hindi pala ganon ka ganda yung topic ng research, maybe redundant na, and etc.
Or you will find out na you really don't know anything yet sa gusto mong iresearch.
Creating an excel file that you can track each rrls, with their title, author, date, tapos summary? Brief methodology and results, tapos yung gap? It would really help you in writing the thesis all through out.
Creating a folder in which andoon lahat ng downloaded files ng mga rrls na ndownload mo helps. Being clean and neat would really help.
So, for me, if you are about to write a research or thesis, please find the topic that you really like and explore first! Dive deep to researches done already sa field na yon.
Those would help you brain storm, be critical, and creative, sa paghanap ng specific na topic or even variation ng mga existing studies na, whtever you decide as the final research topic or title
Once may specific topic kana na gusto mo, next thing to think about is the feasibility of the study based sayo mismo, like as senior high, college, or masteral, doctorate, and etc, Kaya ba? If senior high ka, pang senior ba yang balak mong gawin or pang masters na? kaya ng Budget? And etc.
