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How to start your research?

Elaine Scalabrini | UNIAG

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Presentation Outline

Topic

Research Questions

Study Aim

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Topic

Ideas that:

Assist in solving problems;
Offer valuable knowledge;
Generate questions.

Ideas:

New;
Stimulant;
Exciting;
Inspirational.

Source:

Experiences;
Scientific papers;
Audiovisual material;
Theories;
Chats;
Internet.

Bringing reality closer

Objective

Quantitative

Subjective

Qualitative

Intersubjective

Mixed

Source: Adopted from Sampieri et al. (2013).

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Topic

General topic and delimitation of what is to be investigated.

It serves as a starting point for all subsequent efforts.

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Research questions

Difficulty with which you are confronted and intend to solve, limiting its field and presenting its characteristics.

Centres the research on a specific area or domain.

Organises the project, giving it direction and coherence.

Defines the study by a particular delimitation method, demonstrating its boundaries.

Guides the literature review towards the central question.

(Coutinho, 2021).

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Study Aim

Explain what the research is intended to achieve.

Indicate the targets to be reached at the end of the study.

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Study Aim

The aims are usually categorised as general and specific:

a) General (primary) aim: the broadest dimension intended by the research.

b) Specific (secondary) aims: define specific research goals that successively complement and enable the achievement of the general aim.

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Study Aim - Example

General Aim:

To evaluate the conditions of Outdoor Tourism in the Northern Region of Portugal and contribute to the management and valorisation of the associated resources and equipment, providing the best conditions for the sustainable development of competitive tourism products and activities.

Specific Aims:

To analyse and evaluate the resources and supply associated with Outdoor Tourism in the Northern Region;
To analyse and segment tourist demand;
Develop GIS tools for outdoor tourism in the region;
Create a georeferenced record of supply and demand variables.

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Doubts | Questions

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Thank you

Elaine Scalabrini | UNIAG | elaine@ipb.pt