Q WHAT IS A RESEARCH PROBLEM?
ANS: A research
problem, in general, refers to some difficulty which a researcher experiences
in the
context of either
a theoretical or practical situation and wants to obtain a solution for the
same.
Usually we say
that a research problem does exist if the following conditions are met with:
(i) There must be an individual (or a
group or an organization), let us call it ‘I,’ to whom the
problem can be attributed. The individual
or the organization, as the case may be, occupies
an environment, say ‘N’, which is defined by values of the
uncontrolled variables, Yj.
(ii) There must be at least two courses of
action, say C1 and C2, to be pursued. A course of
action is defined by one or more values of
the controlled variables. For example, the number
of items purchased at a specified time is
said to be one course of action.
(iii) There must be at least two possible
outcomes, say O1 and O2, of the course of action, of
which one should be preferable to the
other. In other words, this means that there must be
at least one
outcome that the researcher wants, i.e., an objective.
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