Posted: March 12th, 2023

Formulation of a research problem

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HW2: Formulation of a research problem (exercise 1)

Your Name:

Guidance:

a.
Write your answers in this word document

b.
Answer all the questions. If a question is not applicable, write N/A

Objective: Formulate your research problem by raising questions and issues that will guide you to critically examine various facets and implications of what you are proposing to study.

1.
Name a broad area of study in information security:

2.
Divide the broad area selected into five subareas

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

3.
What subarea above would you like to select as your research study?

4.
What research questions do you hope to answer in your study? (Questions are worded in question form)

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

5.
What is the main objective of your study? (use ACTION-ORIENTED WORDS)

6.
What are the sub-objectives of your research? (use ACTION-ORIENTED WORDS)

7.
Complete the following table. (use text format if needed)

8.
What is the relevance of this study to theory?

9.
What is the relevance of this study to practice?

10.
Operationalize your concepts
.
(use text format if needed)

11.
Operationally define your study population (Working definitions play a crucial role in avoiding ambiguities in the selection of a sample and help you to narrow your study population)

12.
Create a new account of Zotero (

http://www.zotero.com

)
or Mendeley (

http://www.mendeley.com

),
build a bibliography related to your research area, and provide/answer the following questions.

a.
Show 10 references in APA format

b.
Show 10 references in MLA format

c.
Which format do you prefer and why?

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