Resume Problem statement-Kuliah metodologi Penelitian Pascasarjana ITS 2 Maret2013

Writing Problem Statement and Research Question                             Date: 2  March 2013

Dr. Gary J. Dean

 Research Concept

 

Adanya Issue yang menjadi daya tarik peneliti untuk memberikan pemecahan masalah. Issue yang diambil merupakan masalah yang sedang hangat dibicarakan, lalu ambil contoh kasus 

yang membuat issue tersebut lebih jelas dan spesifik.

 Basic tools for conceptalizing a research study:

1.      Problem Statement

Probelm statement merupakan bagian yang penting dalam suatu penelitian. Di dalam problem statement berisi general idea (ide umum) yang mendasari dilakukannya penelitian.

Problem statement terdiri dari :

a.       TPOTS (The Purpose of Study)

      Merupakan tujuan dari studi yang dilakukan, apa objektif yang akan dicapai dari penelitian yang dilakukan

b.      Verb (What are you going to do)

Merupakan kata yang memberikan penjelasan mengenai apa yang akan dilakukan pada penelitian. Verb menjelaskan lebih detail mengenai objektif/ tujuan pada penelitian.

Contoh :

-          Describe

-          Compare

-          Evaluate

-          Identify

-          Improve

-          Optimize

-          Measure

-          Determine

-          Create/develope/design

c.       Key Word

Suatu kata yang menjadi kata kunci dari penelitian ini. Kata ini harus dikembangkan lebih jauh, dan secara detail mendefinisikan maksud penelitian. Dengan kata kunci tersebut mengakibatkan batasan dalam penelitian sehingga maksud dalam penelitian dapat dipahami dan  membatasi lingkup penelitian agar lebih spesifik.

Contoh key word :

-          Performance

-          Attitude

-          Male and Female

Contoh problem statement:

The purpose of this study is to describe and compare the attitudes and performance of male and female graduate student.

2.      Research Question

Berisi pertanyaan apa saja yang berkaitan dengan penelitian ini. Research question dapat diawali dengan pertanyaan What, Why, How berkaitan dengan problem statement. research question ini membantu untuk mengelola topik menjadi

Contoh research question :

a.       What are the attitudes of graduate student regarding required research courses?

b.      What is the performance of graduate students in required research courses?

3.  Hyphoteses

Merupakan pernyataan yang memberikan dugaan atas pemecahan masalah yang disertai dengan alasan yang empiris dan ilmiah.

Hal penting yang pertama kali harus dilakukan adalah mencari info sebanyak-banyaknya tentang apa yang ingin diteliti. Selain itu harus bisa menumbuhkan preferences atau kesukaan pada apa yang ingin dilakukan pada penelitian, menumbuhkan rasa keingintahuan yang besar dan rasa bangga jika dapat meneliti dan menyelesaikan masalah yang ada pada maksud penelitian. Disamping itu, harus percaya diri pada apa yang ingin dilakukan pada penelitian.

Disscussion

The rule of discussion:

1.      Ask the student to choose what the question in problem statement based on their interest for conduct research. The question divide by three question : What, Why, How. They can combined  the question become  What Why, and What How.

2.      Split student in each group  depend on they Question, so the group consist of three group, there are Group “What”, Group “Why”, and Group “How”.

3.      Start to discuss in each group about their problem statement, verbs, key words and research question.

4.      Present the result of discussion in class, supervise by Mrs. Janti.

Example for Discussion:

Problem statement : To develope model that allign cost analysis and company’s strategic in product development throught minimizing cost by alternative process.

Verbs:

1.      Develope

2.      Allign

Keywords:

1.      Model

2.      Company’s strategy

3.      Cost analysis

4.      Product Development

5.      Minimizing Cost

Research question:

1.      What the model in research? Identify the model is new or develope the previous model? (the purpose is to create model or to make perfect the previous model?)

2.      What is the factor that influence in company’s strategy?

3.      What is the componet in company’s strategy?

4.      What is the process in product?

5.      What is the ruquire to develope the product?

6.      How to analyze the cost?

Top of Form

Theme: ITS Goes Global

Five Steps of ITS Toward The Excellent University

There is a  goal that wanna realized by ITS is become a world class university. It is not an easy job. It need tremendous effort, long time, and improvement gradually. If we see current conditions in ITS, we can give some advice for improvement. In my opinion, there are five things should pay attention to develope ITS.

 The first is facility, it is related to educational facilities, campus transportation, cleanliness and boarding house for students especially for foreign students who will study in ITS.  In current condition, ITS should develope educational facility for instance, capacity study room for student, as well for undergraduate and postgraduate student, improve laboratorium facility, not only for equipment which use for practice but also good layout and hygiene laboratorium for each faculty. For each departement, must develope laboratorium based on research and cooperate with external stakeholder in order to raise benefit of laboratorium for many research. For cleanliness, ITS necessary provide cleanliness facilities for example rubbish bin with different type of garbage (organic, anorganic, metal, and etc). One of problem in ITS is transportation campus. There are so many student riding own motorcycle, own bicycle or walk for toward classroom or other building in campus. As we know that ITS is large campus, so for students who have not own vehicle must walk long distance toward location in campus. ITS should  provide campus transportation for example bus to make easy student mobile in campus and reduce using own vehicle and pollution caused by vehicle smoke. ITS necessary reduce the pollution caused by air pollution from vehicle  and cigarette. There is important to make announcement about smoking prohibition in campus. For accomodation, ITS should provide cheap accomodation expecially for foreign student because for current facilities, it still expensive boarding house in ITS approximately 600  thousand rupiahs for foreign student and 300 thousand rupiahs for domestic student.

The second is curriculum. It is important to provide international academic curriculum that comercially sale to foreign student. Every departement in each faculty in ITS should be prepare international curriculum to promote ITS in international student. Moreover, ITS should be improve languange ability especially english language as well as for lecturer, student, administration employee and all employess surrounded ITS. It is important to communicate easily with foreign student and foreign guests who come in ITS and to accelerate ITS become world class university. Increasing langunge ability need facility from Centre Study For Languange to help everyone in ITS to improve her/his language well. All event in Center Study for Languange and Culture wished can provide curriculum which take part all internal stakeholder in ITS to improve langunge ability especially english language.

The third is academic regulation for foreign student and local student, many regulations are not clear such as for the provision of student scholarships are always swayed by the academic management about the flow in case of delay in the announcement of scholarships and the disbursement of funds. This is caused there is no clear standard opertional student regulatory that causing confusion when students take care of college enrollment in ITS, especially for foreign students who want to study at ITS. They often confuse about what should be prepared the absence of standard operational procedures are communicated clearly to students.

 In addition to standard operational procedures that use the English language is still not well prepared by the students to start joining ITS, while undergoing lecture in ITS, the terms of what needs to be done to complete the step by step in ITS to the case- matters related to the final project and graduation. The regulation should be prepared not only for local student but also for foreign student by using English language. Preparation of standard operational procedure using English language for students from they entering college until college graduation preparations. Besides the academic regulations governing student while study in ITS created with bilingual languange (Indonesian and English languange) where its prepared for foreign students. All ITS management also need to set up clearly flow procedure integrated from top management (rector), going down in faculty and departement until technical services, so that all employee have same understanding to service students who need information about academic administration.

The fourth is promotion, it is important activities which should ITS to do for get attention from global environment. The promotion not only about facility, curriculum in ITS, but also all event that ITS done for contribute in large citizen, all research, all achievement and international journal that owned by ITS from all academic in ITS. To get international attention, ITS should develope ability to get international achievement as well as from lecturer, student and all civitas academica. For students, should have good intellectual, good passion, strong character and good understanding  to face global challenged, always give effort to win in domestic and international competition and have best effort to give goodness for citizen by technology application. For lecturers, should have international network to hold international event and can promote ITS by all international research and be a good facilitator for student to achieve their obsesion. For promote ITS to foreign students, this should be cleared about regulation to enrollment ITS and during study in ITS and guarantee the foreign student for serve student visa and all application easily. The promotion can be done by international event and internet.

The fifth is cooperation. The important step have to do ITS is conduct cooperation with universities in abroad to exchange students for study and exchange lecturers for lecture. It must consider tuition resources for foreign student in order to help foreign student can survive easily in Indonesia. ITS should provide clear regulation and procedure  for foreign student during living in Indonesia through cooperation with government. ITS should has good cooperation with multinational company for student intership and research opportunity so the students can apply the knowledge in real conditions. This can be an attraction of foreign students to study in ITS.