Lesson 19: Writing Scope and Delimitation

Writing scope and delimitation does not require you extraordinary skills in writing. You just need to have a clear picture on how you are going to do your research. Most probably, if you happened to read other researches, you would notice they have different ways of formulating it. Some begin with the methods of research and end with the instrument, others start with research locale and end with the declaration of the protocols followed.

However, one thing is common among them, their content are the same. Therefore, this implies that there is no prescribed way of making it. As long as the necessary elements are declared and briefly discussed, that is already a good scope and delimitation. It is because this part of research intends to inform the readers about the parameter of your research.    

Commonly, scope and delimitation is written in three (3) paragraphs.

The first paragraph contains methods, research design, research locale, time duration, population, sampling and class size.

The second paragraph includes the instrument used, validation and protocols followed in the conduct of the study.

The last paragraph is the declaration of data gathering and analysis. It is important that you need to provide proper justifications of the elements you will be using. It is done through the wisdom of the experts – citation.

Example:

Research Title: Effectiveness of Using Multilingual as a Medium of Instruction for Senior High School Students School Year 2020-2021

Scopes and Delimitations

This study will involve the school of St. Francis National High School, specifically the students at the senior high school department. The students across different grade levels from grade 11 to grade 12 students are covered as respondents on this study. The profiling information of the respondents covers the age where it ranges from adolescents, and also sex was included to determine the disparity of the Effectiveness of Using Multilingual as a Medium of Instruction for Senior High School Students between different genders.

This study aims to deepen the students’ knowledge on the research about the Effectiveness of Using Multilingual as a Medium of Instruction for Senior High School Students in St. Francis National High School.

Having random respondents will ensure that the data gathered will be non-bias and shall be from an objective standpoint which in turn will be validated. It also allows for other possible information that is related towards the subject in research to be included in the study to cover a vast area for understanding.