How can I provide a justification of my topic research?

Providing justification for your research topic stemmed solely from the outcome of your literature review. From the review, it may be that the methodologies previous studies employed did not adequately explain the phenomenon; 2. it may be that new methodology in other field of studies may contradict the existing knowledge about the phenomenon and offer fresh insight which you may want to apply; 3. it may be that the way the problem and its associated concepts were approached and defined were problematic; and 4. it may be that contemporary problem have falsified at the previous claims about the issue you are investigating. By the time you do thorough review, any of the aforementioned points will come out and that will help provide a good justification for your research. Goodluck.

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You can justify your research topic if you are able to show how your current research topic will fill up existing gaps in other similar researches already done and to what extent your research topic is an effort made  towards addressing the pressing needs of man,  your society and the world at large.

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Customization in the Internet economy

Research about pure customization and personalization in the Internet economy

 

Justification for the research

This thesis has a practical and a scientific relevance. The most important is the scientific relevance. In this research I would like to make an addition to the work of Brynjolfsson et al. (2003), who argue that increased online availability of previously hard-to-find products represents a positive impact on consumer surplus. This addition can be found in the use of customization of digital products on the Internet. Scientific literature is scarce on the customization of digital products; this thesis tries to fill that gap.

The practical relevance can be found in the fact that the consumer plays a significant role in the Internet economy. These consumers can benefit from increased variety as was argued by Brynjolfsson et al. (2003). If the hypotheses can be supported, the practical relevance would be the answer to the overall research question, because suppliers would have more knowledge on how to customize digital products and can serve the consumer better. In addition, suppliers of digital content on the Internet should benefit of this research, because if they can find more consumers for their digital products, they might benefit from positive feedback resulting in network externalities (Arthur, 1996; Witt, 1997; Kline, 2001; Katz and Shapiro, 1985; Liebowitz and Margolis, 1994; 1995).

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Dear Gaus,

A strong justification of research begins with a brief statement of your interest, which will be the focus of your piece. Your interest should state what change or new knowledge you think should be enacted, what idea requests you have, or what methods you would like to implement. You don't need to go into the specifics of your argument; you just need to make a strong and clear persuasive statement or request. For example, you could write a justification statement for your area of interest with the claim, Keep the claim to a simple statement.

Once you state your claim, begin providing the reasoning. You can make any argument you like to strengthen your proposal, but if you don't have support or evidence (Gap) for your arguments, your reader will not be convinced that what you say is true, the more evidence you provide, the stronger your justification of interest is.

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Justification for a study is often curved from the relevant literature surveyed. Thus , research can be justified along the following criteria:

§ The gaps or silence in the literature that demand attention

§ Justification based on how the study will help improve practice.

§ Justification based on how the study will improve policy or decision-making >the benefits in terms of improving practice and policy, and other implications that will follow if the study is undertaken.

§ Testing existing untested theory, and /or

§ Justification based on personal or workplace experiences.

However, the writer should be careful to differentiate significance of the study from justification of the study

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I think that the point that Stephen made is of interest:

"However, the writer should be careful to differentiate significance of the study from justification of the study."

I would presume that the significance of the study is the relevance to the individual e.g. the researcher and the justification of the study pertains to the wider context such as the intended audience/professionals in the same field etc.

I have found it challenging to find examples of a good research proposal so that I can see the different sections and where you include the 'hook,' to capture reader interest etc.

based more on the literature review and methodological gaps.

Justification for the study should be informed by gaps in the existing research, practice and theory. For this, you need to do an extensive yet comprehensive literature review in the area of your research. Research can be justified along the following criteria:

Hope I have answered your question.

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Apurvakumar Pandya

I'm sharing the same issue. I'm writing a PhD proposal for a literature thesis, and I can't fathom any way to connect my texts (each written by a different author). I did state that they're all post-2010 ('13, '14, '15, '16, and '17), but I was told having a temporal framework is not a reasonable rationale (which does make sense to a certain degree). I find it frustrating, particularly as a PhD in a similar topic gives its rationale at the beginning of the thesis as 'they are all contemporary and each does X, Y and Z). I am struggling with how I can justify my choice of texts from being arbitrary, because every single choice could be argued as being arbitrary (aside from specific authors etc). If I can't state that my choice is based on them sharing an interrelated, yet thus-far critically understudied, topic, or a temporal framing, then what else is there for me to base it on?

Hi,

I see this in 3 ways-

1. Finidng the gaps about your research topic through literature search

2. Justifying why this study is important to conduct with respect to the study setting and/or study population etc.

3. How this research will contribute to the existing literature of evidences...

If we combine this three scope, then I feel that you can able to justify your study in a better way.

Hope this will be of your use!!!

Bests

Your answers will be of great help in my thesis.

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Research can be justified in terms of a) methodology as in -the difference between your research and others in terms of data collection tools, analysis etc, b) in terms of the differences in respondents or participants, c) justification in terms of the area of coverage and the timing etc ... Dr Antony Odek Wando

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Justification should contain your contribution to knowledge. They include source of your data collection, methods used, which may be different from existing methods, the importance or applications of the method.

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Methodology-indicate how other related studies collected data/how different are the methods used by others from yours and why? Could it be that you want to capture some silent and unique voices? Same to data analysis methods, how about theories? How about the differences in the unit of analysis?

You need to find out the problem first, then support it with LR, report, etc. You need to have a skill to convey to the reader that its really a big problem because without or with this study, these things may happen/effected.

You need to carefully observe the gaps in forms of data used, the geographical cover, industry cover of previous studies, etc. Then you communicate it using professional research language.

The justification of research can address the gap in literature, methodology or practice. for instance, in choosing between the make vs buy decision. The rationale behind buying over making could that buying is faster and safer. Also the reason for practice of making rather than buying could be that making is cheaper. Create an issue, then justify how that issue is solved

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Justification provide the real rationale for the research. Why one should conduct the research. the purpose of the research

After careful evaluation of your research topic and relevant literature; you are required to develop your justification for your research problem, answering the following questions.

· What problem or issue does your research going to address?

· How will the research contribute to fill the existing gab related to your research area? You can touch on significance, if required.

· How will your research going to achieve its objectives?

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Dear Nurdiana,

Once the area of the work has been identified then go through all the research works in that segment to understand the spectrum of the work done and what the other researchers are trying to find out /prove. From the limitations, you can identiy the scope for future contribution. so tittle focusing on main work focussing on the identified earlier limitations will give you a strong base for justification.

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Justification should tell why we should consider your research and which nitche does it cover from the already existing research. How is it going to help us

what is the methodological justification? and how to write it in an ideal way for a matched case-control study? i submitted a manuscript for review and the reviewer comments included that the methodological justification is poor. how can i improve it

You provide a justification by indicating the contribution the paper makes to the subject or field.

First step of the research proposal is to get your audience's attention; to show them why your research matters, and to make them want to know more about your research. Then, within the research proposal , the research justification or the statement of the 'problem'. This step provides to the reader with critical background or contextual information that introduces the topic area, and indicates why the research is important. Research proposals often open by outlining a central concern, issue, question or conundrum to which the research relates.

The justification part clears the "why" of your research. It requires the information that why to research on a particular topic. It includes, what negative will happen if we do not do the research and what positive impact in future we expect if we answered the research question.

Let's take it in another way, it is a combination of situation analysis, problem analysis and objective analysis, where situation analysis explains what is the current situation, problem analysis cause and effect of problem and objective how the research can contribute in changing the scenario and likelihood benefit in future.

It is depending on the work. But any how we should defend our work based on the previous research contributions.

I think this is the first step in finalizing your research topic. if you cant think about this you will not able to go ahead. basically "WHY'' this research, ''is it Generalize".

In a nutshell research justification refers to the reason or rationale why the researcher is undertaking the study.

Justification for a research study, simply put, is the reason why the research is being conducted, taking into consideration the methods of the study. It explains the rationale for the study.

You can justify your research importance through the research motivation section and also from the literature review section, especially, when you have a lot of researchers work in your research area.

This is a long story. Motivation, challenge, reconnection, and sometimes solution should be justified from the literature.

The method, problems, contribution, result, your understanding to your topic finally deep literature.

You can I provide a justification to your research topic by through literature survey stating urgent need of the research problem for the benefit society and mankind.

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the justification or the rationale explains why the research is needed – what gaps it aims to fill in existing literature, how it aims to add to the existing body of knowledge, or what solutions it aims to provide.

Review various aspects of a similar research,establish gaps -how different is your study from those other studies -where is the departure from other studies -this justifies/the rationale for your current studies.

To justify one's research topic, one should carry out an empirical review on related topics and do a comparison to find out their differences. That information that is unique to the topic is the new knowledge that the research provides and that justifies the study.

By defining the knowledge gap in the topic you want to study

https://writingcenter.ashford.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/Sample%20Project%20Justification.pdf

Typically, offering justification for a research work is exclusively based on the findings from an extensive review of literature on the research subject matter. The justification section should normally include two to three paragraphs that explain the study's relevance or rationale.

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It should be the rationale for the research, or the reason why the research is being conducted, including a description of the design and methods engaged in the research.

Please check https://writingcenter.ashford.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/Sample%20Project%20Justification.pdf

Justification should explain reasons why the study should be conducted. This can emanate from conducting extensive empirical literature review to identify gaps in previous studies. It can be the methodology, design,approaches etc. Justification should include 2-3 paragraphs to convey relevance of the out come of the study to practitioners, policy makers and scholars.

As previously averred by earlier contributors, justification for a study is basically identification of gaps in knowledge which should warrant the current study. It could be methodological deficiencies identified in previous studies, it could be inadequate sample size or even inappropriate population or universe. The easiest way to identify this, is to glean the recommendations for further studies of old studies where untouched areas are usually stated.

Be sure that the topic chosen is neither too vague, nor too broad in scope. State the topic as a question which requires a definite answer. Clearly frame the purpose, contribution, social impact, Value, and construction of new knowledge trough your study.

Jjustification can come from the domain of your work, the sets of variables, methodology adopted. You can also look at the time frame as justification. You need to carry ought in depth literature review on your topic area so as to be able to get the set of gap stated above