Work on scientific research begins with finding a topic and identifying the issue. The wording of the name subsequently affects the choice of reviewers, opponents, consultants, specialists in writing work. This process can be lengthy, since the whole further course of the work depends on how the research topic is formulated.
In choosing a topic, the following are important:
- the interest and competence of the author himself;
- Relevance of the research topic;
- originality and novelty of the directions of the selected subject.
In any form of scientific work, it is required to substantiate the relevance of the research topic. Familiarization with this paragraph immediately gives a clear idea of the importance and significance of a particular scientific intelligence in the modern world: in the theoretical or practical aspect of any sphere.
They justify the relevance of the study in the introduction, which is the most important part of the thesis, master's, dissertation work. It contains all the basic qualification characteristics.
At the very beginning of the introduction, it is necessary to briefly but informally explain why this topic was chosen, which served as its additional study.
In general, the course of scientific research can be divided into the following mandatory actions:
1) Justify the relevance of the research topic.
2) Set goals and objectives.
3) Define the object and subject.
4) Choose research methods.
5) Describe the process.
6) Discuss the results.
7) Draw conclusions and assess the results.
In theses and dissertations, the choice of the object of study is of great importance. The author’s ability to choose the right topic, formulate it correctly, evaluate it from the perspective of modern trends and social significance testifies to its scientific maturity and professional training.
Otherwise, explaining the essence of significance, one can formulate the following question: “In what area of production or knowledge, for what and who will the proposed results be? Why do we need to discuss this? ”Answering these questions, we can formulate relevance.
A problem arises when existing knowledge and results are already outdated, and new ones are not yet settled. Thus, in theory or practice, a contradictory problematic situation appears that needs to be analyzed, and ideally, to suggest ways to solve it, based on reliable data from various studies. The emergence of such a situation is due to the discovery of facts unknown up to a certain point, which do not fit into any existing theory.
Description of relevance requirements
- Describing the relevance of the research topic, it is necessary to avoid verbosity and ambiguity. It is enough to state in a few sentences the essence of the main task that will be investigated.
- In formulating a scientific problem, it is important to differentiate the main from the secondary.
- Interesting and sensitive topics should be avoided, which at the same time have a transitory character (this applies to the sphere of political, economic, legal discourse). What is popular and on everyone’s lips today, tomorrow may lose its relevance. This will entail a lot of unpleasant trouble in the scientific process. And in the first place it will affect the degree of relevance.