1. TAXONOMY
•The phenomena of your
study are grouped
together into categories
without presenting the
relationship among them.
Sample:
2. VISUAL REPRESENTATION
•The relationship
between the
phenomena and
variables of your study
is presented.
Sample:
3. MATHEMATICAL
DESCRIPTION
•The relationship between
phenomena and variables
of your study are described
using mathematical
formulas.
How To Make the
Conceptual
Framework
1. Identify the important
variables of your study
•the independent and the
dependent variables
2. Think how the
variables are related
•Having a direct relationship
between variables does not
mean that they already
have a cause-and-effect
relationship
3. Create a visual
diagram or a model
a. Independent-Dependent
Model
b. Input-Process-Output Model
c. Concept Maps
4. Explain your conceptual
framework in narrative
form
•Provide a brief explanation of
your conceptual framework. State
the important variables, their
relationship, and the research
outcome.
Sample:
•Figure 1 shows the Conceptual
Framework of the study. The quantity
of the organic fertilizer used is the
independent variable while the growth
of the plant is the research’s
dependent variable. These two
variables are directly related based
on the research’s empirical evidence.