III.APP007

• The following are steps for planning a research except

  a.Find an Interesting Topic

  B.Write a research protocol

  c.Collect data

  d.Think of a particular question.

  Answer: C
• The following are steps in planning a research project except

  a.Interpret results

  b.Follow Ethical Standards

  c.Search the Literature

  d.Plan a feasible study

  Answer: A
• The following are steps in planning a research project except

  a.Measure the research question

  b.Formulate hypothesis

  c.Test the research question

  d.Follow ethical standards

  Answer: B
• Conceptual Phase -formulating the clinical problem, reviewing the Literature, determining the research purpose.
• Design and Planning Phase -selecting research design, developing study procedures, determining the sampling.
• Empirical Phase -collecting data and interpreting results.
• Analytic Phase -analyzing data and interpreting results.
• Dissemination Phase -communicating results to appropriate audience.
• Inquiry -focuses on asking questions.

  Research -focuses on finding answers.
• How to narrow down a broad topic:

  State your broad topic.

  Describe your broad area more specifically.

  Ask familiar questions (who, where, when, what, why and how).

  Name a specific topic to your broad topic.
• Narrow Topic -focuses and the choices available are defined.
• Broad Topic -something that covers a lot of area.
• True or False

  When is a topic too broad? If you found 60-70 of items relevant to your topic.

  Answer: False
• True or False

  When is a topic too narrow? It is hard to search because there is so little information.

  Answer: True
• True or False

  When is a topic too narrow? It has 100's to 1000's of items relevant to your topic.

  Answer: False
• True or False

  When is a topic too broad? You found 100's to 1000's of items relevant to your topic.

  Answer: True
• Primary Source -original materials, first formal appearance of results in physical print or electronic format.
• Diaries, Interviews and Letters are materials under Primary Source
• Secondary Source -data that has been collected by and readily available from other sources.
• Commentaries, Histories and Dictionaries are materials under Secondary Source
• Tertiary Source -indexes, dictionaries, guides and references that aid the researcher in using Primary and Secondary Sources
• Facebook, Guide Books and Manuals are materials under Tertiary Source
• Non-Documentary Source -unpublished forms of communication and information.
• Online Searching -information in the internet through search engines.
• Google, Yahoo and Bing are materials under Online Searching
• APA means:

  a.African Psychological Association

  b.American Psychosocial Association

  c.American Psychological Assets

  d.American Psychological Association

  Answer: D
• •One work by Two or More authors:

  Masserton, Slonowski, and Slowinski (1989) states that.....
• •One work by One author:

  In one developmental study (Smith,1990) children learned.
• Conceptual Framework -basis of your research problem, stems from theoretical framework and usually focused on the section which becomes the basis of your study.
• Theoretical Framework -consist of theories or issues in which your study is embedded that helps you understand a specific phenomenon or problem.
• IPO means:

  a.Input, Paper, Outer

  b.Input, Process, Outermost

  c.Input, Process, Output

  d.Inside, Process, Outside

  Answer: C.
• Input -variables that caused the problem, phenomenon or transformation.
• Process -method by which the variables are collected and synthesized.
• Output -problem, phenomenon, or transformation; outcome of the variables.
• Hypothesis -supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence.
• Hypothesis -prediction of an expected outcome.
• Null Hypothesis -absence of relationship, effect or difference between dependent and independent.
• Null Hypothesis -always stated in negative form.
• Alternative Hypothesis -always predicts that there will be a relationship, effect or difference between variables.
• Significance of the Study -portion of the study where researcher will tell the importance and purpose of the study.