prelim

• Capstone research is a culminating assignment similar to a college theses
• Basic research seeks to expand knowledge in the field of study
• Applied research creates practical solutions for specific problems
• Conceptual framework serves as the plan or the blueprint of the study
• definition of terms includes definitions of words operationally used in the study
• introduction serves an an overview of the research topic under investigation
• scope and delimitation sets the parameters of the study which narrow down the scope of inquiry
• hypothesis states the concrete terms that a researcher expects to happen in the study
• significance of the study cites the benefits certain groups people will get from the outcome of the study
• statement of the problem clearly expresses the specific direction or focus of the research problem or inquiry
• literature review is a process involves identifying, locating, and analyzing documents that contain information related to a researchers research topic
• questionnaire most commonly used in survey
• experiments requires critical or natural setting in which to perform logical study
• tabular a systematic arrangement of related idea in which classes of numerical facts or data are given each row and their sub classes are given each a column
• graphical a chart representing the quantitative variations or changes or variables in pictorial or diagrammatic form