RESEARCH

• Plagiarism is the practice of taking the work, language, thoughts, ideas, opinions, and arguments of another and passing them off as your own, without properly acknowledging your sources.
• A bibliography is a list of all of the sources you have used in the process of researching your work.
• Research is a systematic inquiry that explains or describes a phenomenon, predicts an outcome, and possess questions for further studies.
• The two main purposes of research are to gather evidence and to gain knowledge.
• Research is a process to discover new knowledge.
• Research is defined as the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings. This could include synthesis and analysis of previous research to the extent that it leads to new and creative outcomes
• The purpose of research is therefore to find out what is known, what is not and what we can develop further.
• A research report is written after the research has finished. It discusses and focuses on the results, findings, and knowledge that you have discovered upon completing your study. This also provides recommendations or suggestions on how to go about the data you have gathered.
• The abstract is one of most important parts of a research paper. Grabs the reader’s interest and provides a concise, informative summary of the paper. This short piece of text also tells readers what they can expect should they decide to keep reading the paper.
• Introduction - start by clearly defining the purpose of your research. This part of the abstract can be written in the present or past simple tense but should never refer to the future, as the research is already complete.
• Methods - this part should be a straightforward description of what you did in one or two sentences. It is usually written in the past simple tense, as it refers to completed actions.
• Result - depending on how long and complex your research is, you may not be able to include all results here. Try to highlight only the most important findings that will allow the reader to understand your conclusions.
• Discussion - you should discuss the main conclusions of your research: what is your answer to the problem or question? The reader should finish with a clear understanding of the central point that your research has proved or argued.
• The table of contents is where you list the chapters and major sections of your research paper, alongside their page numbers.
• A clear and well-formatted Table of Contents is essential, as it demonstrates to your reader that a quality paper will follow.
• A list of figures and tables compiles all of the figures and tables that you used in your research paper along with their corresponding page numbers. These lists give your reader an overview of how you have used figures and tables in your document.
• The Introduction to a research paper is where you set up your topic and approach for the reader. Introduce your topic. Explain why your research is important. Do a background check on your topic
• RRL - it is an extensive survey of literature and studies, including any theory which may be applicable to your research. A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in the existing research that you can later apply to your paper
• Your research methodology discusses and explains the data collection and analysis methods you used in your research.
• The methodology chapter explains what you did and how you did it, allowing readers to evaluate the reliability and validity of your research
• Presentation of Data - a results section is where you report the main findings of the data collection and analysis you conducted for your research. You should report all relevant results concisely and objectively, in a logical order.
• The conclusion of a research paper is where you wrap up your ideas and leave the reader with a strong final impression.
• Recommendations in research are a crucial component of your discussion section and the conclusion of your research paper. As you conduct your research and analyze the data you collected, perhaps there are ideas or results that don’t quite fit the scope of your research topic. Or, maybe your results suggest that there are further implications of your results
• APA Style is widely used by students, researchers, and professionals in the social and behavioral sciences.
• APA references generally include information about the author, publication date, title, and source. Depending on the type of source, you may have to include extra information that helps your reader locate the source.
• Caulfield (2022) In-Text Citation - acknowledgement you include whenever you quote or take information from a source in academic writing.
• APA - American Psychological Association