RESEARCH is the process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining facts and information to prove the accuracy or truthfulness of your claims or conclusions about a certain topic.
Research is analogous to inquiry in that both involve investigation of something through questioning.
CHARACTERISTIC OF RESEARCH:
Accuracy
Objectivity
Timeliness
Relevance
Clarity
Systematic
Ethical
PURPOSE OF RESEARCH:
To learn how to work independently
To learn how to work scientifically or systematically
To have an in-depth knowledge of something
To elevate your mental abilities by letting you think in higher-order thinking strategies (HOTS)
To improve your reading and writingskills
To be familiar with the basic tool of research and the various techniques of gathering data and of presenting research findings
a certain extent, from the domination or strong influence of a single textbook or of the professor's lone viewpoint of spoon-feeding
QUANTITATIVE:
Finding expressed in numbers
Validate the hypothesis
Closed-ended questions
Answers the question: what, when, where, who
Objective
QUALITATIVE:
Findings passed through texts or words
Explore the ideas
Open-ended questions
Answers the questions: how and why
Subjective
CHAPTER 1: The Problem and its Background
5 PARTS OF CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
DEFINITION OF TERMS
4 PARTS OF INTRODUCTION:
TOPIC OR SUBJECT MATTER
IMPORTANCE of the topic
REASONS for choosing the topic
PURPOSE of the study
TOPIC OR SUBJECT MATTER - define and elaborate using the methods of paragraph development like classification and giving examples
IMPORTANCE OF THE TOPIC - Cite the role that the topic plays in your life and the benefits you derive from it
REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE TOPIC - emphasize what motivated you to choose the topic
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY - discuss the objectives of the topic
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM - there should be a GENERAL STATEMENT of the whole problem followed by the SPECIFIC QUESTIONS or sub-problems into which the general problem is broken-up
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY - rationale, timeliness and/or relevance of the study to existing conditions must be explained or discussed
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY - possible solutions to existing problems or improvement to unsatisfactory conditions
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY - WHO are to be benefited
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY - It must be shown who are the individuals, groups, or communities who may be placed in a more advantageous position on account of the study
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY - a brief statement of the general purpose of the study
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY - the subject matter and topics studied and discussed
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY - The locale of the study, where the data were gathered or the entity to which the date belong
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY - the period of the study; the time, either in months or years, during which the data were gathered.
DEFINITION OF TERMS - gives your readers an understanding of the concepts or factors that will be discussed throughout your study, as well as contextual information as to how you will be using those concepts in your study
WHAT'S THE TITLE OF CHAPTER 1?
The Problem and Its Background
TITLE OF CHAPTER 2?

THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES AND STUDIES
TITLE OF CHAPTER 3?

THE RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
PARTS OF CHAPTER 2: (IN ORDER)
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
TOPIC DISCUSSION
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES
RELATIONSHIP OF THE PREVIOUS STUDIES TO THE PRESENT STUDY
RELATED THEORIES
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
IMPORTANCE OF WRITING RRL:
To prove that there is an existing problem
To prove that there is basis of the existing problem
PARTS OF CHAPTER 3 IN ORDER:
RESEARCH TYPE
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION
SUMMARY
INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRES
STANDARD PARTS OF A RESEARCH TITLE:
TOPIC
METHOD
SAMPLE
RESULT
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES:
SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING
SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING
STRATIFIED SAMPLING
CLUSTER SAMPLING
CITATION STYLES:
MODERN LANGUANGE ASSOCIATION (MLA)
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)
TWO TYPES OF CITATION:
IN-TEXT CITATION
REFERENCE LIST CITATION
HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM:
QUOTING
PARAPHRASING
SUMMARIZING
RESEARCH POPULATION - well defined collection of individuals
SAMPLE - a smaller set of data
SAMPLE POPULATION - population "gives" sample then "takes" conclusion from sample.
SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING - every member of population has equal chance
SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING - every member of population is listed with a number