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• Research


  A systematic and scientific process to answer questions about facts and relationship between facts
• Research


  An activity involved in seeking answer to unanswered questions
• Analysis


  A method of organizing sorting and scrutinizing data in such a way that a research question can be answered or meaningful inferences can be drawn
• Bibliography


  A list of all the sources used in the process of researching
• Concept


  A mental idea of a phenomenon, words or terms that symbolize some aspects of reality
• Conclusion


  Provides a summary of the research
• Data


  Information that can be words or numbers
• Data gathering tools


  Devices or instruments used to collect data such as questionnaire or computer assisted interviewing system
• Data presentation


  Involves the use of a variety of different graphical techniques
• Descriptive study


  A research design that describes what is, for example a survey
• In-text citation


  The brief form of the reference included in the body of one's work
• Limitations


  Restrictions in the study that may decrease the credibility of the research findings
• Literature review


  A critical summary or research on a topic of interest generally prepared to put a research problem in context or to identify gaps and weaknesses in prior studies so as to justify a new investigation
• Plagiarism


  The unethical practice of using words or ideas of another author or researcher without proper acknowledgement
• Quantitative research


  The process of collecting and analyzing numerical data
• Questionnaire


  A set of questions used to gather information in a survey
• Research topic


  A subject or issue that a researcher is interested in when conducting a research
• Respondents


  Those persons who have been invited to participate in a particular study and have actually taken part in the study
• Research question


  The question around which a researcher centers his or her research
• Sample


  A part or subset of populations selected to participate in the research study
• Social demographic profile


  Includes age, sex, education, migration background and ethnicity, religious affiliation, marital status, household, employment and income
• Variables


  Attributes or characteristics that can have more than one value such as height or weight
• Independent variable


  Variables that are purposely manipulated or changed by the researcher, also called manipulated variable
• Dependent variable


  Variables that depend on other factors that are measured, expected to change as a result of an experimental manipulation of the independent variable or variables
• Abbreviated research terms


  • etc. (et cetera, and so on)
  • eg. (exempli gratia, for example)
  • et al. (et alii, and others)
• Research Title


  A subject or topic that researcher finds interesting when conducting research
• Research Title


  • Needs to be narrowed down which will focus on the main idea
• Abstract


  Summarizes all sections and helps readers decide whether or not to read the entire report
• Introduction


  Presents background information, scope, and focus of the research paper
• Literature Review


  Provides a review of what others have written or researched on concerning the topic
• Methodology


  Explains how the research was conducted
• Elements of Methodology


  • Research design
  • Population and sampling procedure
  • Research instrument
  • Data gathering procedure
  • Data analysis procedure
• Discussion


  Presents the information gathered through the research
• Conclusion


  Provides the summary of the research and brings the report to closure by giving emphasis to ideas stated previously
• Results


  Contains other related information such as graphs, charts, tables, and lists
• Cultural mapping


  A research tool to holistically understand the cultural assets of a place based on the local knowledge of the people
• Interview


  A conversational practice where knowledge is produced through the interaction between an interviewer and an interviewee or a group of interviewees
• Interview Guide


  Summarizes the content that researchers cover during interviews
• Questionnaire


  A set of questions to gather information in a survey
• ·       Survey is a statistical analysis of answers to a poll of a sample of a population, e.g. to determine opinions, or knowledge.

   

  ·       Plagiarism occurs when ideas, information, and even pictures are used without proper acknowledgement of the original sources. Providing in-text citation or parenthetical text from another source is a surefire method to avoid plagiarism.

   ·       Reference is a list of all sources used in research.

   

  ·       Appendix contains related information such as graphs, charts, tables, lists.