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• Research - a systematic, rigorous investigation of a situation or problem in order to generate new knowledge or validate existing knowledge.
• Research is a careful and detailed study into a specific problem, concern or issue using the scientific method.
• According to Kothari (2006), a research is a systematic, formal rigorous, and precise process employed to gain solutions to problems or to discover and interpret new facts and relationships.
• Qualitative - Answers "Why?" question and is the grouping of common data/non-statistical analysis.
• Quantitative - Answers "How many/much?" questions and bases mainly on numerical datas for statistical analysis.
• Variables are the changing qualities or characteristics of something that's involved in your research study.
• Sampling is a process of choosing a representative sample from a target population.
• Population is known to be the totality of the respondents.
• Research paper - a library paper, a term paper or a thesis.
• Title should be specific and indicate the problem the research addresses using keywords that will be helpful in literature reviews in the future.
• Abstract - a brief summary of the entire paper, usually within one page.
• Introduction - explains the writer's motive, intention or purpose in discussing his/her topic and its scope and focus.
• Introduction provides the background or the situation the reader may need.
• The introduction is known to be the chapter 1 of your research paper.
• Literature review is known to be the chapter 2 of your research paper.
• Literature review - describes past important research and it relates specifically to the research problem.
• Literature - usually printed and found in books and other publications.
• Studies are Inquiries, or Investigations already conducted to which the present proposed study is related or has some bearing or similarity.
• Related studies can be classifies as Local or Foreign.
• Local - if the inquiry was conducted in the PH.
• Foreign - if conducted in foreign lands
• 2 types of APA is Parenthetical Citation and Narrative Citation
• APA - American Psychological Association
• Parenthetical Citation is usually found at the end of a paragraph/sentence.
• Narrative Citation is usually found at the beginning of a paragraph/sentence.
• Methods/Procedure is known to be the biggest part of the paper.
• Methods/Procedure is where the writer elaborates his/her ideas in detail.
• Results - section where you prove your point with the data.
• You can use graphs and tables in forming your results.
• Conclusion/Discussion - where you state what you've learned or proved.
• Bibliography - list of books, articles and other publications that you've used that served as the sources of infos for your paper.