Technical Terms Used in Research

• Introduction - Presents the background information, scope, and focus on the research paper.
• Literature Review - provides a review of what other have written or researched on concerning the topic.
• Methodology - explains how the research was conducted. It aims to ensure valid and reliable results that address the research aims and objectives.
• Instrument - is the general term that researchers use for a measurement device such as survey, test questionnaire, etc.
• Results - presents the information gather through research.
• Discussions - evaluates the results of the study or research.
• Conclusion - provides the summary of the research.
• References - is the list of all the cite sources used in research.
• Appendix - contains other related information such as graphs, charts, tables, and list.
• Abstract - summarizes all sections and helps readers decide whether to read the entire report or not.
• Sample - the group of individual who will participate in your study.
• Research Question - is an answerable inquiry into a specific concern or issue. It defines what problem or opportunity you're looking at and what your research goals are.
• Research Data - is any information that has been collected, observed, generated, or created to validate original research findings.
• Limitations of the Study - or potential weaknesses, restrictions and constraints with in the research design that may influence the outcomes and conclusions all the research.
• Variable - a variable in research refers to a person, place, thing or phenomenon that you are trying to measure in some way.
• Hypothesis - a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence for further investigation.
• Subject - is the individual that participates in research. Sometimes research subjects are referred to as participants of the study.
• Sampling Method - is a procedure for selecting sample members from a population.