Semifinals

Cards (60)

  • Explanation Essay: written piece of work that addresses 'why questions'.
  • Blog: a website containing a writer's or group of writer's own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites
  • Weblog: an individualized piece of written work found on the web
  • Business Letters: common form of writing in any organization
  • Memorandum: usually issued and disseminated by those occupying mid-level positions and up in an organization. It is written to serve as a reminder to one's constituents who need to do or act upon something
  • Minutes of a Meeting: things that are discussed in the meeting are documented so that you can always refer to them when issues arise in the future
  • Business Proposal: to attract clients or secure support from possible investors or organizations
  • Executive Summary: highlights what you and your company is all about
  • Problem Statement: states what your prospective client is encountering.
  • Proposed Solution: this explains how you can address or resolve concerns besetting the client.
  • Facebook: the most popular socmed website.
  • LinkedIn: a social networking service used for professional networking
  • Video Resume: a filmed presentation that is used to add appeal to a job application.
  • What is the typical length of a video-resume?
    1-2 minutes
  • Research Approaches: plans and procedures that are used as a guide for data collection, analysis, and interpretation
  • Research Designs: more specific types or strategies within the approaches of the research.
  • Context and Participants Section: explains further the number and demographic profile of participants involved as well as the place where the study is conducted.
  • Instrument Section: presents tools that you used in gathering data.
  • Data Gathering Section: presents detail on how data were collected.
  • Data Analysis Section: presents how the data are analyzed, qualitatively (coding scheme) or quantitatively (statistical tools)
  • Qualitative Method: seeks to explore and understand meanings or phenomenon attributed to a person, groups of people, organizations, or institutions.
  • Quantitative Method: seeks to examine relationships among variables which can be measured, analyzed, and interpreted using statistical tools.
  • Mixed Method: seeks to incorporate or integrate data collected from both qualitative and quantitative methods.
  • Case Studies: seeks to conduct an in-depth analysis of a person or group, or an event, activity, or process.
  • Ethnographic Stuides: seeks to study the shared patterns of behaviors, language, and actions of an intact indigenous group that is set in a natural context.
  • Grounded Theory Studies: seek to extract a theory grounded in the views of the participants.
  • Narrative Studies: seek to tell stories about the life of an individual or group of people that are recounted by the researcher.
  • Phenomenological Studies: seek to describe the lived experiences of a person or group of people on a certain phenomenon.
  • Experiments: aim to validate, refute, or support a hypothesis.
  • Surveys: aim to provide numerical data and descriptions on trends, attitudes, or opinions of a sample population.
  • Convergent Design: merges quantitative and qualitative data to address a research problem.
  • Explanation Design: explains the quantitative date in a more detailed using qualitative data.
  • Exploratory Design: is the reverse of explanatory design in which the qualitative data are used for quantitative approach in research.
  • Participants: target population of the study; demographic information
  • Sampling: process of selecting a sample
  • Two types of sampling
    • Probability or Non-probability
  • Simple random sampling: refers to the equal and independent chance of selection for each element.
  • Stratified Sampling: refers to dividing the population into homogenous groups or strata.
  • Cluster Sampling: refers to dividing a bigger population into clusters according to similar characteristics.
  • Purposive Sampling: refers to the selection of a specific type of participants who can provide the best information and are willing to share it to achieve the purpose of specific research.