ENGLISH QUIZ FOR TOM

• Research


  An organized and systematic way of finding answers to questions
• Research


  • Systematic - there is a definite set of procedures and steps which are always done in order to get the most accurate results
  • Organized - there is a structure or method in going about doing research, it is a planned procedure, not a spontaneous one
  • Limited to a specific scope
• Finding Answers


  The end of all research, whether it is the answer to a simple question, a research hypothesis or even successful when we find answers (sometimes the answer is no, but it is still an answer)
• Questions


  Central to research, they drive the research process
• Research paper


  A piece of academic writing that provides analysis, interpretation, and arguments based on in-depth independent research.
• ABSTRACT


  A Short summary of your completed research. Intended to describe your work going into detail. Should be self contained and concise explaining your work as briefly and clearly as possible.
• INTRODUCTION


  The next part after the title and ABTRACT. It leads the reader from a generate subject area to a particular topic of inquiry. It establishes the scope, context and significance of the research being conducted by. Summarizing current understanding and backround Information about the topic, stating the purpose of the work in the form of the research problem supported by a Hypothesis or a set of Questions. Explaining brieply the methodological approach used to examine the research problem. Highlighting the potential outcomes your study can reveal, outlining the remaining structure and organization of the paper.
• Sample Hypothesis


  • Quality of sleep affects academic performance
• Methodology


  The systematic method to resolve a research problem through data gathering using various techniques, providing an interpretation of the data gathered, and drawing conclusions about the research data
• Methodology


  • Aim: To ensure valid and reliable results that address the research aims and objectives
• Population


  The entire group that you want to draw conclusions about, which doesn't always refer to people but can mean a group containing elements of anything you want to study, such as objects, events, organizations, countries, species, organisms, etc.
• Sample


  A smaller or subgroup of the population, the specific group within a population that you will collect data from, the group of individuals who will participate in your study and answer surveys or interviews
• Variable


  Any factor, trait, or condition that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in a study
• LITERATURE REVIEW


  Provides an overview of sources you have explored, including books, scholarly articles, and any other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, to demonstrate to your readers how your research fits within a larger field of study
• Hypothesis


  A statement of expectation or prediction that will be tested by research, commonly known as the researcher's intellectual guess about the possible results of the study
• METHODOLOGY


  The entire systematic method to resolve a research problem through data gathering using various techniques, providing an interpretation of data gathered, and drawing conclusions about the research data
• Research Instrument


  Any tool that you may use to collect or obtain data, measure and analyze data that is relevant to the subject of your research
• Questionnaire


  The main instrument for collecting data in survey research, a set of standardized questions called items, which follow a fixed scheme in order to collect individual data about one or more specific topic
• Data


  Any information that has been collected, observed, generated or created to validate original research
• Results/Findings


  The section of a research paper where the authors provide the data collected during their study
• Discussion


  The section of a research paper whose purpose is to interpret and describe the significance of your findings in light of what was already known about the research problem being investigated, and to explain any new understanding or insights that emerged as a result of your study of the problem
• Conclusion


  Intended to help the readers understand why your research should matter to them after they have finished reading the paper, not merely a summary of your points or a restatement of your research problem but a synthesis of key takeaways from your paper
• Reference


  The last page of a research paper that lists all the sources you used in your study, giving credit to authors you have consulted for their ideas
• Appendix


  Serves as a space for materials that help clarify your research, but do not belong in the main text