Technical achuchu

• Research


  A systematic investigation to contribute to an existing body of knowledge
• Technical Terms Used in Research

  • Research Title
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Methodology
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Results
• Research Title


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


  Presents the information gathered through the research
• Conclusion


  Provides the summary of the research
• 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
• Tips for Formulating Questions

  • Pose open, rather than closed questions
  • Sequence interview questions from broad to narrow
  • Avoid the inclusion of possible responses in questions
  • Pose one question at a time
  • Avoid posing multi-part questions
• Questionnaire


  A set of questions to gather information in a survey
• Tips for Writing a Great Survey Questionnaire

  • Focus on asking closed-ended questions
  • Keep your survey questions neutral
  • Keep a balanced set of answer choices
  • Don't ask for two things at once
  • Keep your questions different from each other
  • Let most of your questions be optional to answer
• Survey


  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
• Avoiding Plagiarism


  Providing in-text citation or parenthetical text from another source
• In-text citation


  • According to Shane (2021), use of in-text citation shows that the idea is not yours and that you acknowledge its rightful source
• Parenthetical citation


  • The use of in-text citation shows that the idea is not yours and that you acknowledge its original source (Shane, 2001)
• Reference


  A list of all sources used in research