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• Research


  An art of scientific investigation. A study into a specific problem, concern, or issue using the scientific method.
• Quantitative research


  • Express in numbers and graphs
• Qualitative research


  • Descriptive, usually expressed in words
• Conceptual framework


  Shows the relationship of research variables
• Population


  Entire group of people
• Subpopulation


  Subgroup from the population
• Convenience samples


  Participants that can be studied most easily, cheaply, or quickly
• Sample


  Selected from population or subpopulation
• Title page


  First page of article, must be well formatted
• Abstract


  Summarizes the contents of research
• Introduction


  Where you mention your specific point. The page after the title and abstract
• Purpose of the study


  States the aims and objectives
• Significance of the study


  Briefly discuss the beneficiaries significance and contribution of the study to society
• Statement of the problem


  Identifies the problems or questions
• Hypothesis


  States what your research may find out
• Null hypothesis


  Prediction that there is no significant change
• Alternative hypothesis


  Prediction that there is significant change
• Scope


  Dictate the extent of how deep you will explore the research questions
• Delimitations


  Explain some aspects of the variables that is going to be excluded in your research
• Theoretical Framework


  Understanding of theories and concepts that are relevant to the topic of your research
• Research Methodology


  The data that is going to be collected and analyzed in the research
• Sampling Design


  How the participants of your study are selected
• Participants


  Persons who voluntarily participate in your research
• Instruments


  That can be used in your research are interviews, tests, surveys, or checklists
• Data Collection Method


  Refers to the tools you will use in your research to collect data
• Appendices


  Contain all the supplementary materials used in the research such as the survey questionnaires, rating scales, etc.
• Figures


  Are the tables, charts, and graphs used to present
• Plagiarism


  You are using someone else's work and presenting it as your own
• In-text Citation


  Is used throughout in writing your research paper. It establishes or provides supports to your claims based on the existing studies
• Survey - data collection method compromised of multiple choice or rating scales.
• Questionnaire - instrument that is made up of questions.
• Results - findings from the data you have collected.
• Data analysis - process of applying statistical procedures to describe and illustrate the data collected.
• Conclusion - key findings are summarized and arranged.
• Recommendation - discuss the specific measures or directions that can be taken by other researchers to further your study.
• Reference - located at the last page of your research paper. It lists all the sources you have.