Technical terms used in research

• research


  establishes facts and new findings through a systematic investigation to contribute to an existing body of knowledge
• research title


  subject or topic that researchers finds interesting when conducting research
• research title


  this needs to be narrowed down which will focus on the main idea
• abstract

  summarizes all sections and helps readers to 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
• literature review

  in some research reports, concept literature, theoretical framework, conceptual framework, research hypothesis, and definition of terms are also included
• methodology


  explains how the research was conducted
• methodology

  these include the research design, population and sampling procedure, research instrument, data gathering procedure, and data analysis procedure
• discussion


  presents the information gathered through the research
• conclusion

  provides the summary of the research
• conclusion


  it brings the report to closure by giving emphasis to ideas stated previously
• results


  contains other related information such as graphs, charts, tables and lists
• cultural mapping


  refers to 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 throught the interaction between an interviewer and an interviewee or a group of interviewees
• interview guide

  summarizes the content that researchers cover during interviews
• questionnaire


  it may be in a form of open-ended format that allows the respondents to answer in any way he or she wishes in his or her term, multiple choice format that presents a question in which is followed by a set of options pre-determined by the researcher, or checklist format that is used exclusively or with some use of free-response option
• plagiarism


  occurs when ideas, information, and even pictures are used without proper acknowledgement of the original sources
• plagiarism

  providing in-text citation or parenthetical text from another source is a surefire method to avoid plagiarism
• reference 


  a list of all sources used in research
• appendix 


  contains related information such as graphs, charts, tables, lists