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  • Title page
    • The title of your research work
    • First name and surname of the author(s)
    • Name of school
  • Abstract
    • It presents a brief summary of your research work
    • The aim of the abstract is to briefly provide the reader with the most important information from the entire text
  • Table of Contents
    • It is essentially a topic outline of the research work
    • It is compiled by listing the headings in the research work down to whichever level you choose
  • Introduction
    It is where you introduce the topic of your research work where you give the context in terms of the content of the research work
  • Significance of the Study
    • It mainly focuses on the question "Who will benefit from the study?"
    • It states the contribution of your study and the usefulness of your research work in the society
  • Statement of the Problem

    The problem must not be answerable by yes or no and must be arranged in the flow of your study
  • Scope and Delimitation
    The scope is mainly coverage of your study, and the delimitation is the limitation of your study or topic
  • Definition of Terms
    • The definition of terms must be arranged alphabetically
    • You must define technically or operationally
  • Related Literature / Studies
    • In this part, you must get your data and information from any books, magazines, and newspapers
    • It must take all the evidence about the problem with the author's experiences
    • As much as possible, get the latest published materials
  • Research Design
    The appropriate research design should be specified and described
  • Population Sample
    It describes the population of interest and the sampling of subjects used in the research work
  • Research Instrument
    • It describes the instrument and what it will measure
    • It states the qualifications of respondents of the study
  • Data Gathering Procedure
    It describes how the instrument will be administered
  • Conclusions
    • These are brief, generalized statements in answer to the general and each of the specific problems
    • Flexibility is considered in making conclusions. It is not a must to state conclusions on a one-to-one correspondence with the problems and the findings as all can be subsumed in one paragraph
  • Recommendations
    • These should be based on the findings and conclusion of the research work
    • They may be specific or general. They may include suggestions for further studies
    • They should be feasible, workable, flexible, doable, and adaptable
  • Research
    Establishes facts and new findings through a systematic investigation to contribute to an existing body of knowledge
  • Research title
    • Is a subject or topic that a researcher finds interesting when conducting research
    • This needs to be narrowed down which will focus on the main idea
  • Abstract
    It summarizes all sections and helps readers decide whether or not to read the entire report
  • Introduction
    It presents background information, scope, and focus of the research paper
  • Literature review
    • It provides a review of what others have written or researched on concerning the topic.
  • Methodology
    • Explains how the research was conducted
    • 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
    • It brings the report to closure by giving emphasis to ideas stated previously
  • Results
    Contain 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
  • Quantitative research design
    • Is defined as a research method used in various disciplines, including social sciences, psychology, economics, and market research
    • It aims to collect and analyze numerical data to answer research questions and test hypotheses
  • Qualitative research design
    • Typically involves gathering data through methods such as interviews, observations, focus groups, and analysis of documents or artifacts
    • These methods allow researchers to collect detailed, descriptive information about participants' perspectives, experiences, and contexts
  • Interview
    Is 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
    • At one extreme, it may provide very minimal directions, leading to "less structured" interviews that are designed primarily to explore the participant's own perspective on the research topic
  • Questionnaire
    • Is a set of questions to gather information in a survey
    • It may be in a form of open-end 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 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
  • Survey
    Is 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
    • Providing in-text citation or parenthetical text from another source is a surefire method to avoid plagiarism
  • Narrative 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
    Is a list of all sources used in research
  • Appendix
    Contains related information such as graphs, charts, tables, lists
  • Technical definition
    • Is a detailed description of a term, process, phenomenon, or specialized words which belong or relate to a particular subject
    • It is mostly used to explain or describe technical terms, and this definition could be used in expanding the vocabulary since most of these terms are explained in the exact manner
    • Terms and definitions of the words found in the dictionary are examples of technical definitions
  • Operational definition

    • Is a description of something in terms of the operations (procedures, actions, or processes) by which it could be observed and measured
    • This is commonly used to describe exactly what the variables are and how they are measured within the context of the research study
  • Multimedia
    • Can have many definitions
    • Multimedia means that computer information can be represented through audio, video, and animation in addition to traditional media (i.e., text, graphics drawings, images)
  • Hypermedia
    Can be considered as one of the multimedia applications