EAPP

• Concept paper


  A document that outlines the important components of a research or project before it is carried out
• Concept paper


  • Enables putting thoughts and ideas into paper for consideration for a research/project
• Types of concept papers


  • Research
  • Project proposal
• Components of a research concept paper


  • Title page
  • Background of the study
  • Literature review
  • Statement of the problem
  • Methodology
  • Timeline
  • References
• Components of a project proposal concept paper


  • Introduction
  • Purpose/need
  • Project description
  • Aims/goals
  • Methods and timeline
  • Expected outcomes
  • Budget
• Elements of a concept paper


  • Title - idea of the concept paper
  • Topic overview - summary of what is already known about that topic
  • Brief statement of the research question - what the research seeks to answer in one to two sentences
  • Importance - why is the research important and worthy for writing
  • Methodology - describing the process to answer the research question
• Outline of a concept paper


  • Introduction
  • Body
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• Formal definition


  Includes the term, class, and distinguishing feature
• Informal definition


  Uses more familiar words and examples to define unknown concepts. May give synonyms or antonyms
• Extended definition


  Gives the etymology of the word and illustrates description, comparison-contrast, cause-effects relationships
• Explication


  Explaining a concept by borrowing sentences, verses or passages from an academic or literary work and explaining these thoroughly in relation to the concept being explained
• Clarification


  Involves analyzing the concept by looking at the examples and then drawing out a definition based on this information
• Technical report


  Observation of a certain process, experiment, or phenomena. Objective and meticulous. Purpose: show progress, preliminary result, gather knowledge
• Parts of a technical report


  • Background of the Study
  • Review of Related Literature
  • Methodology
  • Results and Discussions
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation
• Types of technical reports


  • Feasibility Report
  • Progress Report
  • Field Report
  • Preliminary Report
  • Minutes of the Meeting
• Feasibility report


  Determines whether something is feasible or not. Preliminary survey. Common in businesses
• Progress report


  Shows progress in completing a project or initiative. Common in projects or initiatives
• Field report


  Documentation of observations and analysis of particular phenomena, behaviors, processes and more. Common in the humanities
• Preliminary report


  An evaluation that discusses in depth the findings on a particular specimen or subject. Common in medicine
• Minutes of the meeting


  Done in past tense
• Ways of gathering data


  • Survey
  • Interview
• Survey


  Most efficient yet effective tools in acquiring data from a given population. Typically written to gather information on a given topic for researchers to analyze
• Interview


  Takes time but gives various ideas in fulfillment of your research