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• Research


  A systematic process of inquiry that entails collection of data and seeks to generate an answer to the problems as well as suggesting additional questions in need of further inquiry
• Research


  • Logical
  • Scientific
  • Starts from particular to more complex ideas
  • Thinking ranges from lower order to higher thinking strategies
• Research requires courage
• Primary goals of research


  • Exploration
  • Explanation
  • Description
• Characteristics of research


  • Systematic
  • Original work
  • Analytic
• Quantitative Research


  Expressed in numbers and graphs, used to test or confirm theories and assumptions, analyzed through Math and statistical analysis, proves hypotheses by statistical analysis and scientific method, focuses on numbers rather than observations, uses numerical data to obtain information about the research problem, includes experiments, observations recorded as numbers, and surveys with closed-ended questions, people inclined to doing a quantitative research want to discover truth in an exact manner
• Qualitative Research


  Expressed in words, used to understand concepts, thoughts or experiences, complex because of its use of theories, analyzed by summarizing, categorizing, and interpreting, focuses on feeling rather than numerical data, utilizes interviews, achieved written info, and observation to measure relationship between variables, uses words to display data, includes interviews with open-ended questions
• Appendices


  Additional information such as raw data or interview transcripts that comes at the end (after the reference list) of a report, research project, or dissertation
• Case Study


  An in-depth study about a person, group, event or organization
• Conceptual Framework


  Allows you to draw your own conclusion
• Data Collection Instrument


  Tests, questionnaires, inventories, interview schedules or guides, rating scales, and survey plans or any other forms which are used to collect information
• Data Collection and Analysis Tools


  A series of charts, maps, and diagrams designed to collect, interpret, and present data for a wide range of applications and industries
• Definition of Terms


  Gives your readers an understanding of the concepts or factors that will be discussed throughout your study
• Focus Group Discussion


  Discussion among a group of people about a topic to gather opinions that can be used for further research
• Interview


  Asking open-ended questions verbally to respondents
• Introduction


  • Gives the reader background and context to convey the importance of your research
• Limitation


  Constraints that impact the researcher's ability to effectively study the scope of the
• Paradigm


  Investigates how knowledge is understood and researched, and it explicitly outlines the objective, motivation, and expected outcomes of the research
• Problem Statement


  An explanation in research that describes the issue that is in need of study
• Related Literature


  A comprehensive review of the existing literature pertaining to a specific topic or research question
• Research based on Objective


  • The researcher uses sound judgment to ensure that the research findings are valid
• Research Design


  1. The process of planning and executing a study to answer specific questions

  2. Allows you to test hypotheses in the business or scientific fields
• Research Hypothesis


  A statement of expectation or prediction that will be tested by research
• Respondent


  A person who takes part in an investigation, study, or experiment, such as by performing tasks set by the experimenter or by answering questions set by a researcher
• Result


  The chapter or section simply and objectively reports what you found, without speculating on why you found these results
• Sampling


  Selecting the group that you will actually collect data from in your research
• Significance of the Study


  The importance and contribution(s) to and impact of the study on a research field
• Scope


  The problem or issue that the researcher wants to study with the project
• Sources of Data


  Physical or digital places where information is restored in a data table, data object, or some other storage format
• Survey


  A list of closed multiple-choice questions that is distributed to a sample
• Theoretical Framework


  The theoretical underpinnings of your work based on existing research
• Variables


  A person, place, thing, or phenomenon that you are trying to measure in some way