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• Research


  A systematic and scientific process to answer questions about facts and relationship between facts. An activity involved in seeking answer to unanswered questions.
• Related literature


  A discussion on the secondary sources of data taken from local or foreign references, observing proper documentation.
• Statement of the problem


  An expanded reiteration of the title but expressed as a problem. The major problem should be brief with few sentences including the essential nature of it.
• Data


  Units of information or any statistics, facts, figures, general material evidence or knowledge collected during the study.
• Demographic variables


  The characteristics and attributes of study subjects as age, gender, place of living, educational status, religion, social class, marital status, occupation, income.
• Sample


  A part of the subset of population selected to participate in the research study.
• Validity


  The degree to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure.
• Research setting


  The study setting is the location in which the research is conducted. It could be natural, partially controlled environment or laboratories.
• Term


  A word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to science, art, profession, or subject.