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• Research


  The art of scientific investigation
• Research Paper


  A piece of academic writing that provides analysis, interpretation, and argument based on in-depth independent research
• Abstract


  A short summary of completed research
• Introduction


  Leads the reader from general subject area to a particular topic of inquiry
• Literature Review


  Provides an overview of sources you have explored (books, articles, etc.)
• Hypothesis


  An intellectual guess
• Methodology


  Aims to ensure valid and relatable results that address the research aims and objectives
• Population


  A group you want to draw conclusions from
• Sample


  A smaller subgroup of the population
• Factors to consider in research


  • Necessity
  • Practicality
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Manageability
• Respondents


  Answer questionnaires, usually quantitative
• Participants


  Answer questions in qualitative studies
• Subjects


  People in researcher's experiment, quantitative
• Variable


  • Independent (changed/manipulated)
  • Dependent (variable that is being tested and measured)
• Research Instrument


  Any tool you may use to collect or obtain data
• Questionnaire


  The main instrument for collecting data in survey research
• Data


  Information that has been collected, observed, generated, or created
• Results


  Authors provide their data collected during their study
• Discussion


  Interpret and describe the significance of your findings
• Types of research


  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
• Qualitative


  Expressed with words, uses interviews, focus groups, ethnography, literature review
• Quantitative


  Numbers and graphs, uses surveys, experience, observation
• Denotation


  The dictionary/literal meaning of a word
• Connotation


  A word we give meaning to
• Factors that influence research


  • Experience
  • Biases
  • Stereotypes
  • Perceptions
  • Emotions