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• Research


  Systematic investigation that requires data collection, analysis, and interpretation using appropriate methodologies
• Qualitative research


  Involves non-numerical data, such as opinions and literature. Enables us to gather participants' experience.
• Quantitative research


  Depends on numerical data, such as statistics and measurements to test or confirm theories and assumptions
• Abstract


  Summarizes the contents of the research. It is composed of 300 words or less, and discusses the important aspects of the paper such as the purpose of the study, basic design used, and the findings or results of the study.
• Introduction


  First things you need to write in your research. It is where you mention your specific topic from a general standpoint. Stating a piece of short background information about your research by citing existing studies.
• Statement of the Problem


  Identifies the problems or questions that your research would like to answer or prove based on the data that will be gathered.
• Hypothesis


  States what your research may find out. It may indicate predictions on the different or opposite outcomes of the research as it is based on the existing studies. It must be testable which you can support or prove wrong based on the gathered data.
• Null Hypothesis (Ho)


  A prediction that there is no significant change, effect, or relationship between variables.
• Alternative Hypothesis (Ha)


  A prediction that there is significant change, effect, or relationship between variables.
• Theoretical Framework


  An understanding of theories that are relevant to the topic of the research paper and that relate to the broader areas of knowledge being considered.
• Questionnaire


  A set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers, planned for the purposes of a survey or statistical study.
• References


  Located at the last page of the research paper which is written in a style format depending on the format requirement.
• Conclusion


  Where the findings are summarized and arranged in a manner that answers the research problems.
• Figures


  Tables, graphs, and charts used to present the summary of data so it will be easier to read.
• Title Page


  The first page of the paper. This includes the name of the paper, the authors, and all the necessary information for a reader to identify the content of the paper.
• Significance of the Study


  The importance and contribution to and impact of the study on a research field. It signals who benefits from the research findings.
• Scope


  Will dictate the extent of how deep you will explore the research questions, focus and provide a clear understanding of what will be investigated.
• Delimitations


  Explains the aspects that are going to be excluded. It describes the boundaries that are set in the study.
• Conceptual Framework


  Shows the relationship of the variables and helps you to inform the rest of the design. It helps to develop realistic questions, select appropriate methods.
• Research Methodology


  A way of explaining how a researcher intends to carry out their research. It's a logical, systematic plan to resolve a research problem.
• Population/Participants


  Refers to the people that meet the criteria of your study. Subpopulation is a subgroup, Sample is selected from the population or subpopulation, Convenience samples are participants that can be studied most easily, cheaply, or quickly.
• Sampling Design


  Refers to how the participants of your study are selected. It refers to the technique or the procedure the researcher would adopt in selecting items for the sample.
• Instruments


  The tools you will use in your research to collect data. It is usually determined by the researcher and is tied to the study methodology.
• Data Collection Method


  The process of gathering, measuring, and analyzing accurate data. Includes focus groups/group interviews, interviews, surveys, observations, documents and records, and case studies.
• Results


  The findings from the gathered data. It should be arranged in a logical manner based on the research questions being addressed using graphs, charts, and tables. It should have descriptions and a summary of the significant findings.
• Data Analysis


  The process of applying statistical procedures to describe and illustrate the data collected.
• Recommendations


  Where the suggestions are discussed to address the gaps and limitations.
• Appendices


  Contains all the supplementary materials used in the research such as the survey questionnaire, rating scales, and list of definition of terms used in the research.
• In-text Citation


  Established to provide support to your claims based on the existing studies. It is a summarized, paraphrased, or quoted information from another source.
• Plagiarism


  Using someone else's work and presenting it as your own.
• Operational definition


  The specific meaning of a word or phrase given to it by the group of people who use the word in their specific context
• Technical definition


  A very detailed description of a term, process, or phenomenon
• Automobile


  • a car or truck that gets you around from place to place and carries cargo or passengers and makes it easier to live in the city or countryside
  • a road vehicle with four wheels, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor
• Computer


  • a device or machine used in performing, assessing, evaluation and following commands set by the users
  • something used in doing homework or browsing the internet
• Meanings of "tongue"


  • a structure in a mouth
  • a strip of land
  • part of a shoe
  • a language
  • part of a belt buckle
  • part of a bell
  • anything that is shaped like a tongue
• Purpose of a definition


  To explain the meaning of a term which may be obscure or difficult, by the use of terms that are commonly understood and whose meaning is clear
• Expanded Definition


  A one or more paragraphs that attempt to explain a complex term. It uses a combination of formal and informal definitions.
• Formal Definition of Words


  • Composed of the term being defined, the class of object or concept to which the term belongs, and its distinguishing characteristics that distinguish it from all others of its class
• Informal Definition of Words


  • Uses known words and examples to explain an unknown term. May include synonyms or antonyms, introduced by or, in other words, like. Could also be stipulation, analogy, or illustration
• Expanded Definition of Words


  • Provides the meaning of an idea or word that has components of both informal and formal definitions, but is presented in a longer, paragraph format