Is a process of investigation or inquiry that requires data collection, analysis, and interpretation using appropriate methodologies.

___________ research is descriptive

The data gathered in this is usually expressed in words and based on participant's thoughts or experiences.

This type of research enables you to gather the participant's experiences through interviews, focus group discussions, and open-ended questions

_________ research is usually expressed in numbers and graphs, and used to test or confirm theories and assumptions

This type of research gathers data through experiments and surveys with close-ended questions

_________ shows the relationship of research variable and helps you to inform the rest of the design

To assess and refine the goals, develop realistic and relevant research questions, select appropriate methods and identify the threats to the conclusion.

It illustrates and maps out how relevant the variables are to each other.

In developing the _____, it must make sense based on existing studies or theories from your literature review

Represents the entire group of people that meets the criteria of your study

3 types of population

POPULATION _____ is a subgroup from the population that is created based on research

POPULATION ________ is selected from the population or the subpopulation

POPULATION _______ are participants that can be studied most easily, cheaply, or quickly

It states the aims and objectives of your research

It is the part of the research where you must briefly discuss the beneficiaries, significance, and contribution of the study to society

The significance of the research should also be studied from these 2 perspectives

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

This states what your research may find out

It is stated as it answers your main research question

It may indicate predictions on the different or opposite outcomes of the research as it is based on existing theories or studies

2 types of hypothesis

HYPOTHESIS A ______ is a prediction that there is no significant change, effect, or relationship between the variables

HYPOTHESIS An _______ is a prediction that there is significant change, effect, or relationship between the variables

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HI

It will dictate the extent of how deep you will explore the research questions

You have to indicate specific restrictions such as timeframe or population so that the research is feasible to finish

It explains some aspects of the variable that is going to be exclused in your research

It describes the boundaries that you have set for the study

These are often strongly related to your theory and research questions

It is an understanding of theories and concepts that are relevant to the topic of your research paper and that relate to the broader areas of knowledge being considered

It refers to how the participants of your study are selected

Are the persons who voluntarily participate in your research after giving informed consent

_______ that can be used in your research are interviews, tests, surveys, or checklists

The research _______ is usually determined by the researcher and is tied to the study

Sometimes, the ________ are selected based on the previous studies that are related to the main research

It refers to the tools you will use in your research to collect data and undergoes selection process

Examples of data collection methods that you can use in your research

It is a data collection method comprised of multiple choice or rating scales

It is more convenient for you to use a ____ when you need to gather a huge amount of data because it is easier to score or analyze

It is an instrument that is made up of a series of questions to information from respondents

This instrument can be facilitated online or face-to-face

It is the process of applying statistical procedures to describe and illustrate the data collected

The data gathered are transcribed and analyzed using a statistic procedure depending on the research design to generate support for the hypothesis or research problems

This discusses the specific measures or directions that can be taken by other researchers to further your study

If there were gaps or limitations set in you study, you may discuss suggestions you will give to another researchers to address the gaps and limitations and also provide suggestions for changes in the methodology

It contains all the supplementary materials used in the research such as the survey questionnaires, rating scales, mathematical proofs, and lists of the definition of terms, a detailed description of an apparatus used in the research, etc.

These are the tables, charts, and graphs used to present the summary of the raw data so that it will be easier for your reader to understand the findings in the data collected

________ to be used should be logical to the data being presented and to effectively communicate your primary findings

It means that you are using someone else's work and presenting it as your own

It is considered _______ if you have directly used ideas or information from a source without indicating or citing the source

It is used throughout in writing your research paper

It establishes or provides supports to your claims based on the existing studies

It is a summarized, paraphrased, or quoted information from another source