English Exam
A careful and detailed study into a specific problem, concern, or issue using the scientific method
Research
Sources of Information in doing Research :
Primary Source and Secondary Source
Original materials regardless of format (e.g artifacts, handwritten love letter, diary... audio recording, birth certificate
Primary Source
Interprets and analyzes primary sources (e.g English textbook, encyclopedia, magazine)
Secondary Source
Types of Research :
Quantitative and Qualitative
Expressed in numbers and graphs. It is used to test or confirm theories or assumptions
Quantitative
Expressed in words. It is used to understand concepts, thoughts or experiences
Qualitative
Types of research design :
Descriptive and Experimental
taking measures
Descriptive
doing an experiment
Experimental
• A short summary of your completed research
• Intended to describe your work without going into detail
• Should be self-contained and concise, explaining you works briefly and clearly as possible
Abstract
• Next part after the title and abstract
• Leads the reader from a general subject area to a particular topic of inquiry
• Establishes the scope, context and significance of the research conducted
Introduction
Overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories methods and gaps in the existing research
Literature Review
A statement of expectation or prediction that will be tested by research
Hypothesis
what type of hypo is singular?
Hypothesis
what type of hypo is plural?
Hypotheses
To ensure valid and reliable results that address the research aims and objectives
Methodology
A smaller part or subgroup of the population
Sample
The entire group that you want to draw conclusions about
Population
Is a procedure for selecting sample members from a population
Sampling Method
participate and answer questions in qualitative studies
Participants
answer questionnaires, usually quantitative research
Respondents
the people in the researcher's experiment. Usually in quantitative research
Subject
Any factor, trait, or condition that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment
Variable
Tyoes of Variables :
Independent Variable and Dependent Variable
the variable in an experiment that is changed or manipulated
Independent Variable
The variable being tested and measured
Dependent Variable
Any tool that you may use to collect or obtain data, measure date, and analyze data that is relevant to the subject of your research
Research Instrument
are potential weaknesses, restrictions anr constraints within the research design that may influence the outcomes and conclusion of the research
Limitations of the study
An answerable inquiry into a specific concern or issue
Research Question
The main instrument for collecting data in survey research
Questionnaire
Part of a research paper whose purpose is to interpret and describe the significance of your findings in light of what was already known about the research problem being investigated
Discussion
The section of a research paper where the authors provide the data collected during their study
Results
Any information that has been collected, observed, generated or created to validate original research findings
Data
Help readers to understand why your research should matter to them after they have finished reading the paper
Conclusion
Last page of a research paper that lists all the sources you used in your study
Reference
Serves as a space for materials that helo clarify your research
Appendix