br prelims Flashcards
This page includes the approved title for the research, statement of submission, degree/major, full name of author/researchers and the date of manuscript submission.
Title page
This is the statement of the Research Adviser that he/she recommends the researcher/s to present the paper in a formal defense.
RECOMMENDATION for Oral Defense
This includes the signed approval of the members of the committee and the grade assessment of the research paper.
APPROVAL SHEET
This part contains a statement that the research paper submitted by the researchers is an outcome of an independent and original work.
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
Having duly acknowledge all the sources from which the ideas and extracts can be taken.
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
That the said research paper is free from any plagiarism and has not been submitted elsewhere for publication.
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
This page should acknowledge and/or thank individuals for their assistance and may cite reasons for the study.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It consists of a brief statement of the nature of the study, the method and the designed used, and the findings and conclusions. It may not exceed two pages and at least 200-250 words.
ABSTRACT
Titles and subtitles are to correspond exactly with those in the text.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
This is separate from the Table of Contents.
LIST OF TABLES
This is separate from the Table of Contents and List of Tables.
LIST OF FIGURES
This provides information of what the research is all about, the purpose of the study and the situation challenging to the reader to read.
Introduction
It clearly defines the problem and presents empirical data that support the occurrence of such problem.
Introduction
This include some previous researches and legal bases that can strengthen the reason for conducting the research.
Introduction
WINDOW OF RESEARCH
Introduction
NATURE OF THE TOPIC
Background of the Study
The specific discussions of the main focus of the research.
Background of the Study
It explains the important variables associated with the topic, the place and the group/s of people where and whom the topic has relevance.
Background of the Study
It discusses what the study intends to find out, where it will be conducted and who will be the target respondents or participants and why is the result/s of the study important.
Background of the Study
a written or visual presentation that explains the direction of the study, the key factors concepts or variables and the presumed relationship among them.
Conceptual Framework
The possibilities include: flowcharts, diagrams, mind maps, overlapping circles triangles, figures and software systems.
Conceptual Framework
similar to the frame of the house just as the foundation supports the house, that provides rationale fro predictions about the relationship among variables.
Theoretical framework
MENTAL WINDOW OF RESEARCH
Conceptual/ Theoretical Framework
HEART OF RESEARCH
Statement of the Problem
a question or that a problem researcher wants to answer or solve.
Research problem
The proposed answer to any problem statement which requires statistical procedure.
Hypothesis
It provides answer to the problem which can be verified or rejected through testing.
Hypothesis
GUESS
Hypothesis
can be:
• Null (Ho)
• Alternative (Ha)
Hypothesis
denotes no effect or no
change, is a type of statistical hypothesis that proposes that no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations.
Null (Ho)
reflects expected change, The
alternate hypothesis is just an alternative to the null.
Alternative (Ha)
PURPOSE
Significance of the Study
Research is a very noble undertaking if it makes significant contributions to the community, academic field or discipline where the researcher is affiliated with.
Significance of the Study
It describes the contribution of the study to the existing body of knowledge or in the form of new knowledge in the field, a confirmation of major findings and analysis of trends over time.
Significance of the Study
To identify the beneficiaries who will directly gain from the results of the study.
Significance of the Study
The specific benefits must also be enumerated and explained if necessary.
Significance of the Study
COVERAGE
Scope & Limitation
is determined primarily by the selection of variables that the research will focus on.
Scope & Limitation
discusses the:
• what
• who
• where
• when
• how of the research.
Scope & Limitation
identifies potential weaknesses of the study.
Limitation
Terms that appear so complex to readers, Catch words like concepts, theories, principles, assumptions, predictions and other abstract terms.
Definition of Terms
MEANING
Definition of Terms
universal meaning.
Lexical or conceptual definition
explanation based on the conceptsor knowledge related to the field of discipline and widely accepted as correct.
Theoretical definition
defining terms based on its operation or application in research that gives opportunity to evaluate the measurement procedure in its own research studies.
Operational definition
The process of compiling, classifying
and evaluating what other researchers have written on a certain topic.
Review of Literature and Studies
In discussing this,
• copy only the important
information of every discussion
• put together or cluster similar
ideas and information
Review of Related Literature
Include your own insights by describing the relevance of these information to your own study
Review of Literature and Studies
articles from the journals, newspapers, discussions from journals and books
CONCEPTUAL or RELATED LITERATURE
written by authorities, opinions and experiences of professionals relative to the research
CONCEPTUAL or RELATED LITERATURE
Discussions on related theories or ideas of what is good or bad, desirable or undesirable within the
problem area
CONCEPTUAL or RELATED LITERATURE
Refers to published or unpublished reports on actual research studies done previously
RESEARCH LITERATURE or RELATED STUDY
It is the process of integrating support from more than one source for one idea/argument while also identifying how sources are related to each other and to your main idea.
Synthesis
done in two ways:
• As part of every discussions of literature and studies
• As an overall discussion of the summary of the RRL
Synthesis
A good literature review involves a higher level of integrating the information, yielding a more comprehensive analysis of the context
Synthesis
Other term of Synthesis
SYNOPSIS
