Module 1 Flashcards
Intro to Research
True or False?
Research is looking up information and fact-finding.
False.
What is the definition of research?
a careful, objective, systematic, and structured process for solving problems or answering questions.
What is the first step in answering questions?
identifying a question or problem
What are the characteristics of research?
Systematic, logical, empirical, reductive, replicable, and objective
What does systematic mean?
There is a method, plan, or system
What does logical mean?
You have clear and sound reasoning
What does empirical mean?
It is based on research or observation, not only theory or pure logic
What does reductive mean?
Making a complex subject into a simple, less detailed form
What does replicable mean?
Someone else can do the research/experiment/study over again
What does objective mean?
It is clear what the research is trying to achieve
What does deductive mean?
Making general assumptions and coming to a specific answer
What does inductive mean?
Making specific assumptions that lead to a general conclusion
What are the steps of the Scientific Method?
- Understanding the problem
- Identifying a research question
- Formulating a hypothesis
- Planning methodology for the study
- Collecting Data
- Analyzing Data
- Interpreting and discussing results
- Deriving conclusions
What is an independent variable?
What the researcher wants to study; the thing being changed
What is the dependent variable?
What the researcher wants to measure; the thing being affected
