Pointers Flashcards
- It involves a single random selection and requires little advance knowledge about the population.
Simple Random Sampling
It involves choosing your sample based on a regular interval, rather than a fully random selection.
systematic sampling
It is appropriate when you want to ensure that specific characteristics are proportionally represented in the sample
stratified sampling
It is appropriate when you are unable to sample from the entire population.
cluster sampling
It is a type of observational designs where individuals are followed through time.
cohort sampling
It is often referred to as a survey study and involves a random sample of a target population.
Case Control Sampling
It changes the study participants overtime due to factors unrelated to expected effects.
Mortality
It observes effects due to nonrandom assignment of members and nonequivalence of groups.
selection
It changes due to participants dropping out of the study.
moturation
It changes resulting from varying the way study participants are tested.
instrumentation
The heart of the research study
statement of the problem
These are topics that depend greatly on the writer’s opinion, which may tend to be biased or prejudicial.
controversial topics
this type of research shows relationships or connectedness of two factors, circumstances, or agents called variables that affect the research.
correlational research
It is a process of executing various mental acts for discovering and examining facts and information to prove the accuracy or truthfulness of your claims or conclusions about the topic of your research.
Research
PARTS OF RESEARCH PRELIMINARIES
Title Page
Abstract
Acknowledgement
Dedication
Table of contents
*list of table
*list of figures
*list of appendices
Appendices
*cirriculum vitae
Bibliography
This is a page focused on expressing gratitude to organizations, agencies or individuals who, in one way or another, have aided the researchers in finishing the thesis.
acknowledgement
This is the page for dedicating the thesis to certain people or groups who have inspired the researchers while doing the thesis.
Dedication
it presents a brief summary of your thesis.
Abstract
Types of Abstract
Descriptive Abstract
Informative Abstract
it describe the work being abstracted. They are more like an outline of the work and are usually very short - 100 words or less.
Descriptive Abstract
It act as substitutes for the actual papers as all the key arguments and conclusions are presented; specifically, the context and importance of the research, reasons for methods, principal results and conclusions.
Informative abstract
It is complied by listing the headings in the thesis down to whichever level you choose.
It is essentially a topic outline of the thesis.
table of contents
