PR1 Flashcards
To discover truths by investigating on your chosen topic scientifically
Research
To look for information by asking various questions about the thing you are curious about
Inquiry
It allows you to shift from one level of thought to another
Inquisitive thinking
Must give correct or accurate data.
Accuracy
Must deal with facts, not mere opinions arising from assumptions, generalizations, predictions, or conclusions.
Objectives
Must work on a topic that is fresh, new, and interesting to the present society.
Timeliness
Topic must be instrumental in improving society or in solving problems affecting the lives of people in community.
Relevance
Must succeed in expressing its central point or discoveries by using simple, direct, concise, and correct language.
Clarity
Must take place in an organized or orderly manner.
Systematic
It deals with concepts, principles, or abstract things. It also aims to increase you knowledge about something.
Pure Research
To apply your chosen research to societal problem or issues, finding ways to make positive changes in society.
Applied Research
It aims at defining or giving verbal portrayal or picture of a person, thing, event, group, situation etc.
Descriptive Research
It shows relationship or connectedness of two factors, circumstances, or agents called variables that affect the research.
Correlational Research
It elaborates or explains not just the reasons behind the relationship of two factor, but also the ways which such relationship exists.
Explanatory Research
It studies and ongoing practice of a school, organization, community, or institutions for the purpose of obtaining rasults that will bring improvements in the system.
Action Research
It requires non-numerical data, which means that the research uses words rather than numbers,
Qualitative Research
It involves measurement of data. It presents research finding referring to the number or frequency of something in numerical form.
Quantitative Research
This are obtained through direct observation or contact with people, objects, artifacts, painting etc. They are new and original information resulting from your sensory experience.
Primary Data
The data have already been written about or reported on and are available for reading purposes.
Secondary Data
Here you will discover and measure information as well as observe and control variables in an impersonal manner.
Scientific or positive approach
It contrast to the scientific approach that uses numbers to express data, the naturalistic approach uses words.
Naturalistic Approach
Identifying the problem, reviewing the literature, formulating the hypothesis, developing the research framework, and determining the research purpose and objectives.
Conceptual Phase,
Selecting a research design, developing study procedures, and determining the sampling and data collection plan.
Design and Planning Phase.
It is collecting the data, and preparing data for analysis.
Empirical Phase
