QE 4TH QUARTER Flashcards
Null hypothesis
Against what is expected
Alternative hypothesis
What is expected
Assumptions
Unexamined belief
Scope
How a research is narrowed and bounded
Delimitation
Specific area
Limitation
Weakness of the study
Significance of the study
Who will benefit
Conceptual meaning
Taken from the dictionary
Operational meaning
How it is used in the study
Lack of citation
No proper citation
Selective facts
Taking out of context or selectively data picking
Distortion
Make something seem more extreme with misinformation
Persuasive
Elicit positive or negative response
Flawed research design
Generalization, manipulation, failing to report conclusions
Synthesis
Re-organization
Misquoting a source
Presented as a fact, paraphrases or manipulates
Classifying and evaluating sources
- Evaluating authority
- Usefulness
- Reliability of sources
Argumentative review
Supports or disapproves an argument
Integrative review
Quality of evidences
Historical review
Development of the study.
Directions for future research
Methodological review
Finds outcomes in a systematic way
Systematic review
Selects a research to formulate a question
Theoretical review
Existing theory as a guide in research paper
Development of literature review
- Problem formulation
- Literature search
- Data evaluation
- Analysis and interpretation